Smiley

Let me be the first to flood the net with this stuff.
Collected from many articles in 83/84 ...

:-)     the normal smiling face, appended to a sentence or an article
means 'this is a joke' or 'this is supposed to make you laugh'
:->     normal smiling face with deformed lips, same as above except
person who submitted it has problems with their lips
:-{)    normal smiling face with a moustache, same as #1 except
        submitter has moustache
:-}     normal smiling face with pretty lips, same as #1 except
person that submitted it is wearing lipstick or some other
lip appearance improving device
:-|     no expression face, 'that comment doesn't phase me'
:-(     sad face, 'that comment makes me sad [mad]'
;-)     smiling face gets his lights punched out (could be pirate
smiling face??), submitter is a practical joker who played
one too many and got beat up
;-|     no expression face gets his lights punched out, says nothing
but still gets beat up
;-(     sad face gets his lights punched out, sad or mad and got
beat up, or 'that makes me so mad that if I ever
see you I'll punch your lights out'
:-\     popeye smiling face, for people who look like popeye
;-\     popeye gets his lights punched out
:-]     biting sarcasm smiling face, used when sarcasm is intended,
since we cannot inflect our voice over the net
:-[     biting criticism smiling face, ditto for criticism
:*)     drunk smiling face, for those of us who like get intoxicated
before or while reading netnews
:~)     smiling face needs a nosejob, no explanation necessary
[:|]    submitter is a robot (or other appropriate AI project)
:>)     submitter has a big nose
:<|     submitter attends an Ivy League school
:%)%    submitter has acne
=:-)    submitter is a hosehead
:-(*)   submitter is getting sick of most recent netnews articles and
        is about to vomit
:-)8    submitter is well dressed
8:-)    submitter is a little girl
:-)-{8  submitter is a big girl
%-)     submitter is cross-eyed
#-)     submitter partied all night
:-*     submitter just ate a sour pickle
-:-)    submitter sports a mohawk and admires Mr. T
(:)-)   submitter likes to scuba dive
:-'|    submitter has a cold
:-)'    submitter tends to drool
':-)    submitter accidentally shaved off one of his eyebrows
        this morning
(-:     submitter is Don Ellis from Tektronix
8:]     normal smiling face except that submitter is a gorilla
%-^     submitter is Picasso
(-:     submitter is left-handed
0-)     submitter is an arc-welder
*:o)    submitter is a Bozo
8-) submitter wears glasses
*<|:-) submitter is Santa Claus (Ho Ho Ho)
o-) submitter is a cyclops
%-)     submitter with long bangs
(-)     submitter needing a haircut
0-)     submitter wearing scuba mask
@-)    person submitting is Cyclops
*-(  Cyclops got poked in the eye
%-)  person submitting has been staring
        at the terminal for 36 hours
B-| person submitting is wearing cheap sunglasses
P-)  person submitting is getting fresh
:^(  submitter has had his nose put out of joint.  Useful for
replying to flames.
|-) Submitter is asleep (boredom)
.-) Submitter has one eye
'-) Submitter only has a left eye, which is closed
:=) Submitter has two noses
:-D Submitter talks too much
:-o Submitter is shocked
:-{~ submitter has read too many of the toilet paper articles
previous to lunch
:-% Respondent has beard.
:-@ Respondent's beard has permanent wave *or* was drawn by Picasso.
:-# Respondent's lips are sealed.
+-(:-)  Submitter is the pope
:-% Respondent has beard.
:-@ Respondent's beard has permanent wave *or* was drawn by Picasso.
:-# Respondent's lips are sealed.
::-)    respondent wears glasses
:-}     respondent wears lipstick
[:-) Submitter is listening to walkman thingy.
{(:-) Submitter is wearing toupee.
}(:-( Submitter, wearing toupee in wind.
<|-)= Submitter is chinese. (sorry bout that)
<|-(= Submitter is chinese and doesn't like this article.
:-( Submitter has read too many 'smiley' articles.
  ___
 /   \
| RIP |
|_____| Submitter has recently died

---- and one posted last summer ... (some duplication sorry ...)
>From:    <colonel@ellie.uucp>

:-) ha ha ~~:-( net.flame
|-) hee hee O |-) net.religion
|-D ho ho
:-> hey hey 8 :-I net.unix-wizards
:-( boo hoo   X-( net.suicide
:-I hmm E-:-I net.ham-radio
:-O uh oh >:-I net.startrek
:-P nyah nyah 3:o[ net.pets
|-P yuk

:-} beard
:-{ mustache
:-# braces
:-X bow tie
:-Q smoker
<:I dunce
(:I egghead
@:I turban

8-) glasses
B-) horn-rims
8:-) glasses on forehead
:-8( condescending stare
;-) wink
>:-< mad
:-` smiley spitting out its chewing tobacco
:-1 smiley bland face
:-! "
:-@ smiley face screaming
:-#| smiley face with bushy mustache
:-$ smiley face with it's mouth wired shut
:-% smiley banker
:-6 smiley after eating something sour
:^) smiley with pointy nose (righty)
:-7 smiley after a wry statement
8-) smiley swimmer
:-* smiley after eating something bitter
:-& smiley which is tongue-tied
:-9 smiley licking it's lips
:-0 smiley orator
:-( un-smiley
:-) smiley standard
smiley invisible man
(:-( unsmiley frowning
(:-) smiley big-face
):-) "
):-( unsmiley big-face
)8-)  scuba smiley big-face
=:-) smiley punk-rocker
=:-(  (real punk rockers don't smile)
=:-#}   smiley punk with a mustache....
+:-) smiley priest
:-q smiley trying to touch its tongue to its nose
:-e disappointed smiley
:-t cross smiley
:-i semi-smiley
:-o smiley singing national anthem
:-p smiley sticking its tongue out (at you!)
:-[ un-smiley blockhead
:-] smiley blockhead
:-{ smiley variation on a theme
:-} ditto
{:-) smiley with its hair parted in the middle
}:-) above in an updraft
:-a lefty smilely touching tongue to nose
:-s smiley after a BIZARRE comment
:-d lefty smiley razzing you
g-) smiley with ponce-nez glasses
:-j left smiling smilely
:-k beats me, looks like something, tho.
:-l y. a. s.
:-: mutant smiley
:-\ undecided smiley
:-| "have an ordinary day" smiley
;-) winking smiley
:-< real sad smiley
:-> y.a.s.
:-z y.a.c.s.
:-x "my lips are sealed" smiley
:-c bummed out smiley
:-v talking head smiley
:v) left-pointing nose smiley
:-b left-pointing tongue smiley
:-/ lefty undecided smiley
:-? smilely smoking a pipe
.-] one-eyed smilely
,-} wry and winking
0-) smiley cyclops (scuba diver?)
:-=) older smiley with mustache
:u) smiley with funny-looking left nose
:n) smiley with funny-looking right nose
:< midget unsmiley
:> midget smiley
}:^#})  mega-smiley:  updrafted bushy-mustached pointy nosed smiley with
a double-chin

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