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ohiosmith

(24,262 posts) Wed Sep 19, 2012, 01:42 PM Sep 2012

In honor of the birth of the emoticon thirty years ago today please post you favorite smiley.

On Sept. 19, 1982, the smiley emoticon was invented as Carnegie Mellon University professor Scott E. Fahlman proposed punctuating humorously intended computer messages by employing a colon followed by a hyphen and a parenthesis as a horizontal “smiley face.”

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In honor of the birth of the emoticon thirty years ago today please post you favorite smiley. (Original Post) ohiosmith Sep 2012 OP

... geardaddy Sep 2012 #1

.... ohiosmith Sep 2012 #5

... Viva_La_Revolution Sep 2012 #2

.... ohiosmith Sep 2012 #6

heh annabanana Sep 2012 #3

..... ohiosmith Sep 2012 #7

+1 Liberal_in_LA Sep 2012 #15

That better be a breast cancer awareness smiley... cyberswede Sep 2012 #40

I like this one Liberalynn Sep 2012 #4

...... ohiosmith Sep 2012 #8

..... Ptah Sep 2012 #9

..... ohiosmith Sep 2012 #10

I put it in my sig line. HappyMe Sep 2012 #11

..... ohiosmith Sep 2012 #12

Story of my life. nolabear Sep 2012 #41

another geardaddy Sep 2012 #13

.... ohiosmith Sep 2012 #14

Let me serve you another JBoy Sep 2012 #26

..... ohiosmith Sep 2012 #27

Why thank you fine sir., geardaddy Sep 2012 #39

Heh.... TheMightyFavog Sep 2012 #16

..... ohiosmith Sep 2012 #17

... cyberswede Sep 2012 #18

..... ohiosmith Sep 2012 #19

I can totally see this used in H & M. geardaddy Sep 2012 #20

..... ohiosmith Sep 2012 #22

That's the one. Iggo Sep 2012 #43

}8^} \8 HopeHoops Sep 2012 #21

..... ohiosmith Sep 2012 #23

This is useful sometimes HarveyDarkey Sep 2012 #24

....... ohiosmith Sep 2012 #25

From a friend, who sports a prominent mustache.... Xipe Totec Sep 2012 #28

..... ohiosmith Sep 2012 #30

O.o Tuesday Afternoon Sep 2012 #29

...... ohiosmith Sep 2012 #31

! csziggy Sep 2012 #32

.... ohiosmith Sep 2012 #34

(:) Baitball Blogger Sep 2012 #33

...... ohiosmith Sep 2012 #35

(;) Baitball Blogger Sep 2012 #36

Show off! I couldn't do that. When I tried I got..... ohiosmith Sep 2012 #37

Emoticons actaully date back to the Victorian Era: Aristus Sep 2012 #38

..... ohiosmith Sep 2012 #42

geardaddy

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Wed Sep 19, 2012, 01:43 PM

Sep 2012

:-|

ohiosmith

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Wed Sep 19, 2012, 02:34 PM

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Viva_La_Revolution

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Wed Sep 19, 2012, 01:47 PM

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ohiosmith

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Wed Sep 19, 2012, 02:35 PM

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annabanana

(52,791 posts)

3. heh

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Wed Sep 19, 2012, 01:57 PM

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ohiosmith

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Wed Sep 19, 2012, 02:35 PM

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Liberal_in_LA

(44,397 posts)

15. +1

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Wed Sep 19, 2012, 02:46 PM

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cyberswede

(26,117 posts)

40. That better be a breast cancer awareness smiley...

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Wed Sep 19, 2012, 11:47 PM

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Liberalynn

(7,549 posts)

4. I like this one

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Wed Sep 19, 2012, 02:06 PM

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ohiosmith

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Wed Sep 19, 2012, 02:37 PM

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Ptah

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Wed Sep 19, 2012, 02:38 PM

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ohiosmith

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Wed Sep 19, 2012, 02:39 PM

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HappyMe

(20,277 posts)

11. I put it in my sig line.

Reply to ohiosmith (Original post)

Wed Sep 19, 2012, 02:41 PM

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There's a couple of others that I like, but some would be peeved.

ohiosmith

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Wed Sep 19, 2012, 02:44 PM

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nolabear

(41,962 posts)

41. Story of my life.

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Thu Sep 20, 2012, 12:09 AM

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geardaddy

(24,929 posts)

13. another

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Wed Sep 19, 2012, 02:44 PM

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ohiosmith

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Wed Sep 19, 2012, 02:45 PM

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JBoy

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26. Let me serve you another

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Wed Sep 19, 2012, 07:50 PM

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ohiosmith

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Wed Sep 19, 2012, 07:56 PM

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geardaddy

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39. Why thank you fine sir.,

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Wed Sep 19, 2012, 11:46 PM

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TheMightyFavog

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16. Heh....

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Wed Sep 19, 2012, 02:49 PM

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ohiosmith

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Wed Sep 19, 2012, 02:51 PM

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cyberswede

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Wed Sep 19, 2012, 03:22 PM

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and

...oh and

(comes in handy a lot here)

ohiosmith

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Wed Sep 19, 2012, 03:27 PM

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geardaddy

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20. I can totally see this used in H & M.

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Wed Sep 19, 2012, 03:30 PM

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ohiosmith

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Wed Sep 19, 2012, 03:46 PM

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Iggo

(47,552 posts)

43. That's the one.

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Thu Sep 20, 2012, 11:25 AM

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HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)

21. }8^} \8

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Wed Sep 19, 2012, 03:31 PM

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ohiosmith

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Wed Sep 19, 2012, 03:50 PM

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HarveyDarkey

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24. This is useful sometimes

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Wed Sep 19, 2012, 07:38 PM

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ohiosmith

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Wed Sep 19, 2012, 07:42 PM

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Xipe Totec

(43,890 posts)

28. From a friend, who sports a prominent mustache....

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Wed Sep 19, 2012, 08:24 PM

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8-{D

ohiosmith

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Wed Sep 19, 2012, 08:35 PM

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Tuesday Afternoon

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29. O.o

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Wed Sep 19, 2012, 08:31 PM

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ohiosmith

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Wed Sep 19, 2012, 08:36 PM

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csziggy

(34,136 posts)

32. !

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Wed Sep 19, 2012, 09:33 PM

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ohiosmith

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Wed Sep 19, 2012, 11:05 PM

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Baitball Blogger

(46,705 posts)

33. (:)

Reply to ohiosmith (Original post)

Wed Sep 19, 2012, 09:37 PM

Sep 2012

That's a clam peeping out of its shell.

(*) That's a clam blowing you a kiss.

($) That's a rich clam.

Can you tell I use to belong to a newsgroup where we all took clam pseudo names?