# A Gift for Dopers: Willy the Eye-Roll Smilie **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 20, 2015, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gift-for-dopers-willy-the-eye-roll-smilie/715486 "2015-03-20T14:20:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gift-for-dopers-willy-the-eye-roll-smilie/715486/1 "2015-03-20T14:20:04Z")
Yes, discussion and griping about the new(ish) Eye-Roll smilie has taken place in this forum. But, nothing has been done about it. That’s not acceptable, so I made a new one for your posting pleasure. But first, before you look at it, let me explain my changes: [ul] [li]The eye-roll smilie should not be blue. Blue is for someone “blue in the face” yelled out, or a cyanotic blue bloater bronchitis sufferer, neither of which applies to an eye roller. Someone exasperated by someone’s idiotic remarks should not exactly be crimson red with anger, but certainly flushed pink with rising blood pressure. So, pinkish hue it is.[/li] [li]An eye roller’s eyes should not be rolling _left_ (that points to the logical side of your brain), they should be rolling _right_ (to the creative side of your brain…if you’re suffering a fool, you will be trying to creatively thinking of ways to get away from him). So, right rolling it is. [/li] [li]Likewise, suffering fools is wearisome. Bags under the eyes are needed.[/li] [li]A small, half-hearted smile is no indication of exasperation. A lopsided sneer is needed.[/li][/ul] So, bringing it all together, I present [**Weary Willy** , the eye-roll smilie](http://www.handsfeetandbeyond.com/willy/eyerollwilly.jpg). Willy will of course need to be reduced to fit in the SDMB smilie collection. However, I recommend posting him full-sized for emphasis, when dealing with particularly tedious Dopers (not that there’s many of those around here :rolleyes:). ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gift-for-dopers-willy-the-eye-roll-smilie/715486/2 "2015-03-20T14:32:52Z")
He looks more anxious than anything else. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gift-for-dopers-willy-the-eye-roll-smilie/715486/3 "2015-03-20T14:33:53Z")
He doesn’t look exasperated, he looks scared. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gift-for-dopers-willy-the-eye-roll-smilie/715486/4 "2015-03-20T14:36:49Z")
He needs to pee. ---
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gift-for-dopers-willy-the-eye-roll-smilie/715486/5 "2015-03-20T14:43:08Z")
Two fried eggs and a miniature spatula, on a plate? ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gift-for-dopers-willy-the-eye-roll-smilie/715486/6 "2015-03-20T14:43:16Z")
Concur: he looks too damn \*nervous \*to replace the old rolleyes. Maybe it’s because he knows those are big shoes to fill? ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gift-for-dopers-willy-the-eye-roll-smilie/715486/7 "2015-03-20T14:44:17Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > He needs to pee. He just did. ---
**Author:** ![JcWoman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jcwoman/32/2889_2.png) [@JcWoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JcWoman)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gift-for-dopers-willy-the-eye-roll-smilie/715486/8 "2015-03-20T14:53:05Z")
Yep, the mouth isn’t quite a sneer. It look more like teeth grinding, like he has to pee as the others said. Maybe make it a less toothy smirk. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gift-for-dopers-willy-the-eye-roll-smilie/715486/9 "2015-03-20T14:58:08Z")
> [@Tibby or Not Tibby](#): > > [li]A small, half-hearted smile is no indication of exasperation. A lopsided sneer is needed.[/li][/LIST] This is where I think your laudable efforts went wrong. When I roll my eyes, I don’t sneer. It’s also what’s wrong with the current rolleyes: the mouth should be depicted minimally, if at all. Imagine :rolleyes: without his little mouth: perfect, barring the blue colour. I’d also have put the eyes straight up rather than left or right. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gift-for-dopers-willy-the-eye-roll-smilie/715486/10 "2015-03-20T15:07:14Z")
Alright, alright…jeesh, don’t get your panties in a bunch! Whaddya expect, it was just a first draft. ( I guess you can guess who I’m going to be using the new smilie on :rolleyes: ) How about [draft 2](http://www.handsfeetandbeyond.com/willy/eyerollwilly2.jpg)? ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gift-for-dopers-willy-the-eye-roll-smilie/715486/11 "2015-03-20T15:19:44Z")
[Less Toothy](http://www.handsfeetandbeyond.com/willy/eyerollwilly3.jpg) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gift-for-dopers-willy-the-eye-roll-smilie/715486/12 "2015-03-20T15:20:20Z")
Now it looks like he’s biting his tongue to keep from lashing out. And saying under his breath, “Jesus-k-rist, what an asshole.” ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gift-for-dopers-willy-the-eye-roll-smilie/715486/13 "2015-03-20T15:21:58Z")
Too angry. If the current smilie were yellow and had a straight line for a mouth, I’d be happy with it, although, I loved the one we had at Fathom, where the eyes actually rolled. The current blue one looks more like “I’ve got a secret!” The mouth on “dubious” would work better for “eyeroll,” but I think a straight line work work even better. I found a perfect one by Googling, but it’s so small, I didn’t bother to link. It’s straightforward: yellow, eyes straight up, mouth a single line. ---
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gift-for-dopers-willy-the-eye-roll-smilie/715486/14 "2015-03-20T15:22:41Z")
Lose the eyebrows, they’re making it look too angry. ---
**Author:** ![Macca26](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/13edae/32.png) [@Macca26](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Macca26)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gift-for-dopers-willy-the-eye-roll-smilie/715486/15 "2015-03-20T15:23:32Z")
Haha, you do realize that the arrows will just turn into about two grey pixels after being shrunk to proper emoticon size? And the teeth won’t show as anything but a blob either. Eyebrows won’t translate, either. Look at the other smilies: has to be extremely simple. It you’re serious about replacing it, work in the proper size and format: a 16 pixel by 16 pixel gif. You can even do it in MSPaint and get a fully-fledged usable result. That being said, pink and a sneer is a terrible choice in my opinion. I associate neither with rolleyes. And the left brain/right brain thing is BS, it doesn’t matter what way they roll. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gift-for-dopers-willy-the-eye-roll-smilie/715486/16 "2015-03-20T15:30:15Z")
A roll-eye should look worn out/fed up or exasperated. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gift-for-dopers-willy-the-eye-roll-smilie/715486/17 "2015-03-20T15:43:30Z")
Ok, with some of your suggestions in mind: [New Draft](http://www.handsfeetandbeyond.com/willy/eyerollwilly4.jpg) …but, I gotta get back to work, now (I don’t make smilies for a living :D) and, I was just kidding about the “direction of eye-roll” mattering…:rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gift-for-dopers-willy-the-eye-roll-smilie/715486/18 "2015-03-20T16:03:02Z")
Your first version has got colicky abdominal pain, for sure. And the new version is having an oculogyric crisis. ---
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gift-for-dopers-willy-the-eye-roll-smilie/715486/19 "2015-03-20T16:09:46Z")
Give him 10pixels of rgb(102,55,33), stat! ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gift-for-dopers-willy-the-eye-roll-smilie/715486/20 "2015-03-20T16:09:51Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > And the new version is having an oculogyric crisis. That was the look I was going for 😕 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gift-for-dopers-willy-the-eye-roll-smilie/715486.md?page=2)