# Can we have the original eye-rolling smiley back, please?

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**Created:** [April 2, 2005, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-have-the-original-eye-rolling-smiley-back-please/297431 "2005-04-02T19:20:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2005, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-have-the-original-eye-rolling-smiley-back-please/297431/1 "2005-04-02T19:20:43Z")

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The skeptical-faced eye-rolling smiley was perfect for the SDMB. Why chance it? Any chance we can have it back? The new one just doesn’t seem to fit the general attitude of much of the board. :rolleyes:

Adam

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**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2005, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-have-the-original-eye-rolling-smiley-back-please/297431/2 "2005-04-02T19:22:03Z")

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> [@Agent Foxtrot](#):
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> Why chance it?

Er, why _change_ it?

Previewing your post is a _good_ thing. :smack:

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**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2005, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-have-the-original-eye-rolling-smiley-back-please/297431/3 "2005-04-02T19:35:31Z")

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And here I thought it was a slippery slope argument 😉

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**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2005, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-have-the-original-eye-rolling-smiley-back-please/297431/4 "2005-04-02T19:55:01Z")

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Unless my browser found a fossil cache, it looks to me like all the old smileys are back now.

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**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2005, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-have-the-original-eye-rolling-smiley-back-please/297431/5 "2005-04-02T19:59:23Z")

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[Yep, clear your cache](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=309666)

Looks like it was an April Fools prank.  
Bastids! 😉

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2005, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-have-the-original-eye-rolling-smiley-back-please/297431/6 "2005-04-02T20:13:46Z")

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Actually, no, Jerry just happened to get to it in fairly short order. I didn’t expect cosmetic changes of any kind to be looked at until way down the line, but y’all got lucky here.

your humble TubaDiva