# Happy Orthodox Jewish Man... **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 3, 2005, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-orthodox-jewish-man/319914 "2005-09-03T18:23:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**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:** [September 7, 2005, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-orthodox-jewish-man/319914/41 "2005-09-07T21:09:29Z")
> [@UncleBeer](#): > > I don’t think this option is available. At least it is nowhere I can find. sorry, I did think that was an option. It should be, for those who despise them so. your humble TubaDiva ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-orthodox-jewish-man/319914/42 "2005-09-07T21:24:37Z")
> [@Scott Plaid](#): > > **jackelope** , hove your mouse over the symbol. What does it say? It says, “ **jackelope** is one enchilada shy of a combo platter.” :smack: ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-orthodox-jewish-man/319914/43 "2005-09-08T12:48:49Z")
> [@slaphead](#): > > And where are … Cheerful Reformed Jewish Girl There’s the Reform Jewish guy smiley. 🙂 There’s also a Reconstructionist smiley. 🙂 Let’s go to temple! ✡✡ ;j :o בָּרוּךְ שֵׁם כְּבוֹד מַלְכוּתוֹ לְעוֹלָם וָעֶד… :rolleyes: 🙂 :rolleyes: 😕 :rolleyes: 😕 :rolleyes: 😕🙂 :rolleyes: 🙂🙂 😕🙂 🙂 :rolleyes: 😕🙂 :rolleyes: 😕🙂 🙂 :rolleyes: 🙂 :rolleyes: 🙂 🙂 🙂 😕🙂 🙂 🙂 😕 :rolleyes: 😕🙂 :rolleyes: 😕🙂 🙂 🙂 :rolleyes: 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 :rolleyes: 😕 😕 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 :rolleyes: 🙂 🙂 🙂 😕🙂 :rolleyes: - bored kids 😕 - forgot their Hebrew ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-orthodox-jewish-man/319914/44 "2005-09-08T13:54:08Z")
Do not taunt Happy Orthodox Jewish Man… ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-orthodox-jewish-man/319914/45 "2005-09-08T14:04:28Z")
The origin of the new smiley was fraught with intrigue, hurt feelings, disagreement, trolling etc. A classic Dope story, but probably not as exciting as you might think from my description. It was created by former poster sdimbert on or about 25 May 2000. You can read the whole story here, in About This Message Board: [Jdavis: New smiley? It flashed by, but when I clicked on it said Illegal thread?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=27490) (to avoid confusion, I’ll mention that in the linked ATMB thread, the OP is an imposter - in an old version of the bulletin board software you could create a name that resembled closely an existing username. Thank God that hole was plugged by the developers.) That ATMB thread links to this GQ thread: [For cmkeller . . . a question about Judaism’s rituals](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=25352) where we see sdimbert in the act of creation, so to speak. The lesson I learned from our happy orthodox jewish smiley adventure: if you add a feature at the message board off the cuff, without a full-blown committee meeting discussing all possible pros and cons, you open yourself up for years of confusion. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-orthodox-jewish-man/319914/46 "2005-09-08T17:31:40Z")
Yes, the HOJM turns Chinese when highlighted; the embarrassed smiley :o looks like psychotic screaming man when highlighted. Highlight the Smackie :smack: and he becomes Elephant Man, or something. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-orthodox-jewish-man/319914/47 "2005-09-08T17:51:56Z")
> [@](#): > > The lesson I learned from our happy orthodox jewish smiley adventure: if you add a feature at the message board off the cuff, without a full-blown committee meeting discussing all possible pros and cons, you open yourself up for years of confusion. And how does this differ from adding a feature after convening a full-blown committee meeting discussing all possible pros and cons? ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-orthodox-jewish-man/319914/48 "2005-09-08T21:41:08Z")
The difference would be that when an idea is reviewed at a full-blown department meeting, it typically dies in the commitee and nothing gets done. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-orthodox-jewish-man/319914.md?page=2)