# Is there a story behind the "happy orthodox jewish man" smiley?

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**Created:** [April 7, 2004, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-story-behind-the-happy-orthodox-jewish-man-smiley/238655 "2004-04-07T00:39:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lando\_Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f17d59/32.png) [@Lando\_Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lando_Griffin)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2004, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-story-behind-the-happy-orthodox-jewish-man-smiley/238655/1 "2004-04-07T00:39:52Z")

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SSIA. Just curious.

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**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2004, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-story-behind-the-happy-orthodox-jewish-man-smiley/238655/2 "2004-04-07T06:21:13Z")

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[The thread where it all started.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=25352) HOJM was designed by **sdimbert** and added by the staff to the smilies collection.

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**Author:** ![Algernon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Algernon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algernon)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2004, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-story-behind-the-happy-orthodox-jewish-man-smiley/238655/3 "2004-04-08T13:59:03Z")

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[And here is the thread where it first became noticed and commented upon…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=27490)