# practice post

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-post/57312>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [March 9, 2001, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-post/57312 "2001-03-09T04:33:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Man\_from\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Man\_from\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_from_Mars)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2001, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-post/57312/1 "2001-03-09T04:33:46Z")

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Just learned about these smilies things and want to get my hands wet a little:

😃  
;j

:wally

:???

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**Author:** ![Man\_from\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Man\_from\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_from_Mars)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2001, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-post/57312/2 "2001-03-09T04:35:57Z")

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oops. Should have typed 😕 instead of :???: the ???'s are over the smilie. My post count was 41 and after this it should be 42?

Let’s see…

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**Author:** ![Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/41988e/32.png) [@Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tequila_Mockingbird)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2001, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-post/57312/3 "2001-03-09T07:54:27Z")

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A test of my own…  
**Hello**  
_Is it working?_  
Gosh, I hope so!

Hmm those worked, but how do I make the small print? 🙂

By the way, hi Tony, welcome to the board.

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**Author:** ![Man\_from\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Man\_from\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_from_Mars)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2001, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-post/57312/4 "2001-03-09T08:07:15Z")

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Hi Tequila,

Actually I’ve been here for a while, but I tend to do more reading than writing. Shyness, I guess.