# Pre-smiley poll debate

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-smiley-poll-debate/108763>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 13, 2002, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-smiley-poll-debate/108763 "2002-05-13T06:52:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 6

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**Author:** ![Nenya\_Elizabeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ea5d25/32.png) [@Nenya\_Elizabeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nenya_Elizabeth)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2002, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-smiley-poll-debate/108763/101 "2002-06-01T05:43:21Z")

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Well, if Smackie (hit-head-with-hand, not Smashie) wins, I will be happy.

If Smashie wins, I can live with that too, because it’s a reminder of the Great SDMB Whiteout in February.

It looks, so far, like the rest of the voters in this poll are just as intelligent as me when it comes to choosing good smilies. 😃

Do we need a tongue-in-cheek smilie?

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**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:** [June 1, 2002, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-smiley-poll-debate/108763/102 "2002-06-01T13:58:01Z")

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Counts right now:  
Poll 1 405 voters  
Poll 2 354 voters  
Poll 3 395 voters  
Poll 4 363 voters  
Poll 5 397 voters

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**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2002, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-smiley-poll-debate/108763/103 "2002-06-02T02:46:47Z")

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The votes trickle in but the standings remain pretty consistent:

sherlock [162] poll 1 leader  
uh oh [125] poll 2 leader  
smashie [210] poll 3 leader  
smack [251] poll 4 leader  
hijack [189] poll 5 leader  
–top 4 nonleaders–  
dubious [176] poll 5  
foil [172] poll 5  
cecil [147] poll 4  
whoosh [145] poll 3 (tie)  
evil [145] poll 1 (tie)

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