# questions about smilies **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 18, 2006, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-smilies/353208 "2006-04-18T19:57:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Matthew1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ed655f/32.png) [@Matthew1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Matthew1)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-smilies/353208/1 "2006-04-18T19:57:28Z")
I understand the majority, but I am curious about the origination of the happy orthodox jewish man…where did he come from? and why is the putz labelled wally??? So many questions! ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-smilies/353208/2 "2006-04-18T20:35:11Z")
Welcome. Since you’re a guest and you can’t search, try [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=273304&highlight=wally) for one of the previous threads regarding this question. If you have any questions after that, pony up the money and search yourself. 😉 kidding…seriously, welcome aboard. ---
**Author:** ![Matthew1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ed655f/32.png) [@Matthew1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Matthew1)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-smilies/353208/3 "2006-04-19T03:36:50Z")
> [@Cluricaun](#): > > Welcome. Since you’re a guest and you can’t search, try [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=273304&highlight=wally) for one of the previous threads regarding this question. If you have any questions after that, pony up the money and search yourself. 😉 > > kidding…seriously, welcome aboard. I’d like to join the boards here but it’s gonna take me about a month to get my finances straight to where I’ll have some spending money, as I just went from working two jobs to one and it’s cut a lot out of my pocket, but time with family was just more important…now we’re also saving for a trip to europe next year, because it’s somewhere I want to go again and my gf has never been there… But thanks for the answer about the putz, so now…how bout ortho-jewish man? ---
**Author:** ![Matthew1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ed655f/32.png) [@Matthew1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Matthew1)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-smilies/353208/4 "2006-04-19T06:01:28Z")
:smack: guess I should have used the thread about pukey to learn about putz, but I’m still curious…where did ;j come from? ---
**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 19, 2006, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-smilies/353208/5 "2006-04-19T06:24:13Z")
IIRC one of our Jewish members (SDimbert?) asked for one . . . and another of our members rose to the challenge and created it. I’ve always liked it because I thought it was illustrative of how creative and cool our members can be . . . but mostly all I hear is how people dislike it, so there you have it. TubaDiva ---
**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:** [April 19, 2006, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-smilies/353208/6 "2006-04-19T07:07:32Z")
See here [travelling down memory lane](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=6558174&postcount=45) ---
**Author:** ![Matthew1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ed655f/32.png) [@Matthew1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Matthew1)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-smilies/353208/7 "2006-04-19T10:41:02Z")
I don’t know why people dislike it…I’m not a member, but I think it’s neat! Thanks everyone! ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-smilies/353208/8 "2006-04-20T13:47:15Z")
I doubt that many people actively dislike it… just that it has virtually no use. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2006, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-smilies/353208/9 "2006-04-22T12:23:01Z")
> [@Peter Morris](#): > > I doubt that many people actively dislike it… just that it has virtually no use. People look at it and think “That spot could be filled with a full-color image of a person vomiting. Instead, we have a representation of a member of one of the world’s oldest religions. There ain’t no justice.” What’s this? 😃 :o Shore leave