# Smackie: Was I the first? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 12, 2002, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smackie-was-i-the-first/113681 "2002-06-12T18:29:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smackie-was-i-the-first/113681/21 "2002-06-13T01:20:08Z")
D’oh! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![butter\_pie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aca169/32.png) [@butter\_pie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butter_pie)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smackie-was-i-the-first/113681/22 "2002-06-13T07:44:08Z")
:smack: Heehee! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smackie-was-i-the-first/113681/23 "2002-06-13T09:25:14Z")
Geez, you’re like kids with a new toy!:smack: ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smackie-was-i-the-first/113681/24 "2002-06-13T13:08:56Z")
Has anyone else noticed that Smackie’s thumb is on the wrong side? :smack: I guess he’s got a reason 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smackie-was-i-the-first/113681/25 "2002-06-13T13:10:13Z")
or maybe I’m just very bleary eyed from working double shifts all week :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Robb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Robb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robb)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smackie-was-i-the-first/113681/26 "2002-06-13T14:15:47Z")
OG :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smackie-was-i-the-first/113681/27 "2002-06-13T14:22:27Z")
Anyone heard the latest god:smack: CD yet? ---
**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 14, 2002, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smackie-was-i-the-first/113681/28 "2002-06-14T02:58:33Z")
I do hope most of the :smack: practice is being done in this thread, otherwise the smiley haters will kill us all! :smack: :smack: :smack: :smack: …just because I can! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smackie-was-i-the-first/113681/29 "2002-06-14T08:26:52Z")
:: Derleth thinks **Barbarian** must be the product of some weird genetic testing to think :smack:'s thumb is on the wrong side. :: :: Genetic testing that makes thumbs go to the wrong side. :: :: Generic genetic testing? No! :: :: Thumbwar weapons research. :: :smack: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cougarfang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@Cougarfang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cougarfang)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smackie-was-i-the-first/113681/30 "2002-06-14T10:28:01Z")
Whoa, so :smack: was conceived three years ago? :eek: :smack:'s thumb is on the wrong side? _Tests it out with own hand and forehead :smack:_ Yowch! Dagnabbit, that was too fast! :smack: Ow! Still too fast! :smack:Ow! :smack: Ow! :smack: Error: User has passed out from multiple head traumas. :rolleyes: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smackie-was-i-the-first/113681/31 "2002-06-14T11:27:40Z")
Same as it ever was :smack: Same as it ever was :smack: Same as it ever was :smack: Same as it ever was :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smackie-was-i-the-first/113681/32 "2002-06-14T11:43:11Z")
Boy :smack: is a mess when you high-light it. ---
**Author:** ![Krisfer\_the\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Krisfer\_the\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Krisfer_the_Cat)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2002, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smackie-was-i-the-first/113681/33 "2002-06-16T04:24:00Z")
Can’t believe I missed the poll:smack: ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2002, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smackie-was-i-the-first/113681/34 "2002-06-16T07:44:41Z")
Damn, I can’t believe I waited so long to join in on this thread. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2002, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smackie-was-i-the-first/113681/35 "2002-06-16T15:29:51Z")
I rarely read MPSIMS or IMHO any more, so I completely missed this smiley vote stuff until Sue Dunhym talked about it in the Pit. I’d just like to say that this new smiley is particularly odious. Almost as bad as the putz smiley. And if Ferrous would like to proudly claim the first use of it, then maybe he/she would also like to claim the loudest fart in church. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2002, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smackie-was-i-the-first/113681/36 "2002-06-16T21:16:20Z")
laying claim to the first use of these two (if they ever get adopted): :cecil: :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2002, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smackie-was-i-the-first/113681/37 "2002-06-16T21:19:18Z")
Oh, what the heck. :smash: :smashie: :hijack: ---
**Author:** ![DAVEW0071](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smackie-was-i-the-first/113681/38 "2002-06-17T00:37:21Z")
The thumb is not on the wrong side. If you hold your right hand to your forehead, palm in, the thumb will be on the outside, i.e., the right side. :smack: Also, I opened this thread, read the whole thing, and then thought, “:smack: wow! I coulda had a V-8!” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_Who](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c2a13f/32.png) [@The\_Man\_Who](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_Who)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smackie-was-i-the-first/113681/39 "2002-06-17T01:11:39Z")
I’ve already got a smashie in a post from the week after the board went back up, so neener-neener. -Myron September 5, 2002 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smackie-was-i-the-first/113681.md?page=1)