# Smiley request... **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 7, 2005, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-request/320568 "2005-09-07T19:36:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![KeithT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@KeithT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KeithT)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-request/320568/41 "2005-09-09T02:53:23Z")
Can we pleeeeeease bring back [Smashie](http://homepages.cae.wisc.edu/~tschohl/smash.gif)? Or his big brother, [OG SMASHIE](http://homepages.cae.wisc.edu/~tschohl/smash.html)? ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-request/320568/42 "2005-09-09T07:16:06Z")
Mr. :dubious: is a softened, less obnoxious version of :rolleyes: . Similarly, :smack: is an improved variant of :o . What we need though is a better, less corny, winky. I even have a name for him: :bemused: . ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-request/320568/43 "2005-09-09T23:14:16Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Don’t you and your husband… > er… > > …never mind. Well, yes, but goodness me, I’d hardly have occasion to post about it! \*Oh, I just did, didn’t I? :o \* ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2005, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-request/320568/44 "2005-09-10T00:33:51Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > A breakdown of smiley usefulness as I see it: I was under the strong assumption it always went like this: 🙂 - Usually used in the Pit, where one of the debaters is blissfully ignorant of what’s going on–especially the argument. :rolleyes: - A fly just landed on my head, and I can’t get my fingers off the keyboard to flick it off. :dubious: - Mostly found in Great Debates to initiate the thought that someone farted while posting. “Did you fart? Cause I sure didn’t. Did someone fart?” 🆒 - Also normally found in the Pit where one debater is so burned, he puts on his #14 welder’s goggles to avoid direct UV and IR rays. He’s smiling because he can see again. :smack: - “I just let my hand off the keyboard to smack that damned fly!” 😛 - Used all over the boards to indicate that someone’s coffee went cold/beer went warm. 😉 - “I didn’t get that fly. I hit myself in the eyeball instead. But it’s okay, 'cause the damn fly is gone. . .” 😃 - Used in General Questions in regards to good dental hygiene. 😕 - Used when there’s a lot of flies around one’s head, and you can’t take your hands off the keyboard to shoo them away. :o - Normally used by those drinking, it indicates that the individual has left to praise the “Porcelain Goddess” :eek: - Also used by those drinking while posting, to show the emotion when one realizes, “Hey, I don’t remember eating that!” ☹ - Again, one used when one realizes they’ve had too much, and will have to deal with the hangover. :mad: - “Oh man, I hate hangovers.” I’ve been on these boards for five years, and that’s what my introductory brochure to the SDMB mentioned, and I’ve always believed. Tripler Yeah, it’s right here on Page 3. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2005, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-request/320568/45 "2005-09-10T00:35:24Z")
> [@KeithT](#): > > Can we pleeeeeease bring back [Smashie](http://homepages.cae.wisc.edu/~tschohl/smash.gif)? > > Or his big brother, [OG SMASHIE](http://homepages.cae.wisc.edu/~tschohl/smash.html)? [hijack] Whoa, so you’re **KeithT** , huh? With 455 posts it’s no wonder I never see you around. Hi, I’m \*\*taxi78cab’s \*\* friend in Albany. _waves_ [/hijack] > [@InternetLegend](#): > > Well, yes, but goodness me, I’d hardly have occasion to post about it! > Oh, I just did, didn’t I? :o With the right smiley, no less. ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2005, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-request/320568/46 "2005-09-10T01:13:07Z")
[However read this!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=6528323&postcount=4) :eek: :eek: :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Susie\_Derkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Susie\_Derkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susie_Derkins)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2005, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-request/320568/47 "2005-09-10T01:53:08Z")
> [@Fear Itself](#): > > Here’s a smiley for when there just isn’t a big enough :rolleyes: to do the job: > > [http://www.acsalaska.net/~fmurtley/](http://www.acsalaska.net/~fmurtley/) Ooh! We need a farting smiley!! I think a farting smiley would show even more derision than :rolleyes:. If you don’t like a post it would enable you to fart in its general direction. It would also have been useful in a certain [recent thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=333414) . Yeah, I’m just loaded with class. ---
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2005, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-request/320568/48 "2005-09-10T03:26:12Z")
> [@PigBoy](#): > > I just want to ask how we have survived all these years without [this](http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/images/smilies/banana.gif) smiley. > > It’s just one of several in the dancing fruits and vegetables category! In [another thread,](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=334147) people are discussing this topic: > [@](#): > > A federal appeals court ruled today that the president can indefinitely detain a U.S. citizen captured on U.S. soil in the absence of criminal charges, holding that such authority is vital to protect the nation from terrorist attacks. There’s probably no correlation between the dancing banana and this ruling, but let’s not take any chances. ---
**Author:** ![KeithT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@KeithT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KeithT)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2005, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-request/320568/49 "2005-09-10T18:26:18Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > [hijack] Whoa, so you’re **KeithT** , huh? With 455 posts it’s no wonder I never see you around. Hi, I’m \*\*taxi78cab’s \*\* friend in Albany. _waves_ [/hijack] _waves_ Hi **Anaamika**! **Taxi** ’s told me quite a bit. We’ll have to have an Albany mini-Dopefest sometime. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-request/320568/50 "2005-09-11T01:07:10Z")
> [@KeithT](#): > > _waves_ Hi **Anaamika**! **Taxi** ’s told me quite a bit. We’ll have to have an Albany mini-Dopefest sometime. \*\*Taxi’s \*\* told \*me \* quite a bit, too. I wholeheartedly approve. 😃 Love to meet you some day. ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Side_of_the_Floyd)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-request/320568/51 "2005-09-11T09:32:31Z")
I vote that we be rid of the Happy Orthodox Jewish Smiley and stick a non-animated vomiting (or at least ill looking) one. I can’t see HOJS being used for anything…practical. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-request/320568/52 "2005-09-11T16:41:51Z")
> [@Dark Side of the Floyd](#): > > I vote that we be rid of the Happy Orthodox Jewish Smiley and stick a non-animated vomiting (or at least ill looking) one. > > I can’t see HOJS being used for anything…practical. How about a puking Happy Orthodox Jewish Man? That should satisfy everyone! ---
**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:** [September 11, 2005, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-request/320568/53 "2005-09-11T17:20:29Z")
I’m always amazed at how often people suggest removal of things here on the board that they dislike. Icons . . . threads . . . forums. “Why don’t you get rid of \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_?” \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ varies, of course. If we did what everyone wished, there would be very little here. I would recommend that if you don’t like something, skip over it. For most everything here, someone’s loathe is someone else’s great love. Try to be a little more considerate of your fellow Dopers and let them have their stuff. They should let you have yours too, pretty much. FTR, I do not see us removing any smilies any time soon. We may add more at some time in the future. Please keep in mind that the smilies are mostly vB standard issue – with a few additions of our own – and they themselves have changed over the years as vB has changed. They could well change again, as the ways of vB are sometimes mysterious. your humble TubaDiva ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-request/320568/54 "2005-09-11T19:22:05Z")
Geez, **Tuba**. Unbunch your panties a twist. It’s our board too. Some of us are publically expressing a certain preference or two. Others are joining in or disagreeing or even bringing up other things. It’s all been very civil. How’s that for showing consideration? Your amazement amazes me. Besides, it’s only smilies… ---
**Author:** ![drewbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drewbert/32/15890_2.png) [@drewbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewbert)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-request/320568/55 "2005-09-11T19:56:34Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > How about a puking Happy Orthodox Jewish Man? That should satisfy everyone! [Will this do?](http://homepage.mac.com/drewbert/sdmb/multismashie.gif) Granted, he doesn’t look all that happy. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-request/320568/56 "2005-09-11T20:16:57Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > Geez, **Tuba**. [blah blah blah] On re-reading this, I think my agressive tone may be a bit out of line. The points still stand, tho. None of us are demanding anything, simply expressing opinions as fellow board users. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-request/320568/57 "2005-09-11T20:28:36Z")
> [@drewbert](#): > > [Will this do?](http://homepage.mac.com/drewbert/sdmb/multismashie.gif) > > Granted, he doesn’t look all that happy. Hey, that would be perfect for the pit! That kind of sums up many of the posts . . . ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-request/320568/58 "2005-09-11T21:01:07Z")
> [@Arnold Winkelried](#): > > “I could care less”. Or how about “I **couldn’t** care less!” 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-request/320568/59 "2005-09-11T23:49:07Z")
Er, exactly how hard _is_ it to add a smiley? Is it like some big, expensive, major project that you need to rewrite the board’s software for? ---
**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:** [September 12, 2005, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-request/320568/60 "2005-09-12T13:55:44Z")
No, but we do have lots of other things to do. Smilies are way down on the list. your humble TubaDiva [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-request/320568.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-request/320568.md?page=4)