# Smiley Voting - Round 1 - Poll 1 **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 26, 2002, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-voting-round-1-poll-1/110928 "2002-05-26T16:49:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [May 26, 2002, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-voting-round-1-poll-1/110928/1 "2002-05-26T16:49:30Z")
**Adding a new smiley** We will be adding a new smiley at the SDMB. The smiley will be chosen by popular vote, using the approval method of voting (you can vote for more than one candidate, the candidate with the most votes will win - see [at this page](http://www.sciam.com/askexpert/math/math2.html) a description of approval voting by mathematician Sam Merrill.) **The polling process** We have 50 candidates. vBulletin limits the number of choices in a poll to 10. So the first round of voting will have 5 polls with 10 candidates each. You can vote for more than one candidate in each of the 5 polls in the first round. (Note that if you vote for _every_ candidate, the effect for determining the winner would be the same as if you had not voted at all.) This first round will last 7 days. At end of 7 days, there will be a second-round poll with a) the winner in each of the five polls of the first round (five smilies) b) plus the top four vote-getters besides those five, treating all the polls as one c) and the “no new smilies” choice The second-round 10-choice poll that will also expire in 7 days and be conducted using approval voting. If the winner of the second round is a category with two or more smilies (e.g. dubious has two submissions), there will be one final poll to choose the best smiley for that category, with an expiration date of five days. If there are ties in any of the rounds of voting, the winner will be decided by Arnold Winkelried flipping a swiss coin (to have a double guarantee of swiss neutrality) to determine the winner. **Candidates** [List of candidates](http://home.earthlink.net/~awinkelried/smpoll1/). The table of submissions is divided by columns - the first column will be poll one for the first round, the second column will be poll two for the first round, etc… **Threads of interest** [Asking for smiley submissions in ATMB](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=114395) [Practice poll in ATMB](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=117084) - **We strongly recommend that you experiment with vBulletin’s polling feature here before you start voting on smilies.** [IMHO thread debating the most useful smiley](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=114883) - **This is the place to discuss which smiley is the “best” and/or worthy of your vote.** [IMHO thread discussing the voting method](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=114877) Let the best smiley win! ---
**Author:** ![Jervoise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jervoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jervoise)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2002, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-voting-round-1-poll-1/110928/2 "2002-05-27T05:41:06Z")
Go ambivalent! :Z :Z :Z :Z I want YOU to win! I think. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2002, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-voting-round-1-poll-1/110928/3 "2002-05-27T05:58:03Z")
\*\*VOTE YUK! THE BEST SMILIE OF THEM ALL! CECIL LOVES PEOPLE WHO VOTE FOR YUK AND HATES THOSE WHO VOTE FOR ANY OTHER! BE COOL! VOTE YUK!\*\* Tammany Fenris ---
**Author:** ![Jenner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac8455/32.png) [@Jenner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenner)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2002, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-voting-round-1-poll-1/110928/4 "2002-05-27T06:35:03Z")
Only one smilie has a proven track record of fighting ignorance. Only one smilie can capture the spirit and integrity of the Straight Dope. Only one smilie has the honor, courage, and experience to lead. Vote Sherlock. Because we don’t have time for amateurs. (paid for by Friends of Sherlock) ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2002, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-voting-round-1-poll-1/110928/5 "2002-05-27T07:58:43Z")
I agree with **Narrad**. :Z :Z :Z ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2002, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-voting-round-1-poll-1/110928/6 "2002-05-27T08:12:11Z")
Why did it say I’ve already voted in this poll? I peeked in to take a look but then exited!!! Did my vote count? Have I been disenfranchised? Don’t let Florida repeat itself!!! (FTR, I chose 1, 6, 11, 21, 26, 31, & 46) ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2002, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-voting-round-1-poll-1/110928/7 "2002-05-27T12:51:12Z")
**First shot** : A bright, sunny day in a daisy-filled field. A little girl, obviously a Doper-to-be is picking daisies and humming to herself. An idyllic scene. **Second shot** : A bomb goes off, a mushroom cloud begins to fill the screen as it gets brighter and brighter, the little girl disappears. **Third shot** : Against now white background. Caption “If I had my way, I’d nuke every f\*\*\*ing Doper on the planet! I hate those smug bastards!” --Sherlock Smiley, Huntley-Brinkley News Hour, Dec 21 1974. **Fourth shot** : Fade to black. Caption: "These are the stakes, to make a world in which all Cecil’s children can live, or to go into the darkness. Either we must love each other or we must die.–attributed to LBJ, originally spoken by Yuk [sub]Paid for by _The Dopers for Yuk_ Party[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2002, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-voting-round-1-poll-1/110928/8 "2002-05-27T13:51:38Z")
Yuk sucks. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2002, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-voting-round-1-poll-1/110928/9 "2002-05-27T13:59:06Z")
Barbra Streisand has said she’ll leave the country if you don’t vote for ambivalent. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2002, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-voting-round-1-poll-1/110928/10 "2002-05-27T14:08:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by PunditLisa \* > \*\*Barbra Streisand has said she’ll leave the country if you don’t vote for ambivalent. \*\* Barbara Steisand says she’ll leave the country if you vote for yuk! TWO! TWO! TWO Great Things accomplished with ONE vote! GO YUK! _Paid for by the Committee to send Barbara to Botswanna!_ ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2002, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-voting-round-1-poll-1/110928/11 "2002-05-27T14:10:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Barbarian \* > \*\*Yuk sucks. \*\* Eloquence like that _only_ comes from a Smashie supporter! **VOTE YUK! VOTE FREEDOM!** ---
**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:** [May 27, 2002, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-voting-round-1-poll-1/110928/12 "2002-05-27T16:07:42Z")
**Announcer** : Every Yuk supporter wants to believe that Yuk is, quote, experienced… But listen to the smilie who should know best, Rolleyes. A reporter recently asked Rolleyes this question about Yuk’s ‘experience’. **Reporter** : I just wondered if you could give us an example of any major case of ignorance that Yuk has fought… **Rolleyes** : If you give me a week, I might think of one. I don’t remember. (Laughter)… **Announcer** : Rolleyes could not remember, but the voters will remember. For real leadership in the SDMB, help elect Smashie your next smilie. He has the experience. _Yuk. Soft on ignorance. Smashie. He’s got a hammer, and he’s not afraid to use it._ [sub]Paid for with $1.98 in stamps[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Kahuna\_Burger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Big\_Kahuna\_Burger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Kahuna_Burger)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2002, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-voting-round-1-poll-1/110928/13 "2002-05-27T18:05:08Z")
**Announcer:** Yuk would have you believe he’s the best candidate for the newest SDMB smiley. [Unflattering close-up] Then why won’t he talk about his illegal campaign activities involving the Starland Vocal Band? Why did he allow Willie Horton to go on a weekend furlough, raping and killing a Maryland woman? Why won’t he support a Pledge of Allegiance to Cecil Adams? Yuk: Not fit to be an SDMB smiley Paid for by the Committee to elect Whoosh BK Burger, Treasurer ---
**Author:** ![Jenner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac8455/32.png) [@Jenner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenner)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2002, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-voting-round-1-poll-1/110928/14 "2002-05-27T18:06:39Z")
Vote Sherlock. It’s elementary, my dear Dopers. ---
**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2002, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-voting-round-1-poll-1/110928/15 "2002-05-27T22:13:19Z")
The game is afoot! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2002, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-voting-round-1-poll-1/110928/16 "2002-05-28T00:39:54Z")
**EVIL** ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2002, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-voting-round-1-poll-1/110928/17 "2002-05-28T04:02:56Z")
:Z IS PEOPLE! ---
**Author:** ![Victory\_Candescence](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Victory\_Candescence](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Victory_Candescence)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2002, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-voting-round-1-poll-1/110928/18 "2002-05-28T18:16:20Z")
The evil Visible Pink Unicorn has a rather [voice deepens] **ambivalent** [/vd] record. In her own words: “Yuk! I have not had sexual relations with the Martian mob boss, Sherlock Soprano.” Or has she?:eek: Perhaps you should worry, you’re paranoia could be right. Don’t let our Dopeland sink into a miserable hell-hole, Vote Smashie! paid for by the Axis of Evil ---
**Author:** ![Robb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Robb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robb)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2002, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-voting-round-1-poll-1/110928/19 "2002-05-28T18:24:28Z")
Og sort rubbish! Yuk goes in bin! ---
**Author:** ![Tamex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Tamex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamex)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2002, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-voting-round-1-poll-1/110928/20 "2002-05-28T19:59:12Z")
With all the “TMI” threads out there… **We need YUK!** Thank you. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-voting-round-1-poll-1/110928.md?page=2)