# Smiley Voting - Round 2 **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 3, 2002, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-voting-round-2/112178 "2002-06-03T16:14:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Robb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Robb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robb)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2002, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-voting-round-2/112178/21 "2002-06-04T17:41:19Z")
OG SMASH SMASHIE!! GO CECIL!! ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2002, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-voting-round-2/112178/22 "2002-06-04T17:49:27Z")
Ugh, Smackie in the lead? Probably the worst of the bunch. Heck, I’ll use ;j before I use that ugly smilie (smugly?). ---
**Author:** ![Pucette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/278dde/32.png) [@Pucette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pucette)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2002, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-voting-round-2/112178/23 "2002-06-04T19:41:27Z")
Go Smackie, it’s your birthday… ---
**Author:** ![FisherQueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@FisherQueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FisherQueen)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2002, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-voting-round-2/112178/24 "2002-06-04T20:23:37Z")
Sure, Smashie’s a part of our heritage, and I love him. But he just isn’t the same non-animated. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2002, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-voting-round-2/112178/25 "2002-06-04T21:10:04Z")
SMASHIE! SMASHIE! SMASHIE! ---
**Author:** ![Jman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jman/32/4416_2.png) [@Jman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jman)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2002, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-voting-round-2/112178/26 "2002-06-04T23:37:49Z")
**SMACK SMACK SMACK SMACK!!!** ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2002, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-voting-round-2/112178/27 "2002-06-04T23:49:31Z")
Smashie is getting set-up for the **SMACK** down. ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2002, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-voting-round-2/112178/28 "2002-06-05T00:08:05Z")
The Martian Contengant throws all its votes behind Smashie!!! (yes, all 22) ---
**Author:** ![Orual](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/779978/32.png) [@Orual](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orual)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2002, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-voting-round-2/112178/29 "2002-06-05T01:10:32Z")
_sigh_ Sherlock, we hardly knew ye… ---
**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 5, 2002, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-voting-round-2/112178/30 "2002-06-05T01:18:48Z")
Given Caminiti’s recent revelation I think it’s in the best interest of all that **smack** submit to a pee test. ---
**Author:** ![Scotticher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Scotticher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scotticher)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2002, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-voting-round-2/112178/31 "2002-06-05T02:06:31Z")
I actually liked **Cecil** the best, but can someone enlighten my clueless little self as to how, exactly, it would be universally useful? Unless you happen to BE **Cecil** , in which case the answer is obvious. ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2002, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-voting-round-2/112178/32 "2002-06-05T02:59:34Z")
It’s obvious that smack is the best…just plug it in and lets get on with it… ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2002, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-voting-round-2/112178/33 "2002-06-05T04:51:02Z")
> [@](#): > > Let the best smiley win! Well, it’s too late for that, since Time Magazine’s Smiley of the Century, :einstein:, is already out of the running. But since we no longer have the _obvious_ best choice, go with anything but foil or smashie. ---
**Author:** ![Jenner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac8455/32.png) [@Jenner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenner)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2002, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-voting-round-2/112178/34 "2002-06-05T06:03:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NardoPolo \* > \*\* > :Smack: deserves to win - it’s quite well drawn. The hand even has all 5 fingers! Who was the artist? \*\* Smackie is a joint creation of **Saltire** and **Devilman Palmer** (me). **Saltire** designed the prototype, which consisted of a grimacing smiley with a hand over its forehead, and I polished it up a bit by changing the colors and adding an arm. ---
**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 5, 2002, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-voting-round-2/112178/35 "2002-06-05T07:34:37Z")
Woohoo! the best ones did make it to Round Two! _**GO SHERLOCK!! GO HIJACK!!**_ But I see that that’s unlikely; so, I’ll be pretty happy if Smackie wins, which seems at the moment to be most likely as it’s in the lead by far (123 out of 229–22.69%). **Go SMACKEROO!** ---
**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 5, 2002, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-voting-round-2/112178/36 "2002-06-05T07:38:08Z")
Oh–and would it be legit for someone to start a post in another forum notifying them of the polls? Not that I’m going to do it, but I wonder if someone should have done so before the first poll started. Maybe **Arnold** could have stickied a short notice linking back to ATMB or something? Ah, well, we take what we can get I guess. I think that whichever of the current nine wins, it will be an addition to the boards and will be enjoyed by all, even those who didn’t get to vote. ---
**Author:** ![Balor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/45deac/32.png) [@Balor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balor)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2002, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-voting-round-2/112178/37 "2002-06-05T11:40:36Z")
I suspect that very few people know about these smiley polls - you should advertise. Most of us never come in here at all. I dropped in looking for something else and found this. Although the others are wonderful, Smackie is the one we all need. ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2002, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-voting-round-2/112178/38 "2002-06-05T13:51:46Z")
Cecil. Dubious. Smack Smack Smack! Cecil. Dubious. Smack Smack Smack! **Scotticher** - the Cecil icon could be used as a link to the Master’s colums, with the appropriate title to its right, as if Cecil himself were speaking the question. Kinda nifty, actually. ---
**Author:** ![kabbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e99b99/32.png) [@kabbes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kabbes)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2002, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-voting-round-2/112178/39 "2002-06-05T13:57:26Z")
I think dubious is by far the best, with Smack a distant second. But I still voted for both, since Smack is the most likely to beat the obnoxious smash smilie. I’ll go for anything-but-smashie with pleasure. It looks like a one-horse race now anyway. But 2nd place will be interesting to watch. pan ---
**Author:** ![Anubis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@Anubis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anubis)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2002, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-voting-round-2/112178/40 "2002-06-05T15:10:57Z")
How is this thing figuring out the percentage of votes that the smilies get? Right now, Smack has 137 out of 252 votes, which simple division can tell you is over half of 'em. Yet the poll says that it only has 22.83 percent of the votes. No New Smilies only has 13/252 votes which is a fraction of a percent, but it supposedly has 2.17 percent of votes. What’s up? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-voting-round-2/112178.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-voting-round-2/112178.md?page=3)