# Somebody answer diceman dammit!
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-answer-diceman-dammit/591
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**Created:** [January 15, 2000, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-answer-diceman-dammit/591 "2000-01-15T02:59:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2000, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-answer-diceman-dammit/591/1 "2000-01-15T02:59:00Z")
I need a legend on how to make the smilie facesβ¦
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### Author:  [@Sycorax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sycorax)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2000, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-answer-diceman-dammit/591/2 "2000-01-15T03:08:00Z")
Itβs on the left of your reply screen.
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### Author:  [@Louie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Louie)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2000, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-answer-diceman-dammit/591/3 "2000-01-15T03:31:00Z")
Here you go :
π = π
βΉ = βΉ
π = π
π = π
:o = :o
π = π
π = π
:rolleyes: = :rolleyes:
:mad: = :mad:
:eek: = :eek:
π = π
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### Author:  [@The\_Ryan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Ryan)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2000, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-answer-diceman-dammit/591/4 "2000-01-15T03:40:00Z")
How did you have the left side be unaffected by UBB?
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### Author:  [@BlockHead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlockHead)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2000, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-answer-diceman-dammit/591/5 "2000-01-15T08:45:00Z")
π
βΉ
π
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### Author:  [@BlockHead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlockHead)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2000, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-answer-diceman-dammit/591/6 "2000-01-15T08:46:00Z")
Simple, donβt put the colon AFTER the smiley.
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### Author:  [@Louie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Louie)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2000, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-answer-diceman-dammit/591/7 "2000-01-16T09:11:00Z")
> [@](#):
>
> Originally posted by The Ryan:
> **How did you have the left side be unaffected by UBB?**
Shhh, itβs a secretβ¦
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### Author:  [@Lord\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Jim)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2000, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-answer-diceman-dammit/591/8 "2000-01-17T06:19:00Z")
Come on Louie, tell them how you do it. You know it is useful information. People try all kinds of workarounds to tell others how to do that kind of thing. ; π , I mean π
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### Author:  [@Lord\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Jim)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2000, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-answer-diceman-dammit/591/9 "2000-01-17T06:22:00Z")
Oh, damit, I meant to say π , I mean π
did I do it right that time?
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### Author:  [@Louie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Louie)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2000, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-answer-diceman-dammit/591/10 "2000-01-17T07:57:00Z")
> [@](#):
>
> Originally posted by JimB:
> **Come on Louie, tell them how you do it. You know it is useful information. People try all kinds of workarounds to tell others how to do that kind of thing. ; π , I mean π**
Okay, fine, hereβs what I typed down :
HTML code key:
: : colon
; ; semicolon
( ( left parenthesis
) ) right parenthesis
D capital D
o small o
UBB emoticons :
π = π
βΉ = βΉ
π = π
π = π
:o = :o
π = π
π = π
:rolleyes: = :rolleyes:
:mad: = :mad:
:eek: = :eek:
π = π
Now the secretβs out.
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### Author:  [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2000, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-answer-diceman-dammit/591/11 "2000-01-17T15:06:00Z")
\\code:\\\ π
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:p
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