# The great smiley changeover! **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 6, 2002, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-smiley-changeover/102216 "2002-04-06T21:21:07Z")\ **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:** [April 8, 2002, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-smiley-changeover/102216/21 "2002-04-08T17:08:36Z")
OG SMASH SMASHIE! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2002, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-smiley-changeover/102216/22 "2002-04-08T19:09:23Z")
:mad:🆒;):p:eek:😕 The gay contingent approves. ---
**Author:** ![Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helen_s_Eidolon)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2002, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-smiley-changeover/102216/23 "2002-04-08T20:08:51Z")
Three cheers for **Arnold** and **TubaDiva**! 😃🆒😛 ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2002, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-smiley-changeover/102216/24 "2002-04-08T20:54:06Z")
Colored smilies good. Esprix ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2002, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-smiley-changeover/102216/25 "2002-04-08T21:48:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by hannahw \* > \*\* > > Awww, **Flamsterette\_X** you still won’t see smashie. That was an animated smilie with a hammer from the tempboard during The Winter of our Missed Content[sup]tm[/sup] \*\* Darn… I was wondering what that was all about. Still, would have liked to have seen it. Oh well… ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2002, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-smiley-changeover/102216/26 "2002-04-08T21:57:30Z")
And I think I missed you **most** of all :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Loopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loopus/32/15343_2.png) [@Loopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopus)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2002, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-smiley-changeover/102216/27 "2002-04-08T21:58:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Flamsterette\_X \* > \*\* > > Darn… I was wondering what that was all about. Still, would have liked to have seen it. Oh well… \*\* Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeere’s [Smashie](http://bb.bbboy.net/emoticons/bbboard/smash.gif)! -Loopus ---
**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:** [April 8, 2002, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-smiley-changeover/102216/28 "2002-04-08T22:10:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by matt\_mcl \* > \*\*:mad:🆒;):p:eek:😕 > > The gay contingent approves. \*\* Those smilies are the gay ones??? Does that mean the rest of them are straight?? :):(:D:rolleyes::o;j:wally (Sheesh, **matt** , I didn’t know gaydar worked on smilies. ;)) ---
**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:** [April 8, 2002, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-smiley-changeover/102216/29 "2002-04-08T22:22:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by hannahw \* > I can in no way take credit for this. It is the genius of some doper in a thread about naming “the bad time.” Posted by widdershins in [Literary types! Name the Straight-Dope-astrophe!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=106221) ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2002, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-smiley-changeover/102216/30 "2002-04-08T22:48:08Z")
The smilies are, indeed, retroactive (thank God). Esprix ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2002, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-smiley-changeover/102216/31 "2002-04-08T23:47:28Z")
Og smash washed out smilies! ---
**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:** [April 9, 2002, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-smiley-changeover/102216/32 "2002-04-09T01:18:53Z")
Just to give credit where credit is due: in this case the work was done by TubaDiva and jdavis. P.S. Anthracite thank you for your kind offer. I forget that you had the old smilies at the Unaboard. When I mentioned to TubaDiva that I didn’t know where to find the vBulletin 1.x smilies, with her superior searching skills she found them in less than 5 minutes. But next time I’ll keep you in mind! ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2002, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-smiley-changeover/102216/33 "2002-04-09T01:31:18Z")
All hail **TubaDiva** and **Jerry** , Lady and Lord of the Coloured Smilies!! 🙂 ☹ :o 😃 😉 😛 🆒 :rolleyes: :mad: :eek: 😕 ;j Three cheers for **Arnold** , Official Smilie Curmudgeon!! ;j 😕 :eek: :mad: :rolleyes: 🆒 😛 😉 😃 :o ☹ 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2002, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-smiley-changeover/102216/34 "2002-04-09T01:55:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by wring \* > \*\*And I think I missed you **most** of all :eek: \*\* Me too! :eek: is my favourite smilie. 😃 is second. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2002, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-smiley-changeover/102216/35 "2002-04-09T03:32:21Z")
Oh, how wonderful! I’m an :eek: fan, too! ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2002, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-smiley-changeover/102216/36 "2002-04-09T03:44:01Z")
ME WANT COLOURED SMILIES! ME WANT COLOURED SMILIES!!! They aren’t showing up in colour for me! I still have stupid old drab yellow. Is this a browser thing? I’m using Mozilla 0.9.8 in Linux - please, can it be fixed?!?! [sub]And I know I asked the same question in another thread, but I want coloured smilies, dammit!:)[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2002, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-smiley-changeover/102216/37 "2002-04-09T03:48:10Z")
I just tried logging out, and back in (the extent of my problem-solving skills on this one!) and it didn’t work. Is there some sort of setting I can change? I have Mozilla set to “Use web site defaults” or something like that, so that all text and backgrounds show up as the website dictates… Ok, NOW I’ve exhausted my possible solutions 🙂 I’ll post this as my own thread in a day or so if no one wanders in and suggests anything… ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2002, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-smiley-changeover/102216/38 "2002-04-09T03:48:32Z")
Fuck yeah! :eek: still has the superfluous red pixel in his mouth! _Si sic omnes?_\* Why the hell did they change smilies for Version 2 anyway? Never mind. The new smilies are back by _consensus gentium_\*\*. (\*Why couldn’t it always be so?) (\*\*popular demand) (My Romantic source? _Amo, Amas, Amat, and More How to Use Latin to Your Own Advantage and to the Astonishment of Others_ by Eugene Ehrlich.) 😃 (I missed ya, Happy Jack.) ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2002, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-smiley-changeover/102216/39 "2002-04-09T03:52:40Z")
**mnemosyne** , try this: Hold the Control (Ctrl) key while clicking the refresh button. Soon, you should be copacetic. 🆒 If that doesn’t work, use the Direct Method [sup]TM[/sup] and take an axe to the contents of your browser’s cached files. Or you can just wait a while until the cached images expire and your browser grabs the new ones. But we both know _that_ isn’t an option. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2002, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-smiley-changeover/102216/40 "2002-04-09T06:05:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Loopus \* > \*\* > > Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeere’s [Smashie](http://bb.bbboy.net/emoticons/bbboard/smash.gif)! > > -Loopus \*\* Thanks, **Loopus** … that was cool! It was actually kind of cute in a way… reminded me of the Bash Brothers (or whatever they were called) in those old Super Mario[sup]TM[/sup] games… you know, those little Koopas with the hammers that they would throw down at you in hopes of killing you with a well-aimed hit! I never was much good at those games, but they were still fun to play. At least until I got tired of dying like 100 times in a row! :eek: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-smiley-changeover/102216.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-smiley-changeover/102216.md?page=3)