Can’t we have a box o’ animated smileys as well? I find them useful debating tools.
If only there was an ironic siley
Also known as “Smashie”; he was an animated smiley on the temp board during our Winter of Missed Content. IIRC, he was yellow and banging a large wooden mallet.
I’ll say what I always say in these threads: I agree that a “pukey” smiley would have a lot of utility and therefore add to the board, but I still haven’t seen a really good nomination for it. Apparently, there’s something about rising bile that’s difficult to capture in a tiny static icon; the most effective versions I’ve seen have all been animated, and I think we’re all in agreement that we need to keep that fistulous demon firmly in its cage.
So, if someone proposes a really good non-animated pukey smiley, I’ll vote for it. Other than that: no more.
In some recent threads, I have been complemented. I just can’t deal with such an unusual thing. 
My only choice has been to make statements like “Where’s the ::blushing:: smiley?.” or "Where’s the ::thumbs:: smiley?’ Sure, I could just post the phrases in colons, but the word colon sounds :eek: .
What if we got you an ass chapping smiley?
How about saying “thank you”?
Well, these are animated, so they won’t get your vote… but…
and my personal favorite (not pukey)
If that’s your problem I’ll happily spread ointment on it.
HEY! Where’s my fucking “Lascivious” smiley? Jesus fucking Christ, you can get eight trillion smilies for free from popups and those cheap-ass motherfuckers at The Reader only give us the basic cock-sucking FIFTEEN?!?!?
But Claudia baby, don’t let that ruin the mood.
(signed)
drop, who can never have enough smilies
I would agree except, dealing in the dry and ironic (ie: not “funny” funny but more [condescending tone] “That’s funny.” [/condescending tone]) as I sometimes do, I get people exploding at me if I don’t include a smiley. With the smiley I can say the most horrid thing and if they object somebody will tell them they were whooshed. The best of both worlds!
[Note to the mods] I don’t actually do that. Pretend there was a “winkie” after it. [/Note to the mods]
Oh, I have. That, “I can’t deal…” was meant to be funny. Thus, the smiley after my words.
I wish it were possible to put smileys on the ignore list.