# What the hell is going on here? Emoticons doing the nasty? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 3, 2006, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-going-on-here-emoticons-doing-the-nasty/359301 "2006-06-03T18:23:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2006, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-going-on-here-emoticons-doing-the-nasty/359301/1 "2006-06-03T18:23:37Z")
My eyes just aren’t good enough anymore. [What’s really going on here?](http://www.funzor.net/images/smiles/icon_idea.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2006, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-going-on-here-emoticons-doing-the-nasty/359301/2 "2006-06-03T18:28:01Z")
Captain, those icons do appear to be doing the nasty. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2006, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-going-on-here-emoticons-doing-the-nasty/359301/3 "2006-06-03T18:28:14Z")
[This one](http://www.yourbbsucks.com/forum/images/smilies/smilie-sex.gif) is better. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2006, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-going-on-here-emoticons-doing-the-nasty/359301/4 "2006-06-03T18:28:14Z")
**astro** emoticons need lovin’ too! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2006, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-going-on-here-emoticons-doing-the-nasty/359301/5 "2006-06-03T18:30:17Z")
Those are smileys, doing it doggy-style or having anal sex (your choice!). duh. Very useful for conversations like: SexyHotMale4U: Hey SweetTits4321, wanna cum ovr 2nite? ::doggysmilie:: SweetTite4321: Ya u r 2 kewl! or BlueCollarDan17: Boy, gas prices sure are high! ::analsmiley:: WhiteCollarRonny12: For sure, man! Just don’t embezzel funds from your company like I did. Prison time…::analsmiley:: ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2006, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-going-on-here-emoticons-doing-the-nasty/359301/6 "2006-06-03T21:35:00Z")
Forget all those suggestions that this board get a vomit smiley. I have a different suggestion. . . ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2006, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-going-on-here-emoticons-doing-the-nasty/359301/7 "2006-06-03T22:40:23Z")
[QUOTE=kunilou] Forget all those suggestions that this board get a vomit smiley. I have a different suggestion. . . [/QUOTE] Yeah, they’d be so useful in the Pit thread about the VA’s data protection policies: > [@](#): > > I thought after I got out of the military that [this](http://www.funzor.net/images/smiles/icon_idea.gif) would stop happening to me without at least getting dinner and flowers, first. ---
**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2006, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-going-on-here-emoticons-doing-the-nasty/359301/8 "2006-06-04T00:03:57Z")
[QUOTE=astro] My eyes just aren’t good enough anymore. [What’s really going on here?](http://www.funzor.net/images/smiles/icon_idea.gif) [/QUOTE] Were you the guy that posted that same question in the Fark wedding thread? Just wondering. I can’t believe I remembered that. ---
**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2006, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-going-on-here-emoticons-doing-the-nasty/359301/9 "2006-06-04T00:05:11Z")
Um, and by ‘Fark wedding thread’, I meant the post on Fark about the goth wedding, not a thread here on the SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![BluePitbull](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9bcb4/32.png) [@BluePitbull](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BluePitbull)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2006, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-going-on-here-emoticons-doing-the-nasty/359301/10 "2006-06-04T00:09:59Z")
How unusual ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2006, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-going-on-here-emoticons-doing-the-nasty/359301/11 "2006-06-04T14:18:42Z")
[QUOTE=astro] My eyes just aren’t good enough anymore. [What’s really going on here?](http://www.funzor.net/images/smiles/icon_idea.gif) [/QUOTE] What else did you think might be going on? ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2006, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-going-on-here-emoticons-doing-the-nasty/359301/12 "2006-06-04T14:23:43Z")
[QUOTE=ultrafilter] What else did you think might be going on? [/QUOTE] Mommy told me Daddy was helping her exercise. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-going-on-here-emoticons-doing-the-nasty/359301/13 "2006-06-05T12:36:14Z")
I am both disturbed and amused. ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-going-on-here-emoticons-doing-the-nasty/359301/14 "2006-06-05T12:45:35Z")
[QUOTE=WhyNot] Mommy told me Daddy was helping her exercise. 😃 [/QUOTE] \Roll her over, Daddy. I want a puppy!\