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     :-)   Joking or sarcastic face
     :-}   Fiendish grin
     ;-)   A wink
     :-(   Sad or angry face
     |-(   Late night
     ~/~   Stirring up trouble

 :-) the normal smiling face, appended to a sentence or an article

 means 'this is a joke' or 'this is supposed to make you laugh'

 :-> normal smiling face with deformed lips, same as above except person who
 submitted it has problems with their lips

 :-{) normal smiling face with a mustache, same as #1 except submitter has
 mustache

 :-} normal smiling face with pretty lips, same as #1 except person that
 submitted it is wearing lipstick or some other lip appearance improving
 device

 :-| no expression face, 'that comment doesn't phase me'

 :-( sad face, 'that comment makes me sad [mad]'

 ;-) smiling face gets his lights punched out (could be pirate smiling
 face??), submitter is a practical joker who played one too many and got beat
 up

 ;-| no expression face gets his lights punched out, says nothing but still
 gets beat up

 ;-( sad face gets his lights punched out, sad or mad and got beat up, or
 'that makes me so mad that if I ever see you I'll punch your lights out'

 :-\ popeye smiling face, for people who look like popeye

 ;-\ popeye gets his lights punched out

 :-] biting sarcasm smiling face, used when sarcasm is intended, since we
 cannot inflect our voice over the net

 :-[ biting criticism smiling face, ditto for criticism

 :*) drunk smiling face, for those of us who like get intoxicated before or
 while reading netnews

 : ) smiling face needs a nose job, no explanation necessary

 :   submitter is a robot (or other appropriate AI project)

    :>) submitter has a big nose

    :<| submitter attends an Ivy League school

    :%)% submitter has acne

    =:-) submitter is a hosehead

    :-(*) submitter is getting sick of most recent netnews articles and is
    about to vomit

    :-)8 submitter is well dressed

    8:-) submitter is a little girl

    :-)-{8 submitter is a big girl

    %-) submitter is cross-eyed

    #-) submitter partyed all night

    :-* submitter just ate a sour pickle

1. submitter sports a mohawk and admires Mr. T

    (:)-) submitter likes to scuba dive

    :-'| submitter has a cold

    :-)' submitter tends to drool

    ':-) submitter accidentally shaved off one of his eyebrows this morning

    (-: submitter is Don Ellis from Tektronix

    8:] normal smiling face except that submitter is a gorilla

    %-^ submitter is Picasso

    (-: submitter is left-handed

    0-) submitter is an arc-welder

• :o) submitter is a Bozo

    8-) submitter wears glasses

• <| submitter is Santa Claus (Ho Ho Ho)

    o-) submitter is a cyclops

    %-) submitter with long bangs

    (-) submitter needing a haircut

    0-) submitter wearing scuba mask

Cannot connect to outline: -) PERSON SUBMITTING IS CYCLOPS

• -( Cyclops got poked in the eye

 %-) person submitting has been staring at the terminal for 36 hours

 B-| person submitting is wearing cheap sunglasses

 P-) person submitting is getting fresh

 :^( submitter has had his nose put out of joint.  Useful for replying to
 flames.

 |-) Submitter is asleep (boredom)

 .-) Submitter has one eye

 '-) Submitter only has a left eye, which is closed

 :=) Submitter has two noses

 :-D Submitter talks too much

 :-o Submitter is shocked

 :-{  submitter has read too many of the toilet paper articles previous to
 lunch

 :-% Respondent has beard.

 :-@ Respondent's beard has permanent wave *or* was drawn by Picasso.

 :-# Respondent's lips are sealed.

1. ( Submitter is the pope

 :-% Respondent has beard.

 :-@ Respondent's beard has permanent wave *or* was drawn by Picasso.

 :-# Respondent's lips are sealed.

 ::-) respondent wears glasses

 :-} respondent wears lipstick

    {(:-) Submitter is wearing toupee.

    }(:-( Submitter, wearing toupee in wind.

    <|-)= Submitter is Chinese.  (sorry bout that)

    <|-(= Submitter is Chinese and doesn't like this article.

    :-( Submitter has read too many 'smiley' articles.

    ___ / \ | RIP | |_____| Submitter has recently died

    :-) ha ha   :-( net.flame

    |-) hee hee O |-) net.religion

    |-D ho ho

    :-> hey hey 8 :-I net.unix-wizards

    :-( boo hoo X-( net.suicide

    :-I hmm E-:-I net.ham-radio

    :-O uh oh >:-I net.startrek

    :-P nyah nyah 3:o[ net.pets

    |-P yuk

    :-} beard

    :-{ mustache

    :-# braces

    :-X bow tie

    :-Q smoker

    <:I dunce

    (:I egghead

 8-) glasses

 B-) horn-rims

 8:-) glasses on forehead

 :-8( condescending stare

 ;-) wink

 :-< mad

 :-` smiley spitting out its chewing tobacco

 :-1 smiley bland face

 :-!  "

 :-@ smiley face screaming

 :-#| smiley face with bushy mustache

 :-$ smiley face with it's mouth wired shut

 :-% smiley banker

 :-6 smiley after eating something sour

 :^) smiley with pointy nose (righty)

 :-7 smiley after a wry statement

 8-) smiley swimmer

 :-* smiley after eating something bitter

 :-& smiley which is tongue-tied

 :-9 smiley licking it's lips

 :-0 smiley orator

 :-( un-smiley

 :-) smiley standard

 smiley invisible man

 (:-( unsmiley frowning

 (:-) smiley big-face

 ):-) "

 ):-( unsmiley big-face

 )8-) scuba smiley big-face

 =:-) smiley punk-rocker

 =:-( (real punk rockers don't smile)

 =:-#} smiley punk with a mustache....

 :-)     smiley priest

 :-q smiley trying to touch its tongue to its nose

 :-e disappointed smiley

 :-t cross smiley

 :-i semi-smiley

 :-o smiley singing national anthem

 :-p smiley sticking its tongue out (at you!)

 :-[ un-smiley blockhead

 :-] smiley blockhead

 :-{ smiley variation on a theme

 :-} ditto

 {:-) smiley with its hair parted in the middle

 }:-) above in an updraft

 :-a lefty smilely touching tongue to nose

 :-s smiley after a BIZARRE comment

 :-d lefty smiley razzing you

 g-) smiley with pince-nez glasses

 :-j left smiling smilely

 :-k beats me, looks like something, tho.

 :-l y. a. s.

 :-: mutant smiley

 :-\ undecided smiley

 :-| "have an ordinary day" smiley

 ;-) winking smiley

 :-< real sad smiley

 :-> y.a.s.

 :-z y.a.c.s.

 :-x "my lips are sealed" smiley

 :-c bummed out smiley

 :-v talking head smiley

 :v) left-pointing nose smiley

 :-b left-pointing tongue smiley

 :-/ lefty undecided smiley

 :-?  smilely smoking a pipe

 .-] one-eyed smilely

 ,-} wry and winking

 0-) smiley cyclops (scuba diver?)

 :-=) older smiley with mustache

 :u) smiley with funny-looking left nose

 :n) smiley with funny-looking right nose

 :< midget unsmiley

 :> midget smiley

 }:^#}) mega-smiley: updrafted bushy-mustached pointy nosed smiley with a

  :-)/2  remark was only half in jest
  
  "We laugh because it hurts so much" Michael V. Smith