E-mail Smiley faces

Note from Editor: these things are stupid and they scare me


:-) Your basic smiley. Used to inflect a sarcastic or joking statement.

;-) Winky smiley. User just made a flirtatious or sarcastic remark.

:-( Frowning smiley. User did not like that last statement or is depressed.

:-| Indifferent smiley.

:-o Uh oh!

:-> User just made a really biting sarcastic remark.

>:-> User just made a really devilish remark.

>;-> Winky and devil combined. A very lewd remark was just made.

(-: User is left handed.

%-) User has been staring at a green screen for 15 hours straight.

[:] User is a robot.

8-) User is wearing sunglasses.

8:-) Sunglasses on head.

:-{) User has a mustache.

{:-) User wears a toupee.

:-7 User just made a wry statement.

`:-) User shaved one of his eyebrows off.

O:-) User is an angel (at heart, at least).

:-P Nyahhhh! (Sticking tongue out).

:-D User is laughing at you.

C=:-) User is a chef.

*<:-) User is wearing a Santa Claus Hat.

*:o) Bozo the Clown!

d8= Your pet beaver is wearing goggles and a hard hat.

[:-) User is wearing a walkman.

<:-| User is a dunce.

@:-) User is wearing a turban.

%\v Picasso.

|-O User is yawning/snoring.

:-|| Anger.

:-* Oops!

|-| User is asleep.

:-{} User wears lipstick.

:-x Pucker up!

;-( User is crying.

:-[ Pouting.

:-& User is tongue tied.

8-o Eyes wide with surprise.

8-O "Omigod!!"

:-@ User is screaming.

:^D "Great! I like it!"

:-0 Smiley orator.

:<) User attends an Ivy League school.

+-:-) Smiley priest.

:-< Really sad smiley.

:-? User is a pipe smoker.

8-( Something is really wrong.

:-Q User is a smoker.

*-} "But ossifer, I only had one or tee li'l martoonis..."

B-) Cool guy with shades.

(:-) Messages about bicycle helmets.

:-* User just ate something sour.

<:-) Dumb questions.

:-# User has braces.

:8) Pig.

8() Duck.

:-/ User is skeptical.

B-{= Vampire. Or a beaver. Or maybe just a big dork...

:-[] Jaws of doom.

(-::-) Siamese twins.

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Author: from the Winter '94 edition of "Business Today" Magazine
Source: "Business Today"