| :-) | Willie Shoemaker |
| -( | always should wear safety glasses, especially in the laser burn-in room |
| !-( | black eye |
| !-| | "I-am-a-Cylon-Centurian-with-one-red-eye-bouncing-back-and-forth." |
| !.'v | (profile) flat top |
| !|:-( ) | being brained by a baseball bat |
| #(,'%/) | slept too long on one side and didn't have time to wash hair |
| #-) | partied all night |
| #:-) | "Everything you know is wrong" |
| #:-o | "Jesus built my hotrod" "Oh, nooooooo!" (a la Mr. Bill) |
| #:o+= | Betty Boop |
| $$ | for academic jobs |
| $$$ | for industrial jobs |
| $$$$ | for people starting up their own company |
| $-) | Alex P. Keaton (from "Family Ties") won big at Las Vegas won the lottery yuppie |
| % | for bike accidents (a bit far-fetched, I suppose) |
| %') | after drinking a fifth for lunch |
| %*@:-( | hung over |
| %*} | very drunk |
| %+{ | lost a fight |
| %-( | confusion |
| %-(I) | laughing out loud |
| %-) | Elephant man after staring at the terminal for 36 hours broken glasses cross-eyed drunk with laughter long bangs |
| %-6 | braindead |
| %-<I> | drunk with laughter |
| %-\ | hungover |
| %-^ | Picasso |
| %-{ | sad variation |
| %-| | been working all night |
| %-} | humor variation |
| %-~ | Picasso |
| %\v | Picasso |
| &-| | tearful |
| &.(.. | crying |
| &:-) | curly hair |
| '-) | one eyed man only has a left eye, which is closed wink |
| ':-) | accidentally shaved off one of his eyebrows this morning one eyebrow |
| '~;E | unspecified 4-legged critter |
| ( | unhappy Cheshire cat |
| (!) | reference to non-Vanderbilt SEC football |
| ($) | speculation on why Vanderbilt is in the SEC |
| () | reference to football |
| (,'%/) | slept too long on one side |
| (-) | needing a haircut |
| (-.-)Zzz... | sleeping |
| (-: | Australian Don Ellis from Tektronix left-handed |
| (-::-) | Siamese twins |
| (-:|:-) | Siamese twins |
| (-E: | wearing bifocals |
| (-_-) | secret smile |
| (-o-) | Imperial Tie Fighter ("Star Wars") |
| (00) | mooning you |
| (8-) | wears glasses |
| (8-o | Mr. Bill |
| (8-{)} | glasses, moustache and a beard |
| (: (=| | wearing a ghost costume |
| (:)-) | likes to scuba dive |
| (:+) | big nose |
| (:- | unsmiley frowning |
| (:-# | I am smiling and I have braces (watch out for the glare!) said something he shouldn't have |
| (:-$ | ill ill-informed about the Renaissance |
| (:-& | Rosicrucian angry |
| (:-( | Sting frowning unsmiley frowning |
| (:-) | "I never sang for my grandfather" big-face no hair smiley big-face surprised wearing bicycle helmet |
| (:-* | kissing |
| (:-... | heart-broken |
| (:-D | blabber mouth |
| (:-I | egghead |
| (:-\ | VERY sad |
| (:-{~ | bearded |
| (:-|K- | formally attired |
| (:<) | Rastafari blabber mouth |
| (:=) | TWO noses (?) |
| (:>-< | thief: hands up! |
| (:I | egghead |
| (:^( | Jack Nicholson in Chinatown broken nose |
| (@ @) | You're kidding! |
| (H f | Robocop in a hydraulic press |
| (O--< | fishy |
| (V)=| | pacman champion |
| (X0||) | double hamburger with lettuce and tomato |
| ([( | Robocop |
| (^^)y-~~~ | smoking |
| (x) | reference to Vanderbilt football |
| (|-| F | Robocop |
| (}-8] | left-handed bearded smiley with glasses and headphones |
| ) | Cheshire cat |
| )8-) | scuba smiley big-face |
| ):-( | unsmiley big-face |
| ):-) | smiley big-face |
| *!#*!^*&:-) | a schizophrenic |
| ** | for winter sports generally |
| **-( | too many shocks |
| *-( | Cyclops got poked in the eye |
| *-) | shot dead |
| *8-) | Beaker (the Muppet lab assistant) |
| *:* | fuzzy |
| *:** | fuzzy with a fuzzy mustache |
| *:o) | Bozo the Clown |
| *<.'v | (profile) wearing snow cap |
| *<8-)X | party outfit with hat and bow-tie |
| *<:-) | Santa Claus |
| *<|:-) | Santa Claus (Ho Ho Ho) |
| *<|:-)) | Santa Claus |
| *L* | blotto |
| *| | for oh what a beautiful sunset |
| +-(:-) | Religious leader the Pope |
| +-:-) | priest |
| +:-) | priest smiley priest |
| +<.'v | (profile) knight |
| +<:-) | "Peace be upon you, my children..." |
| +<:-| | monk/nun |
| +<||-) | knight |
| +O:-) | the Pope |
| ,-) | one eye ... and winking other eyed man |
| ,-} | wry and winking |
| ,.'v | (profile) has short hair |
| ,:-) | David Ogden Stiers' toupee shaved his left eyebrow off this morning |
| - | Helen Keller |
| - @= | messages about nuclear war |
| - -:-( | punk rocker (real punk rockers don't smile) (alternate version) |
| - -:-) | punk rocker (alternate version) |
| -) | Jose Feliciano |
| ---... | SOS (variant) |
| ---...--- | SOS (really OSO, but retained anyway) |
| -/- | stirring up trouble |
| -:) | has mohawk |
| -:-( | punk rocker (real punk rockers don't smile) |
| -:-) | has mohawk punk rocker |
| -= | a doused candle (to end a flame) |
| -=#:-) | wizard |
| ->- | for airline tickets going cheap |
| ->=:-)X | Zippy the Pinhead |
| '! | (profile) grim |
| '" | (profile) pursing lips |
| 'J | (profile) smiling |
| 'P | (profile) sticking tongue out |
| 'T | (profile) keeping a straight face |
| 'U | (profile) yawning |
| 'V | (profile) shouting |
| 'Y | (profile) whistling |
| '\ | (profile) frowning |
| 'r | (profile) sticking tongue out |
| 'v | (profile) talking |
| 'w | (profile) speaking with forked tongue |
| -( | always should wear safety glasses |
| -) | Sammy Davis, Jr. one eye |
| -] | one eye |
| ---... | ABBA fan SOS |
| ..( | Wile E. Coyote after attempt on Road Runner's life |
| \/ | duck variation |
| ^v | (profile) pointy nose |
| _) | suffering from Lorentz contraction (they're coming every ten minutes now) suffering from Lorentz contractions |
| /8^{~ | hair line, glasses, moustache, and goatee |
| /:-| | Mr. Spock |
| /;-) | has one big thick cockeyed eyebrow |
| /\ | for camping and backpacking |
| 0-( | scuba diver with a broken mask |
| 0-) | Cyclops |
| arc-welder | |
| scuba diver | |
| smiley cyclops (scuba diver?) | |
| 0:-) | angel |
| 2B|^2B | "Forty Seconal should suffice" |
| message about Shakespeare | |
| 3 :-) | Bart Simpson |
| 3:*> | Rudolph the reindeer |
| 3:-o | cow |
| 3:[ | mean pet smiley |
| 3:] | pet smiley |
| 3:o[ | net.pets |
| 4:-) | George Washington |
| 5:-) | Elvis Presley |
| 6\/) | elephant |
| 7:) | Ronald Reagan |
| 7:-) | Fred Flintstone |
| 7:^] | Ronald Reagan |
| 8 | infinity |
| 8 :-) | wizard |
| 8 :-I | net.unix-wizards |
| 8(:-) | Mousketeer |
| Walt Disney | |
| 8) | frog |
| 8*) | glasses and a moustache |
| 8-# | death |
| 8-) | "I was the second gunman" |
| excited | |
| glasses | |
| sunglasses | |
| swimmer | |
| wide-eyed look | |
| 8-* | just ate a hot pepper |
| 8-O | "Omigod!!" (done after "rm -rf *" ?) |
| took too many nodoz to work on thesis | |
| 8-O --* | just before doubling over with pain |
| 8-P | reaction to College Cafeteria Coffee |
| 8-S | sees all evil |
| 8-] | "wow, maaan" |
| 8-o | Mr. Bill |
| 8-| | eyes wide with surprise |
| suspense | |
| 8:) | pig |
| 8:-) | glasses on forehead |
| little girl | |
| 8:] | gorilla |
| 8=:-) | Galloping Gourmet |
| chef | |
| 8P | bullfrog in mating season |
| 8^ | chicken |
| 8_) | don't get your nose out of joint |
| 8b | bullfrog in mating season |
| : ) | leper |
| :###) | Jimmy Durante |
| :$) | Donald Trump |
| :%) | an accountant |
| :%)% | has acne |
| :'( | crying |
| :'-( | crying |
| :'-) | crying with happiness |
| :'O | Bob Hope |
| :'} | Richard Nixon |
| :( | frowning |
| sad | |
| :(=) | Jimmy Carter |
| :) | Cheshire cat smile |
| happy | |
| midget smiley | |
| salamander | |
| :* | kisses |
| :*) | Ed McMahon |
| drunk | |
| drunk smiling face, for those of us who like get intoxicated before or while reading netnews | |
| everyman | |
| smile with moustache | |
| :+( | punched nose, hurt |
| :+) | Carl Friedrich Gauss |
| :,( | crying |
| :- | male |
| prolog programmer | |
| :-! | bland face |
| smiley bland face | |
| :-" | heavy smoker |
| pursing lips | |
| :-# | braces |
| mouth zipped | |
| my lips are sealed | |
| punched in the mouth | |
| :-#| | bushy mustache |
| smiley face with bushy mustache | |
| :-$ | "These braces sure do hurt!" |
| mouth wired shut | |
| sellout (does NOT rhyme with zealot!) | |
| smiley face with it's mouth wired shut | |
| uncertainty | |
| :-% | banker |
| bearded | |
| smiley banker | |
| talking out of both sides of mouth | |
| :-& | tongue-tied |
| :-' | smoker |
| :-'| | has a cold |
| :-( | "I will start with those you love most" |
| Drama | |
| boo hoo | |
| frowning | |
| has read too many 'smiley' articles | |
| mad | |
| sad | |
| sad face, 'that comment makes me sad (mad)' | |
| un-smiley | |
| :-( ) | You backed your car over my toe |
| :-( :-( :-( :-! | Taylor Caldwell |
| :-() | I stubbed my toe |
| :-(*) | sick of netnews articles, about to vomit |
| :-(0) | yelling |
| :-(=) | big teeth |
| :-(>~ | "I just washed my goatee, and I can't do nuthin' with it." |
| :-(O) | yelling |
| :-) | "We are all, each of us, alone" |
| Comedy | |
| Your basic smiley. This smiley is used to inflect a sarcastic or joking statement since we can't hear voice inflection over Unix. | |
| ha ha | |
| happy | |
| humorous | |
| smiley standard | |
| smiling | |
| the normal smiling face, appended to a sentence or an article means 'this is a joke' or 'this is supposed to make you laugh' | |
| :-) , | outie belly button |
| :-) . | innie belly button |
| :-) 8 | Dolly Parton |
| :-) )-: | masking theatrical comments |
| :-) ... :-( ... :-) ... :-( ... | manic depressive |
| :-) :-( :-| :-? | Edgar Cayce |
| :-) :-) :-) | loud guffaw |
| :-) :-) :-) :-) | Shirley MacLaine |
| :-)!!! | Sam Kinnison |
| :-)' | drooling |
| :-)) | double chin |
| :-))) | William Conrad |
| very overweight | |
| :-)* | speaks Esperanto [Jon Stewart-Taylor] |
| :-)-- | 98-pound weakling |
| :-)-O | smiling doctor with stethoscope |
| :-)8 | man with bowtie |
| well dressed | |
| :-)== | Arnold Schwarzenegger |
| :-)X | wearing a bowtie |
| :-)} | has goatee/beard |
| :-)~ | drooling |
| :-* | Oops! |
| Oops! (covering mouth with hand) | |
| after eating something bitter or sour | |
| :-, | "Hmmmm." |
| smirking | |
| :--) | Jamie Farr (Klinger from M*A*S*H) |
| :------------) | big liar |
| :-.) | Madonna |
| Marilyn Monroe | |
| :-/ | lefty undecided smiley |
| skeptical | |
| :-0 | No Yelling! (Quiet Lab) |
| orator | |
| smiley orator | |
| user can't find shift key | |
| :-1 | bland face |
| smiley bland face | |
| :-6 | after eating something sour |
| smiley after eating something sour | |
| :-7 | smiley after a wry statement |
| smokes a pipe | |
| talking out of side of mouth | |
| wry face | |
| :-8 | talking out both sides of your mouth |
| :-8( | condescending stare |
| :-9 | licking its lips |
| smiley licking it's lips | |
| :-: | mutant |
| mutant smiley | |
| toothless | |
| :-< | frowning |
| moustache | |
| real sad | |
| real sad smiley | |
| :-=) | Adolph Hitler |
| older smiley with mustache | |
| :-> | biting sarcastic face |
| deformed lips | |
| happy | |
| hey hey | |
| yet another smiley | |
| :->X==| | smiley formalware |
| :-? | smiley smoking a pipe |
| smoking a pipe | |
| tongue in cheek | |
| :-@ | "I swear" |
| beard has permanent wave *or* was drawn by Picasso. | |
| extremely angry | |
| screaming | |
| smiley face screaming | |
| swearing | |
| :-B | drooling |
| :-C | just totally unbelieving really bummed out |
| :-D | big smile |
| laughing (at you!) | |
| said with a smile | |
| talking too much | |
| wider happy face | |
| :-E | bucktoothed vampire |
| has major dental problems | |
| :-F | bucktoothed vampire with one tooth missing |
| :-G- | smoking cigarettes |
| :-I | hmm |
| indifferent | |
| thinking | |
| :-J | tongue-in-cheek comments |
| :-M | speaking no evil |
| :-O | Mr. Bill |
| Wow! | |
| birth | |
| ohh, big mouth, Mick Jagger | |
| uh oh | |
| yelling | |
| :-O>-o | smiley American tourist (note big mouth and camera) |
| :-P | "I have a longer tongue than Gene Simmons" |
| Nyahhhh! | |
| has a secret to tell you | |
| nyah nyah | |
| sticking out tongue | |
| telling secrets | |
| tongue hanging out in anticipation | |
| :-Q | smoker |
| :-Q~ | smoking |
| :-R | has the flu |
| :-S | just made an incoherent statement |
| :-T | keeping a straight face |
| keeping a straight face (tight-lipped) | |
| :-V | shouting |
| :-W | speak with forked tongue |
| :-X | A big wet kiss! |
| bow tie | |
| my lips are sealed | |
| :-Y | a quiet aside |
| :-[ | biting criticism |
| biting criticism smiling face, ditto for criticism | |
| blockhead | |
| pouting | |
| sarcastic | |
| un-smiley blockhead | |
| vampire | |
| :-\ | Popeye |
| undecided smiley | |
| :-] | biting sarcasm |
| biting sarcasm smiling face, used when sarcasm is intended, since we cannot inflect our voice over the net | |
| blockhead | |
| sarcastic | |
| smiley blockhead | |
| :-` | smiley spitting out its chewing tobacco |
| spitting out chewing tobacco | |
| :-a | lefty smiley touching tongue to nose |
| :-b | "I have a longer tongue than Gene Simmons, only it is cloven" |
| left-pointing tongue | |
| :-bill | Zydeco Bill, with harmonica in mouth and washboard on chest |
| :-c | bummed out |
| real unhappy | |
| :-d | lefty smiley razzing you |
| :-d~ | smokes heavily |
| :-e | disappointed |
| :-f | sticking tongue out |
| :-i | semi-smiley |
| :-j | left smiling smiley |
| :-k | beats me, looks like something, though |
| :-l | yet another smiley |
| :-o | "Oh, nooooooo!" (a la Mr. Bill) |
| "Oh, the humanity!" | |
| Mr. Bill | |
| Uh oh! | |
| Wow! | |
| shocked | |
| singing national anthem | |
| smiley singing national anthem | |
| surprise | |
| yawn | |
| :-p | smiley sticking its tongue out (at you!) |
| :-p~ | smokes heavily |
| :-q | smiley trying to touch its tongue to its nose |
| trying to touch tongue to nose | |
| :-r | sticking tongue out |
| :-s | after a BIZARRE comment |
| smiley after a BIZARRE comment | |
| :-t | cross smiley |
| :-v | speaking |
| talking head smiley | |
| :-w | speak with forked tongue |
| :-x | "my lips are sealed" |
| "my lips are sealed" smiley | |
| kiss kiss | |
| not telling any secrets | |
| :-y | said with a smile |
| :-z | yet another cross smiley |
| :-{ | mustache |
| smiley variation on a theme | |
| :-{ -__-: | after slamming the toilet seat |
| :-{#} | messages teasing people about their braces |
| :-{) | moustache |
| normal smiling face with a moustache | |
| :-{} | heavy lipstick |
| :-{~ | has read too many of the toilet paper articles previous to lunch |
| :-| | "have an ordinary day" |
| "have an ordinary day" smiley | |
| grim | |
| no expression | |
| no expression face, 'that comment doesn't phase me' | |
| :-| :-| | deja' vu |
| :-|| | angry |
| :-} | "Thish wine tashted pretty good" |
| beard | |
| fiendish grin | |
| lipstick | |
| normal smiling face with pretty lips | |
| pretty lips | |
| wears lipstick or some other lip appearance improving device | |
| :-~) | has a cold |
| :/) | not funny |
| :/7) | Cyrano de Bergerac |
| :/i | no smoking |
| :3-< | dog |
| :8) | pig |
| ::-) | wears glasses |
| ::=)) | double vision or needs new shocks |
| :< | midget unsmiley |
| what pretences! | |
| :<() | African tribesman |
| :<) | from an Ivy League School |
| :<)= | for those with beards too |
| :<= | walrus |
| :<| | attends an Ivy League school |
| := | | Baboon |
| :=) | has two noses |
| :=8) | baboon |
| :> | hmm, let me think... |
| midget smiley | |
| :>) | big nose |
| :?) | philosopher |
| :@ | what? |
| :@) | pig |
| :C | what? |
| :D | laughter |
| :I | Hmmm, not funny! |
| :P | sticking out tongue |
| :Q | smoking |
| what? | |
| :Q) | John Q. Public |
| :Ui | smoking |
| :Uj | smoking (and smiling) |
| :V | woodpecker |
| :V) | woodpecker |
| :X | lips are sealed |
| :X) | hearing no evil |
| :[ | real downer |
| :] | Gleep...a friendly midget smiley who will gladly be your friend |
| :^( | has had his nose put out of joint; useful for replying to flames |
| :^) | 3/4 view of person with elf-type sharp nose |
| broken nose | |
| smiley with pointy nose (righty) | |
| :^D | "Great! I like it!" |
| :^{ | for those with moustaches |
| :^{)> | moustache and beard |
| :_) | after a fight where his nose was smashed in |
| nose sliding off face | |
| :b | sticking out tongue |
| :c) | big nose variant |
| :c< | big nose variant |
| :d | stick out your tongue |
| :n) | funny-looking right nose |
| :o) | Stimpy (of Ren & Stimpy) |
| :q | vi user saying, "How do I get out of this damn emacs editor?" |
| :u) | funny-looking left nose |
| :v) | left-pointing broken nose |
| left-pointing nose | |
| :{ | oh boy, the headmaster!... |
| :} | What should we call these? (what?) |
| :~( | nose put out of joint |
| :~) | Peter Ubberoth |
| needs a nosejob | |
| pointy nose (righty) | |
| smiling face needs a nosejob, no explanation necessary | |
| ugly nose | |
| :~-( | crying |
| :~-) | so happy, s/he is crying |
| :~/ | really mixed up |
| ; | Cheshire cat with gingivitis |
| ;( | crying |
| ;) | winking |
| ;-( | 'that makes me so mad that if I ever see you I'll punch your lights out' |
| beaten up | |
| crying | |
| sad face gets his lights punched out | |
| sad or mad and got beat up | |
| ;-) | "If you touch my daughter again, they won't be blanks" |
| a practical joker who played one too many and got beat up | |
| beaten up | |
| could be pirate smiling face?? | |
| crying with happiness | |
| getting fresh | |
| sardonic incredulity | |
| smiling face gets his lights punched out | |
| winking | |
| ;-? | wry tongue in cheek |
| ;-D | a friendly, winking, laughing smile |
| ;-\ | Popeye beaten up |
| Popeye gets his lights punched out | |
| ;-| | beaten up but silent |
| no expression face gets his lights punched out | |
| says nothing but still gets beat up | |
| ;-} | leer? (terminal dependent) |
| ;:-) | really bad toupee |
| ;^? | punched out |
| <&&> | message concerning rubber chickens |
| <*:oDX | clown with bowtie and dunce |
| <:-( | disappointed |
| dunce | |
| <:-) | dumb questions |
| <:-)<<| | in a space rocket |
| <:-I | dunce |
| <:-O | Eeek! |
| <:>== | a turkey emoticon |
| <:I | dunce |
| <<<<(:-) | hat salesman |
| <= | for messages about housing in the Snow Belt |
| <@:{(>X | mustached chinese man with a toupee (also sporting a goatee and a bowtie) |
| <I==I)> | on four wheels |
| <{:-)} | in a bottle |
| <|-( | Chinese and doesn't like these kind of jokes |
| <|-(= | Chinese and doesn't like this article |
| Chinese and unhappy | |
| <|-) | Chinese |
| <|-)= | Chinese |
| =) | variation on a theme... |
| =):-) | Uncle Sam |
| =-O | the Enterprise |
| =-O * * * | the Enterprise firing photon torpedoes |
| =-O~~~ | the Enterprise firing phasers |
| =.'v | (profile) has mohawk |
| =0== | Mexican on a railroad! |
| =8') | Mike Dowell |
| =8-> | a nerd smiley that's unbearably pleased with itself |
| =:-#} | punk rocker with a mustache |
| smiley punk with a mustache.... | |
| =:-( | punk rocker (real punk rockers don't smile) |
| smiley punk-rocker (real punk rockers don't smile) | |
| =:-) | hosehead |
| punk rocker | |
| smiley punk-rocker | |
| =:-H | football player |
| ==#== | railroad crossings |
| ===:[OO']>:=== | has been railroaded |
| =====:} | snake |
| =^) | Axl |
| =t== | Mexican run over by train |
| =|:-) | Abe Lincoln |
| =|:-)= | Abe Lincoln |
| >%) | Wile E. Coyote |
| >-< | absolutely livid!! |
| >-> | china man |
| >-^);> | fish |
| >8o!... | Bugs Bunny with carrot |
| >:) | a little devil |
| >:*) | Bozo the Clown |
| >:-( | mad, annoyed |
| sick and tired of reading this nonsense | |
| >:-) | devil |
| >:-< | mad |
| >:-> | devilish |
| >:-I | net.startrek |
| >:-b | left-pointing tongue smiley |
| >:^( | headhunter (Amazon style) |
| >;-) | devilish wink |
| >;-> | winky and devil combined. A very lewd remark was just made. |
| >< >< | about/to someone wearing argyle socks |
| >>-O-> | General Custer |
| >[I | Television |
| >w | nose-thumbing gesture |
| >|( | Robocop: "Thank you for your co-operation." |
| >|-> | Chinese |
| ?-( | about people with a black eye |
| has black eye | |
| ?:) | single curl of hair |
| @%&$%& | N.W.A. fan |
| You know what that means... | |
| @%&$%&$\&*@%$#@ | you know what that means... |
| @-( | "Ulysses! Bring me Ulysses!" |
| @-) | Cyclops |
| Space... The Final Frontier | |
| seeing stars | |
| @.'v | (profile) has curly hair |
| @:-) | Indian (East) |
| wavy hair | |
| wearing a turban | |
| @:I | turban |
| @= | "Kafka was a momma's boy" |
| flame about nuclear war, power or weapons follows (mushroom cloud) | |
| pro-nuclear war | |
| @>--->---- | a rose |
| @l@ | too many hours at terminal |
| B) | frog wearing sunglasses |
| B-(8 | Sir Robin Day (a British BBC TV presenter, famed for his grumpy countenance, and who wears glasses and a bow tie) |
| B-) | "Holy trichinosis!" |
| "I pray daily for death" | |
| "Let's do the beach, man!" | |
| Batman | |
| glasses | |
| horn-rimmed glasses | |
| horn-rims | |
| sunglasses | |
| B-D | "Serves you right, dummy!!" |
| B-| | cheap sunglasses |
| B:-) | sunglasses on head |
| B^) | hornrimmed glasses |
| C:# | football player |
| C:-) | large brain capacity |
| C=:-) | Galloping Gourmet |
| chef | |
| C=>8*) | devilish chef with glasses and a moustache |
| C=}>;*{)) | mega-smiley... a drunk, devilish chef with a toupee in an updraft, a mustache, and a double chin |
| C=}>;*{O) | mega-smiley... a drunk, devilish chef with a toupee in an updraft, a mustache, and a double chin |
| C|:-= | Charlie Chaplin |
| E-:-) | ham radio operator |
| E-:-I | net.ham-radio |
| EK( | Frankenstien |
| Ic:() | pygmy with bone in hair |
| K:P | a little kid with a propeller beanie |
| L:-) | just graduated |
| M-) | sees no evil |
| M-),:X),:-M | sees no evil, hears no evil, speaks no evil |
| M.^.M | nirvana or the failure of a chiropracter |
| M:-) | saluting |
| O 8-) | the angelic halo look |
| O :-) | an angel (at heart, at least) |
| O |-) | net.religion |
| O+ | appropriate for women's messages, surely? |
| O-&-< | doing nothing |
| O-(==< | chastised and/or chagrined, or is merely asleep. |
| O-) | Megaton Man, on patrol! |
| cyclops | |
| scuba diver | |
| O-G-< | pointing to self |
| O-S-< | in a hurry |
| O-Z-< | in a big hurry |
| O:-) | acting very innocent (halo) |
| with halo | |
| O>-<|= | of interest to women |
| OO | headlights on msg |
| P-) | Colonel Klink (Hogan's Heroes) |
| getting fresh | |
| Q:-) | new graduate |
| R-) | broken glasses |
| X-( | just died |
| net.suicide | |
| [8-{) | bearded smiley with glasses and headphones |
| [:-) | listening to walkman |
| wearing a walkman | |
| [:-] | square head |
| [:] | robot |
| [:|] | robot (or other AI project) |
| [= | for messages about housing in Arizona |
| [] | hugs |
| \.^./ | lotus position, seen from above |
| \/\/\/\,8-O | really should fix frayed line cord on terminal |
| \:-) | french hat |
| \:^) | gumby smiley |
| \o/ | PTL (praise the lord, or pass the loot?) |
| ]:-) | The Devil |
| ]:-> | The Devil |
| ^(^ | happy variation |
| ^)^ ^(^ | two people talking |
| ^L^ | happy |
| ^v^v^ | mountains |
| _:^) | American Indian |
| _\\// | Vulcan salute |
| __! | enough for now |
| __. | properly chastised and/or chagrined, or is merely asleep |
| __/~`-'~\_/ | line of thought isn't quite a line |
| __Q~`__ | cat |
| _______ | Wile E. Coyote under rock |
| a He-Ne laser line | |
| student EEG on Saturday night | |
| `-_-' | Have you hugged your wolf today? |
| `:-) | shaved his right eyebrow off this morning |
| `^J | smiley |
| d :-o | hats off to your great idea |
| d.'v | (profile) wearing hard hat |
| d8= | Your pet beaver is wearing goggles and a hard hat |
| d:-) | baseball player |
| g-) | wearing pince-nez glasses |
| i-=<*** __. | CAUTION: has flame thrower and uses it! |
| i-=<****** o-(==< | CAUTION: has flame thrower and uses it! |
| i-=<***i | CAUTION: has flame thrower |
| o-) | Cyclops |
| o-<:-{{{ | santa |
| o/ | raised hand |
| o= | a burning candle (for flames) |
| oO:-)*** | Santa Claus |
| oo | "It's cold out" |
| somebody's head-lights are on | |
| oo- | puzzled, confused |
| pp# | cow |
| pq`#' | bull |
| q:-) | wearing baseball cap backwards |
| r:-) | wearing ponytail |
| y:-) | bad toupee |
| { | Alfred Hitchcock |
| a psycho | |
| { :-) | Marge Simpson (Homer's wife) |
| {(:-) | wearing toupee |
| {0-) | Cyclops |
| {8-} | grinning mischievously (or just charmingly) |
| {:-) | hair parted in the middle |
| new hair style | |
| smiley with its hair parted in the middle | |
| wearing a toupee | |
| {:-{)} | new hair style, mustache and beard |
| {:\/ | sounds like a duck |
| {:^=( | Adolph Hitler |
| {= | for messages about housing |
| {{-}}} | refugee from the '60's |
| {} | 'no comment' |
| | | for bike fleet messages |
| |) | salamander |
| |-( | asleep with nightmares |
| late at night | |
| yawn | |
| |-) | Chinese |
| Same as :-) but poster is Oriental | |
| asleep (boredom) | |
| hee hee | |
| |-<> | kissy face |
| |-D | ho ho |
| |-I | sleeping |
| |-O | bored |
| yawning/snoring | |
| |-P | reaction to unusually ugly C code |
| yuk | |
| |-{ | "Good Grief!" (Charlie Brown?) |
| |:-) | heavy eyebrows |
| |:-O | (no explanation given) |
| |:-| | excessively rigid |
| |:[' | Groucho Marx |
| |I | asleep |
| |^o | snoring |
| || | for messages about cars or other four-wheeled vehicles |
| ||*( | handshake offered |
| ||*) | handshake accepted |
| |~( | "Someone just busted my nose". |
| }(:-( | wearing toupee in wind |
| }-) | a wry grin |
| }:-( | bull headed |
| toupee in an updraft | |
| }:-) | hair parted in the middle in an updraft |
| wearing toupee in an updraft | |
| }:-< | cat |
| }:^#}) | mega-smiley: updrafted bushy-mustached pointy nosed smiley with a double-chin |
| }:~#}) | mega-smiley: updrafted bushy-mustached ugly nosed smiley with a double-chin |
| ~ :-( | particularly angry |
| ~#:-( | "I just washed my hair, and I can't do nuthin' with it." |
| ~'v | (profile) has long bangs |
| ~:-( | net.flame |
| ~= | a candle, to annotate flaming messages |
| ~== | flame follows (picture of a lit match or candle) |
| ~M`'~ | camel |
| ~~:-( | net.flame |
| ~~\8-O | needs to fix frayed cord on terminal |
| ~~~\8-O | zapped by frayed cord on terminal |
| ~~~c___ | beach |
| ~~~~8} | snake |
| ~~~~~8} | snake |
| ~~~~~:> | person in a transporter beam |
| ~~~~~> | photon |