Re: Smiley-face query

In article <34A...@on.spammer>, Veronica Karlsson
<dre...@on.spammer> wrote:
> 
> Major Major wrote:
> [ 8< ]
> > But I am always perplexed by one situation. That is, a smiley at the end
> > of a sentence in parenthesis. Such as this:
> >
> > (No, I don't mean Bob :))
> [ 8< ]
> > (BTW, I was sorry to hear of your Aunt's demise :()
> [ 8< ]
> 
> I agree, this is a problem.
> 
> (I usually try to add some space around the smiley  :)  )
> 
> (If it's a smiling smiley you can also just ignore the ending ")"  :)
> 
> (If the smiley is in the middle of the text  :)   this isn't such a
> great problem, but it might be a little bit confusing since you might
> think the parenthesis ended with the smiley...)
> 
> And then, of course, there are situations where smileys seem to appear
> when they shouldn't... can't think of one right now, but I have seen
> such examples.
> 
> And finally there is the problem of punctuation that can, for example,
> turn a sad smiley into a crying smiley. In that case the best idea seems
> to be to place the smiley after the dot and with a little extra space in
> front of it.  :)
.

             /\   ha
          ,^^,       ha
         < \_ ^%--- ha
         <__    \ ha
      ^^ \ /
ejm97    /

I :^) think :^) that the :^) repeated use :^) of these :^) sideways :^)
smiling :^) faces :^) can :^) really :^) detract :^) from :^) the text
:^) and I use :^) them as sparingly as possible, but if I :^) really :^)
require :^) a picture to indicate my happiness or grief, I :^) place :^)
a small self :^) portrait that isn't :^) sideways at :^) the beginning,
:^) during, or :^) the end of :^) the :^) statement. (This :^) then, :^)
eliminates the :^) paranthetical :^) problem :^) entirely.) If I :^) had
to :^) comment on your :^( Aunt's :^( demise, :^( I would :^) simply
put:

        <^^=---
       < \/'\ waah haah...
     ^,<   '    (BTW, I was sorry to hear
       |\  '         of your Aunt's demise.)
ejm97 / /

And if I :^) felt the need to :^) explain :^) that it :^) wasn't Bob, I
:^) would :^) type:

       ,^^^%---
       <_/  \ (No, I don't mean Bob.)
      />
     / >
      /|'^
ejm97 | \


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