Emoticons turn 25 today!

[FF Fanatic 80]

http://edition.cnn.com/2007/TECH/09/18/emoticon.anniversary.ap/index.html

All I have to say to this is:

=O

=(

>_<

O_@




Also: The website for the guy mentioned:
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~sef/sefSmiley.htm

[Capntastic]

Actually, Gutenberg was fond of planting a few winks and smirks into the margins of the Bible.

And I'm sure Mark Twain, first person to publish a book written on typewriter, saw the amusing possibilities of a colon and a parenthesis in juxtaposition.

I AM SICK OF ALL THESE HALLMARK HOLIDAYS! I WILL FIGHT THEM TO THE DEATH!

[Ark]

Yes, lets pick a death fight with something that can't fight back *claps* clever boy.