Gonna start a revolution from my smile

[easterhay]

Oh, and as if by magic: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4984138.stm

Nahhh - some Frenchman claiming credit? Everyone knows it was Forrest Gump who invented the smiley face!

Perhaps Walmart should only be allowed to trademark it if it's still got a .357 Magnum round embedded in it.

EDIT: I accept that latter comment might get edited out, but submit it, nonetheless, to the scrutiny of the mods.

[sinclair_tm]

i like the smilies burns. and as far as tming the yellow face, the us paten office needs to laugh everyone out. there are somethings that shouldn't be owned by one person or group.

[CaptainQuark]

Howsabout these suggestions:

Mac smiley:
PC smiley: or

OS X smiley:
Windoze smiley: or

And last but not least, the having CQ solve your problem smiley:

[nixgeek]

All I have to say is....

[Lt Major Burns]

i hate smileys. they're pictures for idiots. the basic set of 8(?) are fine, but more advanced ones just piss me off.

[fryke]

<(^v^)>

[nixgeek]

OK, that's either a birdie or.......maybe I'll stop letting my imagination run away with me. :-p (see? no pic! DoH!)

[Mikuro]

I actually prefer to mark gestures/expressions with asterisks. Like *shrug*, or *rolls eyes* (although I realize the grammatical inconsistency in those examples). Especially since the "roll eyes" smiley doesn't look very clear. The point of smilies is to make your intention more clear, not less. <- What does that mean?