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1. person submitting has been staring at the terminal for 36 hours;
2. submitter is cross-eyed;
3. submitter with long bangs

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'-)

':-)

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(-:

1. submitter is Don Ellis from Tektronix;
2. submitter is left-handed

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(:I

)8-)

):-(

):-)

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*:o)   

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+:-)

+<:-)

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-:-)

->=:-)X

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0-)

1. smiley cyclops (scuba diver?);
2. submitter is an arc-welder;
3. submitter wearing scuba mask

0:-)

3:o[

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8-)

1. smiley swimmer;
2. submitter wears glasses;
3. wide-eyed look

8:-)

1. glasses on forehead;
2. submitter is a little girl

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8^

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:*)

1. drunk smiling face, for those of us who like to get intoxicated;
2. before or while reading netnews;
3. smile with moustache

:-

:-!

:-#

1. respondent's lips are sealed;
2. braces

:-#|

:-$

:-%

1. respondent has beard;
2. smiley banker

:-&

:-'|

:-(

1. submitter has read too many 'smiley' articles;
2. boo boo;
3. un-smiley;
4. sad face, 'that comment makes me sad [mad]'

:-(*)

:-)

1. ha ha;
2. the normal smiling face, appended to a sentence or an article means 'this is a joke' or 'this is supposed to make you laugh'

:-)'

:-)8

:-*

1. smiley after eating something bitter;
2. submitter just ate a sour pickle

8-*

:-/

:-0

:-1

:-6

:-7

:-8(

:-9

:-:

:-<

:-=)

:->

1. hey hey;
2. y.a.s.;
3. normal smiling face with deformed lips, same as above except person who submitted it has problems with their lips

:-?

:-@

1. respondent's beard has permanent wave *or* was drawn by Picasso;
2. smiley face screaming

:-D

1. submitter talks too much;
2. wider happy face

:-I

:-O

:-P

:-Q

:-X

:-[

1. un-smiley blockhead;
2. biting criticism smiling face; ditto for criticism

:-\

1. undecided smiley;
2. popeye smiling face, for people who look like popeye

:-]

1. smiley blockhead;
2. biting sarcasm smiling face, used when sarcasm is intended, since we cannot inflect our voice over the net

:-`

:-a

:-b

:-c

:-d

:-e

:-i

:-j

:-k

:-l

:-o   

1. submitter is shocked;
2. smiley singing national anthem;
3. "Oh, noooooooo!" (a la Mr. Bill)

:-p

:-q

:-s

:-t

:-v

:-x

:-z

:-{

1. mustache;
2. smiley variation on a theme

:-{)

:-{~

:-|

1. "have an ordinary day" smiley;
2. no expression face, 'that comment doesn't phase me'

:-}

1. beard;
2. normal smiling face with pretty lips, same as #1 except person that submitted it is wearing lipstick or some other lip appearance improving device

:-}

::-)

:<

:<|

:=)

:>

:>)

:^(

:^)

:n)

:u)

:v)

:~)

;-(

1. sad face gets his lights punched, sad or mad and got beat up;
2. 'that makes me so mad that if I ever see you I'll punch your lights out'

;-)

1. winking smiley;
2. smiling face gets his lights punched out (could be pirate smiling face??), submitter is a practical joker who played one too many and got beat up

;-\

;-|

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<|-(=

<|-)=

=:-#}

=:-(

=:-)

1. smiley punk-rocker;
2. submitter is a horsehead

/;-)

\:-(

>:-)

>:-<

>:-I

>;-)

>w

@-)

@-(

@:I

@=

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B-|

C=:-)

C=>8*)

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O |-)

O-)

P-)

X-(

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[:|]

g-)

o-)

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1. submitter is asleep (boredom);
2. hee hee;
3. Same as :-) but poster is Oriental

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