Emoticonic chuckle

2 Oct 2007

Quote by Pete_sw
Probably not going to do this topic justice as its late and I can’t remember where I left my thinking head but anyway ……. Personally I think emotes are an absolute essential to the whole posting ethos.
I know this will leave a lot of you thinking :dunno: but please bear with me.
I know some of the veterans on here have heard my views on this before and will be thinking ‘here he goes again’ :bs: but for those less accustomed to the media of the forum (or my spouting of bollox) let me just say this:…………..
Emoticons have a real place in the posting media, their major roll, as far as I can see is to insert the one thing that is missing from all text based forms of communication, nameley, visible emotion.
It is so easy to take offence at a post, especially one that has been posted in reply to something you have posted (bear with me here I will get to the point :roll: ) for example:…………
Well I was there and I thought it was feckin hilarious
Or
Well I was there and I thought it was feckin hilarious :roll: :dunno:
Another example might go like this: …
Feck all to do with me …….
Or
Feck all to do with me :giggle:
To take it to an extreme, try this diversity of emote use and ask yourself which sentence would upset you the most: ………………
Having read your post, all I can say is … what a load of shite :lol2: :thumbup: :giggle:
or
Having read your post, all I can say is … what a load of shite :mad: :mad: :mad:
There is a school of thought among the older generation of forumites ( not just this site) that emotes are a childish form of expression. Well that may or may not be true, personally I think they mean that they just cant be bothered to show how they feel and expect the rest of us lower mortals to continue to guess …… well that’s cool, each to their own, all I can say to that is ……. What? :shock: really? :dunno: nuffin to do wiv me guv ……………………. :rotflmao:
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Well said that man :thumbup:
To the highlighted piece of text I say :bs: to those of you that think this is the case (OMG I have never used that emote before!) wink

pink x

2 Oct 2007

For me it has to be this one :spit: and not for the reasons you are all thinking!
I once told someone via pm that I was nipping out for a :spit: and did he fancy one!!! You can imagine the reply but I HONESTLY thought this was someoen having a smoke redface

Actually, I seem to use this one a lot as well surprised

ops:

2 Oct 2007

Quote by Naughty Wigan Couple
For me it has to be this one :spit: and not for the reasons you are all thinking!
I once told someone via pm that I was nipping out for a :spit: and did he fancy one!!! You can imagine the reply but I HONESTLY thought this was someoen having a smoke
Actually, I seem to use this one a lot as well ops:

lmao NWC....i cant tell what that one is (but I know its not someone smoking, i know it must be summat rude lol

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2 Oct 2007

Quote by Bonedigger
lmao NWC....i cant tell what that one is (but I know its not someone smoking, i know it must be summat rude )

Look at it closely, s/he lights up the ciggy, then blows out the smoke, and then pulls a face cause the ciggy tastes a bit yucky. biggrin

2 Oct 2007

lmao, it does look like that when i get my face an inch away from the screen, but whats it meant to be?? lol

2 Oct 2007

Quote by Sgt Bilko
I try not to use emoticons! :? :?

Is that in case you use them all up? :lol2:
FGS people, these emoticons need to be used sparingly as they're limited in number and Sarge has to go off and pull all the faces etc in front of a camera to replicate some more, which is why he's not about a lot. sad

And for this reason, this is my favorite....

:banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:
Off ya go Sarge :giggle:

2 Oct 2007

Quote by Bonedigger
lmao, it does look like that when i get my face an inch away from the screen, but whats it meant to be??

ops: :oops: I think I will send the explanation via pm :oops: :oops: :oops:

2 Oct 2007

Quote by Chestycpl
I dont like this one

doh............. :roll:

7 Oct 2007

I always find it most reassuring, that after a hard days travail, the stifling protective body armour can be cast aside, along with all the various electonic paraphernalia and a cute pair of fluffy pink slippers can be donned and a pleasant conversation in the native tongue over a glass or two of fine tequilla will bring a smile to the face of even the most hardy dalek :mrgreen: