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no, just messing with art's head :-)
nice, straightforward smiley there
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an increasingly irritating question
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Daniel L
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10/3/2004 10:38:52 PM
Then there is the Spires smiley: 8^)
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R.L.
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10/5/2004 10:27:29 PM
An actual answer...
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Tom Brosz
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10/4/2004 5:37:42 PM
but couldn't all that apply to a straightforward smiley?
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Daniel
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10/4/2004 6:19:54 PM
straightforward smiley
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Tom Brosz
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10/6/2004 3:30:30 PM
naaaaaaah, it's the subtleties that add extra dimensions
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Tony
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10/4/2004 7:21:22 PM
If you could see me as I post the smiley...
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SDAI-Tech1
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10/6/2004 8:19:59 PM
Tom would never say that
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Daniel
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10/4/2004 7:58:23 PM
your winky has no nose. How does he smell?
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Tony
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10/4/2004 2:55:58 PM
like a bucket of prawns in the midday sun
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daniel
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10/4/2004 3:59:58 PM
Yes, Thanks for the Oz enhancement
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Tony
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10/4/2004 4:53:46 PM
yeah, that'd do fine too
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Daniel
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10/4/2004 5:14:18 PM
Dude, it's a friggin' "winky". What the hell does "ta" mean?
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RobVG
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10/4/2004 1:51:28 AM
"ta" means "thanks"!
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Daniel
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10/4/2004 7:09:43 AM
TTFN
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Tony
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10/4/2004 2:55:21 PM
re: toodle pip
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Fox
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10/5/2004 6:52:21 PM
not going somewhere are you Tony?
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Daniel
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10/4/2004 3:58:13 PM
no, just messing with art's head :-)
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Tony
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10/4/2004 4:50:29 PM
Now how'd I end up in this post? I don't even do smileys.
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Art Martin
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10/4/2004 10:58:07 PM
Just throwing in more Britishisms.
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Tony
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10/5/2004 5:39:28 PM
nice, straightforward smiley there
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Daniel
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10/4/2004 5:17:33 PM
I asked someone - you should know "ta" goes with "winky".
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Bowser
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10/4/2004 4:21:08 AM
(still trying to get my head around that one)
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daniel
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10/4/2004 10:33:50 AM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.