It was twenty years ago

[evilslinkycat]

It was twenty years ago -- Sept. 19, 1982 -- that Scott Fahlman typed
:-) in an online message, unwittingly supplying the often ungrammatical and
occasionally illiterate Internet culture with its most potent icon. The
smiley face, dreamed up while the IBM researcher was posting to an online
bulletin board at Carnegie Mellon University, has become shorthand for "Hey,
I'm only joking." It has spawned a slew of other, equally inane, "emoticons"
-- :-0 ;-) and you get the picture. www.wired.com

[Lady Tana]

Very interesting... I LOVE learning new stuff to dazzle them at work with...lol

[Semele]

Well, this is a piece of trivia that Wtchychic13 has got to love!!!

[Witchy Cowgirl]

I heard this on the news this morning! They also said that he's never earned a nickle from it. He said that if he charged for it no one would've used it! :-)

[Sora]

That's so cool! I've never heard said story before this, but I think we should all chip in a nickle on the man's behalf...

[Sequoia]

now, which otaku and/or Japanese person invented this?

^_^

The world may never know. . . :D

[Sora]

Me! It was me! Give me a nickle!

[Caelin]

Now thats a useful piece of information...I collect that sort of thing, because when you recount it to others, they tend to think you're cleverer than you really are :D mwahahaha!

[Sita]

woah.

[Witchy Cowgirl]

Originally posted by Weaverz
It was twenty years ago

today, when St. Pepper........
(Beatles tune!)

[Mithrea]

Originally posted by Witchy Cowgirl


today, when St. Pepper........
(Beatles tune!)


!!!!!!!!!!

[flar7]

Originally posted by Witchy Cowgirl


today, when St. Pepper........
(Beatles tune!)


St..? Saint Pepper?:eyebrow: Sgt. Pepper.


sorry, just being anal retentive again...:rolleyes:

[earthcat]

It was 20 years ago today,
Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play!

[Witchy Cowgirl]

Originally posted by flar7
St..? Saint Pepper?:eyebrow: Sgt. Pepper.
sorry, just being anal retentive again...:rolleyes:

Figures I could count on you to.....to.....hhmmmm......to............


do what you done!;)

(I'm still kinda miffted at you about the 3/4 of a horse thing!:dis: :T )

[Sora]

What happened to the other 1/4?

[flar7]

Originally posted by Sora
What happened to the other 1/4?

she said she owned 3 quarter horses........that adds up to 3/4 of
a horse!

[Sequoia]

:eek:

[Sora]

Eep. I'm sorry I asked :rolleyes:

[WtchyChick13]

Originally posted by Semele
Well, this is a piece of trivia that Wtchychic13 has got to love!!!

Oh how nice that you thought of ME on this day!!! :rotfl:

As a matter of fact, I found this diddy while surfin' 'round today and thought it highly appropriate:

[earthcat]

:rotfl:

[Faery-Wings]

As soon as I saw this on the news online, I thought of you too Wtchy. :)

[Witchy Cowgirl]

For WitchyChick;
:p :T

For Flar:
:razz: :nyah:

[Sora]

That's an awsome cartoon.

[flar7]

but, I dont like rasberries.....:(

[WtchyChick13]

Originally posted by flar7
but, I dont like rasberries.....:(

How about a twinkie???

(Oh sorry, that's another thread!) :lol: :lol: :lol:



You know guys, it's great to be thought of--just odd that it's because of smilies! http://www.smilies.org/basesmilies/AngelDevil.gif

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

[Pan]

heehee. Lovely all of you! This is some interesting information, it is! I'll have to use it sometime...