SMILEYS! :-D

Smileys such as :-) add a little feeling and a little bit of whimsy into the otherwise stark world of electronic messaging.
The book "Smileys" by D. Sanderson (O´Reilly, 1993) contains a collection of more than 650 smileys and answers to your deepest questions such as "why are smileys sideways?"

Here follows a list of some of my favourite smileys!

:-)          basic smiling smiley
:-]          confident, shrewd smiley smile
:-}          trying to smile smiley
:->         cheerful smiley
8-]          in love!
:-(          sad smiley
:-I          stern smiley
:-II         furious smiley
;-)          winking smiley
8-)          smiley with glasses
I-)          smiley with closed eyes
%-)         smiley is dizzy
%-(         watch out!! this means trouble!
3-)         smiley is sleepy
,-O         yawning smiley
$-)         money hungry smiley
!-)          one eye is bigger than the other
:-p         smiley sticking it´s tongue out
:-*         smiley that ate something sour
:-9         smiley licking its lips
:-6         disgusted smiley
:-O        surprised smiley
:-{}        smiley with lipstick
:-@        screaming smiley
:-/         skeptical smiley
:-%        argh!
:-&        tongue tied smiley
:-S        confused smiley
:-Q        smoking smiley
:-L        smiley eating a lollipop
:-2        smiley eating candy
:-x        kissing smiley
:-X       talkative smiley (tape over)
E-)       smiley with a hangover
O-)       scuba diver smiley
O:-)      angel smiley
I-O       snoring smiley
:-#)      smiley with a bushy moustache
:%)%      a case of acne
=I:-{I    gentleman smiley
8:-)       user is a little girl
:-)-8      user is a big girl
v:~-)      smiley so happy it´s crying
:~-(       smiley so sad it´s crying
:´-(       crying sadly
:-)~       drooling smiley
=:-(       punk smiley
:>O       surprised smiley
:-~)       happy smiley with a runny nose
(:I         user is an egghead
:-)-O     user is pregnant
X-(        user just died
 

FAMOUS SMILEYS!

=:o]           Bill Clinton
B-)            Batman
[E:-]=:=      Frankensmiley
(>:-[          Draculasmiley
>:-I           Net Startrek
O<$:o)        Clownsmiley
CI:-#)        Charlie Chaplin smiley
( :? (o)        Homer Simpson 
:^)             Pinocchiosmiley
:)              Dwarfsmiley
C\:=           Van Gogh
%\V            Pablo Picasso
.-)              Oden
+:-)            the Pope or a priest
*<:-}           Santa Claus
<I-)            Chinese
#:-)            Russian
:-(=            Walrus
:]               Bulldog
:-=             Rabbit