
A forum such as this is a great place for people from all over the world to exchange ideas or general silliness without having to leave their home. One drawback of communicating through nothing more than the written word can be the inability to see the expression on someone's face or the to hear the tone in their voice, which can make a big difference in the meaning of someone's words. Smilies can be a big help to convey those emotions that words alone cannot express, or they can just lighten the mood a little or they can be completely useless but just so cute you just insert them into your post anyway. I try to use smilies as sparingly as possible, because too many in one post can distract from the words they are usually meant to aid, but this thread is for smilies, so if you want to share your favourite smilie, go for it.
Here are a few of mine:
, a few more years without going to the dentist and that really will be me.
, I do like to feel sorry for myself so I use this one a lot.
, this is me at the thought of flying or anesthesia.
, this one has enabled me to poke some fun at others and save them the trouble of having to punch me.
, this is me at 10 am in the morning.And a recent addition to the top of my favourite list are the banana brothers:
Next please
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Coffee, Food, Kisses and Gay Love........Get it while you are hot
cause the fics and poetry are always a great read.
- um, it's kinda funny, lol
- ROFL!! oh my god...
- i have a thing for sheeps
- totally cute
- gotta repeat myself with the cuteness again
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which reminds me of this one:
Cute, cute, cute
Naughty, yeah
Another naughty one...
One of my favourites and damn funny
I love it, it so shows my opinions
I need it a lot since I always have to correct my faults..ahem... or it's another naughty one lol
Sweet and cute
Hey, we're all Kitties, you cannot not love it
because it makes me laugh
because it reminds me of a mis-spent youth
for Ruth! 

(used for mostly smut fics)
(again for smut fics)
(guess what this is used for)
) and Miss Happy Tears (
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just speaks volumes when I'm writing a paper
and 

I love this little guy. He reminds me of Forrest Gump. My two year old nephew waves like this too whenever he says "Goodbye".
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and my general hatrid of all school work.
or is it just me?