 Sidelong Remarks That May Interest Propellerheads  8(:-)
                   By MICHAEL W. MILLER
         Stoff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

     The Noah Webster of smileys is David Sanderson, a Madison, Wis.,
programmer  and occasional computer science graduate student.  Over the
last four years he has combed bulletin boards and sent electronic  mail
around the world in search of every  smiley variation ever used.    Mr.
Sanderson has gleaned contributions from Europe, Japan and New Zealand.
Last spring, he turned on his computer and found e-mail from a Namibian 
doctor:  

     "Add :-)-O to your collection. (smiling  doctor with
stethoscope.)"  

 His files currently contain 664 examples  (including several too
anatomically vivid  to reprint in this newspaper). Following  are some
highlights: 

     :'(            I'm crying

     :-#            My lips are sealed 

    :-&             I'm tongue-tied

     %-)            I'm cross-eyed

     ':-)           I accidently shaved off one eyebrow

     /
      >:->          Wolfram Video
     \

     (-)            I need a haircut

     (:)-)          I'm scuba-diving

     *(1 :-)        I'm Santa Claus
     
     +-(:-)         I'm the Pope

     :-)))          I'm overweight

     I:-<>          Help, I'm White and I can't get down

     = :-)          I'm a punk rocker

     :-J            I'm being tongue-in-cheek
     
     5:-)           I'm Elvis

     L:-)           I just graduated

     C:-)           I'm wearing a Walkman

     d: -)          I'm a baseball player

     :<>            I'm a fish

     0-)            I'm Cyclops
     :8)            I'm a pig

     3:-o           I'm a cow

     : =8)          I'm a baboon

     (,'%/          I slept too long on one side

     :-)>-          I just washed my goatee

     :-Q            I'm smoking

     : -?           I'm smoking a pipe

     :-'            I'm chewing tobacco

     :-E            I have dental problems

     :-o            I'm bored (yawn)

     :-O            I have heavy lipstick

     CI:-=          I'm Charlie Chaplin

     I:['           I'm Groucho Marx

     ((((:-)        I'm a hat salesman

      :%)%          I have acne

      C=>:*'))      I'm a drunk demonic chef
                      with a cold and a double chin.


                          *  *  *

                               COMPUTER FACES
 
 
:-)     Smiling, happy face; don't take me too seriously
B-)     Above, but poster wears glasses or sunglasses
8-)     Same as previous; also used to denote wide-eyed look
#:-)    :-) done by someone with sort of matted hair
:-(     Sad or angry face
@=      Flame about nuclear war, power or weapons follows (mushroom cloud)
>> More? ([Y]/Stop/Continuous/NT BLRPAC?M) Y;-)     Winking happy face (something said tongue-in-cheek)
:-P     Tongue stuck out
:-b     Same as previous
:-D     Wider happy face (or mouth open too much)
:-o     "Oh, nooooooo!" (a la Mr. Bill)
#:-o    Same as previous
(:-)    Messages dealing with bicycle helmets
<:-)    Dumb questions
oo      "Somebody's head-lights are on" messages
O>-<|=  Messages of interest to women
;-)     Wink ( take this message with a grain of salt)
|-(     Late night messages
:^)     Messages teasing people about their noses
:-{#}   Messages teasing people about their braces
(:-#    Message concerning something that shouldn't have been said...
(:-$    Message indicating person is ill...
(:-&    Message indicating person is angry...
(:-*    Kiss...
(:-(    Message indicating person is VERY sad...
(:^(    Message concerning people with broken noses
(:<)    Message concerning blabber mouths
:-(=)   Message about people with big teeth.
&:-)    Message from a person with curly hair
>> More? ([Y]/Stop/Continuous/NT BLRPAC?M) Y@:-)    Message from a person with wavy hair
?-(     Message about people with a black eye.
*:*     Message about fuzzy things
*:**    Message about fuzzy people with a fuzzy mustache
%-)     Message about people with broken glasses
+<:-|   Message from a monk/nun...
{0-)    Message from cyclops...
(:-D    Message concerning another blabber mouth...
(:-|K-  Formal message.
B-)     Message from Batman !!!
...---...   S.O.S.
@%&$%&  You know what that means...
||*(    Handshake offered
||*)    Handshake accepted
<&&>    Message concerning rubber chickens
>< ><   Message about/to someone wearing argyle socks
2B|^2B  Message about Shakespeare
(-_-)   Secret smile
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