emoticons?

[curlyperm]

May you all forgive me if this has been asked before, and i am sure it may have been, would it not be a good idea to allow us to use 'emoticons' (those little yellow smiley faces that they use on msn) or red ones if you want to show your angry, or crying ones if your upset?? sometimes peoples replies can be misconstrued, and taken the wrong way and it would be better than using ones like : O or : ( which some people just dont understand anyway?? x ok i have just checked and this question has been asked before but it was in April and June last year...........so time for a reminder eh??

[smudge]

I'm afraid all the 'instant' Colour, Bold, Italic, etc., facilities were taken away from us a little while ago now curlyperm, so I don't think there'll be much chance of Emotions appearing. :o[

[mycats]

Gawd noooooo can you imagine how awful the boards would llok??

[mycats]

or look even lol

[Octavius]

If I said:

What a ridiculously stupid idea.

Would my answer be misconstrued?

What a ridiculously stupid idea :o)

How about now?

Or this?

What a ridiculously stupid idea :o(

I don�t understand the need really, if someone wants to write colon, o, open bracket that�s fine, but as for all those silly smiley things, they just get in the way don�t they? Demonstrative emotions should be saved for interpersonal experiences.

[curlyperm]

: ( Hush my mouth!!

[VINNY100_2]

oooh,found one of these in me bath...><((((�>
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bloomin cheek Kip...Im not spam..im a veggie...!

[VINNY100_2]

oops posted in wrong thingy....good idea curlyperm..(:O)

[gen2]

I think these are what you want:

☺ ☺ ☻ ☻

[freak_unique]

Aw id like that idea and i understand what u mean when peoples replies are misinterpreted!by the sounds of it they wont let us though :(