:badpenny:

[TomJoe]

We need one! It should either be a penny that follows a nice smilie around, or be a tarnished penny which morphs into a little troll.

[Shelli]

... or be a tarnished penny which morphs into a little troll.
haha! I love it! :lol:

[Legs]

You could use this turnip :medal:

You know, how a badpenny will always turn-up?

[viscousmemories]

Turnip. :giggle:

[livius drusus]

a) Legs is a turnip. :glare:
b) I'll see what I can do.

[TomJoe]

:thankee:

[Legs]

livius :closehug:

[livius drusus]

So I trotted over to dA yesterday after reading this request, as I do after every request, and PMd an emoticonist who's been on a huge roll of cuteness lately, LeoLeonardo. After we got over the cultural barrier (he's not American, so there was some question about which penny exactly I was talking about and what the expression itself might mean), he turned on a dime, if you'll pardon the phrase, and produced this little marvel:

:badpenny:

Can you even stand the adorability? I mean, there's a smiley watercooler. :squee:

[Legs]

:laugh: I love it

[viscousmemories]

That's really cute. :aww:

[wei yau]

Oooh, that is one baaaaad penny.

That is a great addition to the hoard! It represents the "bad penny" concept so creatively. Here are a couple of friends talking and chatting by the water cooler. All of a sudden, the bad penny turns up. This is enough to derail the conversation, but only momentarily. Eventually the bad penny slinks away....but, will likely return once more.

Bravo to LeoLeonardo, a wonderful artist and welcome friend of the hoard!

[livius drusus]

Exactly, wei. If smiley exegesis were a paying job, you'd be one rich motherfucker.

[wei yau]

Aww, shucks. Thanks.
:thankee:

I had to look up "exegesis"
:dopey:

[livius drusus]

That's okay. I had to fix your avatar.
:blush2:

[Shelli]

:golfclap:

[wei yau]

I was kinda hoping you would.
:sheepish:

[TomJoe]

Kudos to LeoLeonardo. It's brilliant!