Abdul here. Testing 1 2 3

[Abdul Alhazred]

OK Ceptimus, here I am.

The smilies here are lame :D

[Ex-zombie]

Welcome Abdul! :wave:


Here (http://img190.exs.cx/img190/8372/train7uj.jpg) is a present for you.

[livius drusus]

Oh dearie me. Abdul, man, the smilies here are far, far beyond lame. Far, far, far beyond lame. At some point, you might want to consider disabling them in your profile because seriously, it's a smiley madhouse up in here.

Still, the good news is I once rode the Orient Express to Istanbul. It kicked ass. :train:

Welcome to FF, Abdul. :welcome2:

[Crumb]

The smilies here are lame

:rolldead: Blasphemy!

[livius drusus]

I know, huh? I bet ceptimus is snickering behind his big, waxed, curled up at the ends handlebar mustache right now.

[wei yau]

The smileys here are so far beyond lame they circle the entire universe and arrive just on the other side of lame.

This may be the source of Abdul's confusion.

Welcome aboard, Abdul. Hope you enjoy your stay. As penance for your smiley remark, I suggest that each of your posts must contain a minimum of 5 non-lame smileys.

[Abdul Alhazred]

The smileys here are so far beyond lame they circle the entire universe and arrive just on the other side of lame.

This may be the source of Abdul's confusion.

Welcome aboard, Abdul. Hope you enjoy your stay. As penance for your smiley remark, I suggest that each of your posts must contain a minimum of 5 non-lame smileys.

There is but one non-lame smiley here ==> :D

And it should not be over-used.

This one is borderline ==> :cool:

I will not disable smilies, because I want to know who is lame.

[Crumb]

:abitmuch:

[livius drusus]

Erm... Abdul? You don't think the smilies you see on the right when you're making a new post are the only ones here, right? Because there are 1830 others waiting behind the "More" link.

[Crumb]

That very well could be his problem Liv. Don't let the snoring bear and the oven mit hands fool you. There are gold in them thar smilies!

[livius drusus]

You just had to bring up the bear and oven mitts, didn't you? :glare:

[Crumb]

They are right there in my signiture taunting me. How could I resist? :innocent2:

[ceptimus]

Great. :sadcheer: This is the reward I get for posting on tami's forum that Freethought is my favourite place right now. Abdul comes here, trashes the smiley collection, and associates me with this heinous slur. :fuming:

Anyway, some of the smilies here are pretty lame - but we love them all anyway.

:welcome3: :bow4: :worship: :jd: :hedgehog: <= How on earth this is supposed to resemble a hedgepig, I will never know.

[livius drusus]

Oh no, not all the crappy ones in one post. My eyes! My eyes! :panics:

[Crumb]

Hopefully it will encourage you to be more discriminating in the future. :wink:

[wei yau]

Oh no, not all the crappy ones in one post. My eyes! My eyes! :panics:

In the long and storied history of the FF, has a smiley ever been banished?

[viscousmemories]

:welcome: to the FF, Abdul.

[livius drusus]

In the long and storied history of the FF, has a smiley ever been banished?
Oh sure. Before we opened I did major smiley purges at least 3 times. Once we went live, however, I couldn't do that anymore because banishment of any smiley which had already been posted would leave bereft smileytext instead of a pretty picture.

I have replaced a couple, though. :shocking: is the most recent example of that.

[wei yau]

I have replaced a couple, though. :shocking: is the most recent example of that.

Ahh, so by that rationale, if suitable replacements could be found, we could remove these smileys that are not up to par?

Or could we?

I mean, if were to replace the big green freaky "Welcome" smiley with something else, then all those posts about how freaky the big green freaky "Welcome" smiley would be rendered with a completely different smiley which might not be big, green or freaky.

That would bother you, wouldn't it?

[livius drusus]

It would only bother me insofar as all previous discussions of green freaky would no longer make sense. Like this one, for instance. :colors:

[ceptimus]

It would only bother me insofar as all previous discussions of green freaky would no longer make sense. Like this one, for instance. :colors:
Simple solution to that is to prune all the threads. About time this place had a good spring clean anyhow.

/me runs. Runs zig-zag in case she has a gun.

[livius drusus]

First you drag Abdul over here to talk smack about the hoard, then you suggest database mutilation. There ain't a zig-zag fast enough, son. :assault:

[Ymir's blood]

I will not disable smilies, because I want to know who is lame.
:crutch:

[Ensign Steve]

Oh no, not all the crappy ones in one post. My eyes! My eyes! :panics:

The snoozing teddy bear is so not crappy or lame!

[Petra]

Pick me, I'm lame!

Blind in one eye, too. And I have not one, not two, but THREE front teeth missing. I've got perfect hearing, though. And, happily, I squeak when I talk. :D


So how about you - wa'choo got?



Cheers!

[Petra]

In the long and storied history of the FF, has a smiley ever been banished?

A cute girl with a pink ribbon who got the :vapours: ....




Ignore previous post. She's back! :cheer:

I like her.



Edit: Oh, the ribbon's not pink. I, on the other hand, is. :D

[Petra]

Simple solution to that is to prune all the threads. About time this place had a good spring clean anyhow.



You can run, but you cannot hide.

[Petra]

:assault:

See.

[Abdul Alhazred]

Great. :sadcheer: This is the reward I get for posting on tami's forum that Freethought is my favourite place right now. Abdul comes here, trashes the smiley collection, and associates me with this heinous slur. :fuming:

Anyway, some of the smilies here are pretty lame - but we love them all anyway.

:welcome3: :bow4: :worship: :jd: :hedgehog: <= How on earth this is supposed to resemble a hedgepig, I will never know.

Oh crapola! :D

[Shake]

The smileys here are so far beyond lame they circle the entire universe and arrive just on the other side of lame.

This may be the source of Abdul's confusion.

Welcome aboard, Abdul. Hope you enjoy your stay. As penance for your smiley remark, I suggest that each of your posts must contain a minimum of 5 non-lame smileys.

There is but one non-lame smiley here ==> :D

And it should not be over-used.

This one is borderline ==> :cool:

I will not disable smilies, because I want to know who is lame.
Hey! Don't anybody tell Abdul about this thread (http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2043) then. OK?

[godfry n. glad]

The smileys here are so far beyond lame they circle the entire universe and arrive just on the other side of lame.

This may be the source of Abdul's confusion.

Welcome aboard, Abdul. Hope you enjoy your stay. As penance for your smiley remark, I suggest that each of your posts must contain a minimum of 5 non-lame smileys.

There is but one non-lame smiley here ==> :D

And it should not be over-used.

This one is borderline ==> :cool:

I will not disable smilies, because I want to know who is lame.
Hey! Don't anybody tell Abdul about this thread (http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2043) then. OK?

And, as a side note, you will find my suggestion as to what should be done about the "oven-mitt sleepy bear" near the beginning of that thread.

[Abdul Alhazred]

Smileys in general are lame. But some smileys are lamer than others. :D

[Abdul Alhazred]

For example, any animated smiley is super-lame-o.
:whup:

[livius drusus]

You have a bizarre definition of lame. I, for instance, would say the word "lame-o" is extraordinarily lame.

[godfry n. glad]

You have a bizarre definition of lame. I, for instance, would say the word "lame-o" is extraordinarily lame.

:crutch:

....and to append "super" to it is veritably paraplegic.

[livius drusus]

Good point. :wheelie:

[Crumb]

For example, any animated smiley is super-lame-o.

You're a complete bastard.

[livius drusus]

:giggle:

[Dingfod]

All smileys suck.

/me dons flame-retardant underwear

[livius drusus]

warrenly -->:abitmuch:

[Crumb]

Your underwear won't protect you from this: :SM:

[Dingfod]

Your underwear won't protect you from this: :SM:I forgot to mention it was padded.

[livius drusus]

:baby:

[Crumb]

Well this then: :behead:

[Abdul Alhazred]

I, for instance, would say the word "lame-o" is extraordinarily lame.

No argument there. :D

[Abdul Alhazred]

I have come to know utter defeat.

On other boards my war on smilies may have some traction.

But faced with 1800+ smilies, I surrender. :cool:

Shock and awe, Livius!

[livius drusus]

Thank you, sir, for your gracious and prompt capitulation. In return, I shall keep this post entirely free of smilies, but know that I am grinning with that little sparkle on my teeth.

/me woohoos under her breath to help fight the urge to post the little woohoo guy.

[Crumb]

:hands1: :hands2: :hands1: :hands2:

[JoeP]

I have come to know utter defeat.

On other boards my war on smilies may have some traction.

But faced with 1800+ smilies, I surrender. :cool:

Shock and awe, Livius!
Thank you, sir, for your gracious and prompt capitulation.
I thought you didn't like that capitulation, "Livius"? :chin: :P :innocent: :giggle:

[livius drusus]

Smartass. :poke2: