JoeP's ever-multiplying smilie requests

[JoeP]

I do hereby solemnly pledge to post all my smilie requests in this thread, and moreover, not to use the Impact font for the purpose.

First, I'd like to acknowledge :bow: the mighty keeper :dragon: of the greatest smilie hoard ever seen outside mythology or fantasy. Some of the requests I've already had satisfied (feeding the addiction):

duck :ducky:, :mallard:
tiger :tiger: (that's not in my top 500 favourites, unfortunately; a bit washed out)
Hannibal Lecter :hannibal:
tennis :tennis:
Gollum :gollum:
eagle :eagle:

I can't even find all the requests I made :blush:

joe

[JoeP]

And here are the outstanding requests that I could gather. They're not demands, more a kind of "ooh! shiny thing!" lure to the smilie dragon (pbuh).

leopard and/or a pointy-eared lynx, caracal or bobcat
more tennis ones ... a regular original smilie face that spins to be a tennis ball ... this is such a natural there's got to be one out there (but I couldn't find one)
buddha, zen
multiple simultaneous glomping (if you don't get one of these Farren will just work his evil another way)

[JoeP]

And finally for now (there will be more; yea, even unto the tenth generation), some general concepts that I don't think are well represented enough:

fear, fright, afraid
shock, horror
work, slave (ok, there's :whip: )
read, write, book
beg, please, pleading :prayer:

:D

[livius drusus]

Oy vey is mir. Where's that damn Sisyphean one? Oh yeah! :rock2:

[livius drusus]

I found :tennisbal yesterday but forgot to tell you. I know it's not the spinning smilie you asked for (I think that would be killer too), but it's a start. Maybe I should look into learning to make my own.

Hmmm... :plotting:

[JoeP]

:plotting: is excellent. Awaiting others eagerly :drooleek:

Don't think I'm being a gentleman and waiting for you to have a chance with the ones above before I post any more. I just haven't come up with any new missing ones yet. :noevil2:

[SharonDee]

I'm not Joe--whaddya know--but I'd like to request a better one of these: :shrug2:

That one's okay but it's a bit of a paleface (no offense to any Whities in the audience) and doesn't make its intentions clear.

Oh, and if it helps: :bow: Y'all rule!

[livius drusus]

I hear ya, Sharon. I can't say I was ever fully satisfied with him, but I liked the other shruggies even less.

And yes, worshipful praise is nothing if not helpful. For one thing, it gives me the chance to use this :bowing:. When I've hook all y'all up with every similie you could possibly desire, I'll finally get to use this: :ovation:

[Ymir's blood]

"I hear ya, Sharon. I can't say I was ever fully satisfied with him, but I liked the other shruggies even less."

Hmm, I've got this one, though you've probably seen it.

[SharonDee]

Hmm, I've got this one, though you've probably seen it.
Yes, I have seen that one and... [confession:] It was actually the one I had hoped was here. Thanks for digging it up!

[livius drusus]

See, I don't like him. Those freaky little stick arms displease me. Oh, I'll upload it, of course, but we are not satisfied.

[viscousmemories]

Yeah, that's the one they have at IIDB and I like it. :shrug:

[SharonDee]

Well, I certainly don't prefer that one due to its inherent beauty. But out of all the shruggies I have seen, that one most accurately portrays what it's doing than any others

[Ymir's blood]

A google search turned up this smilie. It is throughly disarmed. I tried making one of my own, but the whole transparency thing disheartened me (for the umpteenth time) :doh:

[livius drusus]

That's way, way better. What do you think Sharon?

[viscousmemories]

Ahhh... Ymir found the way to liv's heart: A round handed smilie.

I like it too. :)

[Ymir's blood]

:woohoo:

[livius drusus]

fear, fright, afraid
shock, horror

Okay, I added one more of these :afraid:, but I consider it just barely adequate. Honestly, I think the ones we've already got are pretty good on that score. You really think these aren't enough?
:buggin: :huh?: :blink: :runaway: :yikes: :yipes: :bottle: :egad: :scared2: :scared: :eek:
Then there's the various hiding behind things ones. I dunno, Joe. I tend to think that category is plenty padded.

work, slave (ok, there's :whip: )
read, write, book
beg, please, pleading :prayer:

Still working on these.

Sharon, I've uploaded Ymir's lovely :shrug:. I hope you dig it.

In other random news of surf, I've changed the basic colon paren :) to a lighter version cause the dark blue was too dark. I've also added these:
:naughty: (for luna) :runinbox: :choices2: :frank: :tiefighter: :tink: :rollover: :gallop: :owl: :marsh: (for pesci and Chip), and finally :sex: , cause it's the only relatively explicit smilie I've found that genuinely amuses me.

Must sleep now. Night.

[Ymir's blood]

:marsh: (for pesci and Chip),
Chester! :D

[livius drusus]

/me smiles
Is that his name? I just remembered him from a post of pesci's 40 lifetimes ago.

[SharonDee]

Sharon, I've uploaded Ymir's lovely :shrug:. I hope you dig it.
I like that one, too. It's definitely clearer in its purpose than the original. :yup:
...and finally :sex: , cause it's the only relatively explicit smilie I've found that genuinely amuses me.
Okay, now that's one I can get behind (so to speak)!
:appl:

[pescifish]

* livius drusus smiles
Is that his name? I just remembered him from a post of pesci's 40 lifetimes ago.
Hey, look! My posts (http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/showpost.php?p=6858&postcount=5) are invisibubble again!
:sniffles:

However, responding to Ymir's Blood's post on this is most appropriate. Chester is definitely a Ymir's Blood find, not mine, brought to my consciousness these 40x40 moons and board communities ago. I am delighted to see him in the quick pick list!

[livius drusus]

I'm sorry, pesci. I did see your post, but thought I should reply here cause it's where I brought him up. Besides, if your posts were invisible I would never have known about Chester in the first place (sorry Ymir).

[pescifish]

Yeah, well, it's funny how, even after those 40x40 lifetimes, memories of certain feelings can come rushing back, unbidden and unexpected. I wonder if smilies are the Internet equivalent to smells when it comes to memory triggers. I seem to have been taken away and deposited back into my past!
:ufo:


:coolsun:

And, oh yeah, I didn't even see your post (http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/showpost.php?p=6837&postcount=18) last night probably because I was trusting in those sunnabitch vB unread post markers--apparently I was lied to when I went through the forum. I would have posted my Chester welcome post here. Those vB markers, they break my heart, I tell ya!

[livius drusus]

Yeah, well, it's funny how, even after those 40x40 lifetimes, memories of certain feelings can come rushing back, unbidden and unexpected. I wonder if smilies are the Internet equivalent to smells when it comes to memory triggers. I seem to have been taken away and deposited back into my past!

I hear you, my sister. I definitely had a Proust madeleines thing going on when I stumbled on Chester. It was like I was right back there... Where's the lump in throat smilie?

And, oh yeah, I didn't even see your post (http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/showpost.php?p=6837&postcount=18) last night probably because I was trusting in those sunnabitch vB unread post markers--apparently I was lied to when I went through the forum. I would have posted my Chester welcome post here. Those vB markers, they break my heart, I tell ya!

God they're so evil. Whether it's hiding a new post or making an old one look fresh again, they are vile deceivers. Damn you, vB unread markers! Damn you all to hell! :shakefist:

[JoeP]

... this is a rapid-fire reply to some of the activity as I've got to run. (Glad to see there has been some ... you didn't want to make me use the font.)

fear, fright, afraid
shock, horror

Honestly, I think the ones we've already got are pretty good on that score. You really think these aren't enough?

Then there's the various hiding behind things ones. I dunno, Joe. I tend to think that category is plenty padded.
What category is that? I forgot to copy in the comment I made in one of my "derails" that I was going to focus on keywords. You get nothing or little to choose from if you enter those as keywords or you try to find a category with one of those words in the name. I didn't mean you need to go out and hunt for more smilies, but that we need to think about solving this 'search' issue. Does it mean we need to implement the extra 'keywords' field? 'Cos I'm ready to start on it ... it might involve some issues.

:shrug: is great. All those ones you described as 'random' are great.

Must sleep now. Night.Not you, too? I thought I was the only one who needed sleep.

[JoeP]

Where's the lump in throat smilie?You'll probably need to put that in a more annoying font if you want yourself to notice it :twisted:

[livius drusus]

... this is a rapid-fire reply to some of the activity as I've got to run. (Glad to see there has been some ... you didn't want to make me use the font.)

Or the comfy chair. :spanishinq:

What category is that? I forgot to copy in the comment I made in one of my "derails" that I was going to focus on keywords. You get nothing or little to choose from if you enter those as keywords or you try to find a category with one of those words in the name. I didn't mean you need to go out and hunt for more smilies, but that we need to think about solving this 'search' issue.

Ohhhhh.... I get it now. Yes, you're totally right. I've been trying to put something keywordy in the descriptions, but that's nothing like a solution, and as it is, I'm still just over halfway through making those changes.

Does it mean we need to implement the extra 'keywords' field? 'Cos I'm ready to start on it ... it might involve some issues.

Yup. I think it's time to get cracking on that. Without it the search will never turn up even some of the most commonly expressed sentiments.

:shrug: is great. All those ones you described as 'random' are great.

/me smiles
I'm glad you like them. I got PaintShop Pro yesterday and tried to make you a better tiger, but it was a bit more than I could chew, I'm afraid. First the manual, then the tiger.

Not you, too? I thought I was the only one who needed sleep.

It seems to be infectious. ;)

[viscousmemories]

Does it mean we need to implement the extra 'keywords' field? 'Cos I'm ready to start on it ... it might involve some issues.
Oh, I thought the keywords and multiple search terms were a given. I looked at the code for a long time but it didn't miraculously attain the ability to do that, though, so you'll probably have to be involved. :D

[livius drusus]

liv's first homemade smilie.

[viscousmemories]

liv's first homemade smilie.
Wow! I'm genuinely impressed. Good job, liv. I can't wait 'til you can make smilies on demand. That's pretty cool. :)

[godfry n. glad]

Or the comfy chair. :spanishinq:



Ah HA! Evidence that you are alumnus of Usenet's alt.atheism.

godfry

[livius drusus]

Wow! I'm genuinely impressed. Good job, liv. I can't wait 'til you can make smilies on demand. That's pretty cool. :)
You're very kind, but that gradientless thing is hardly worth posting. Hopefully there will be bigger and better to look forward to.

[livius drusus]

Or the comfy chair. :spanishinq:



Ah HA! Evidence that you are alumnus of Usenet's alt.atheism.

No suh. I am an alumnus of just about every smilie set on every discussion board I could find, however, and that little dude's been on several of them. I'm thinking of replacing that apocryphal "No one" with the canonical "Nobody". It's been driving me nuts since I uploaded it.

[JoeP]

Ohhhhh.... I get it now. Yes, you're totally right. I've been trying to put something keywordy in the descriptions, but that's nothing like a solution, and as it is, I'm still just over halfway through making those changes.
And I'm giving you the benefit of time. Not a job I would particularly enjoy.
/me visualises smilie a bit like :write: but with a poor character scribbling something, pushing it right, scribbling on the next page, pushing it right (in tray and out tray)
I'm sure I've seen something like this in some forgotten recess of the internet.

I'm glad you like them. I got PaintShop Pro yesterday and tried to make you a better tiger, but it was a bit more than I could chew, I'm afraid. First the manual, then the tiger.

Course, if you had the tiger first, the chewing would be no problem...

PSP comes with an Animation Shop component, doesn't it? Play! I used that for the librating moon phases avatar at HH (but I stole the original images). But with any art it takes time and exploration to get used to the medium and the tools.

liv's first homemade smilie.
Rah! Rah! Rah!

[JoeP]

Hopefully there will be bigger and better to look forward to.
No need to focus on this one, but you have a tennis ball and you have a basic shaded smilie. If you can work out how to edit intermediate images to create spinning, this would be a good exercise. Basing your practice on existing work is not cheating!

[JoeP]

Does it mean we need to implement the extra 'keywords' field? 'Cos I'm ready to start on it ... it might involve some issues.
Oh, I thought the keywords and multiple search terms were a given. I looked at the code for a long time but it didn't miraculously attain the ability to do that, though, so you'll probably have to be involved. :D
Art of programming #art_num++: anything in the "outline solution" or high-level design is pure imagination until you can see it in a prototype, or until some idiot commercial manager signs a contract for it.

Nevertheless, I'm so pleased with version 1 that I've got energy to tackle it. (Not that it's going to be mega difficult.) Also I'm pissed off* with idiot managers at work and may ease back slightly there. As if.

* Liv: this is off the wall, or perhaps onto the wall, so entirely at your discretion: but I could have used a pissing smilie. :yuck:

[godfry n. glad]

Or the comfy chair. :spanishinq:



Ah HA! Evidence that you are alumnus of Usenet's alt.atheism.

No suh. I am an alumnus of just about every smilie set on every discussion board I could find, however, and that little dude's been on several of them. I'm thinking of replacing that apocryphal "No one" with the canonical "Nobody". It's been driving me nuts since I uploaded it.

Pardon moi faux pas.

The 'comfy chair' reference was used as a threat on alt.atheism. An empty and humorous threat, but a threat.

I guess it's just the widespread Pythonesque usage of the Spanish Inquisition and the term "comfy chair" that tripped me up.

I think we need a "comfy chair" smily....'cause, y'know, nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition.

godfry

But then, I also think we need a "Ewwww...I stepped in it" smily.

[livius drusus]

Hopefully there will be bigger and better to look forward to.
No need to focus on this one, but you have a tennis ball and you have a basic shaded smilie. If you can work out how to edit intermediate images to create spinning, this would be a good exercise. Basing your practice on existing work is not cheating!

Ya know, I actually started that last night. Animation Shop did come with my PSP purchase, and I put the two images together back to back just fine, but the intermediates turned out to be a bit more of a headache than I had anticipated. That's why today I just went back to the total basics with the dude I attached above.

* Liv: this is off the wall, or perhaps onto the wall, so entirely at your discretion: but I could have used a pissing smilie.

We'll see. Much like the sex smilies, the pissers seem to lack any kind of subtlety or nuance. I'll keep looking, though.

[livius drusus]

Pardon moi faux pas.

The 'comfy chair' reference was used as a threat on alt.atheism. An empty and humorous threat, but a threat.

I guess it's just the widespread Pythonesque usage of the Spanish Inquisition and the term "comfy chair" that tripped me up.

Ohhh... Of course. Yes, I probably say "Comfy chair! Comfy chair!" at least twice a day (mainly because I actually have a lovely comfy chair).

I think we need a "comfy chair" smily....'cause, y'know, nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition.

Fair enough. You realise, though, that now I have to wait until you're not expecting it.

But then, I also think we need a "Ewwww...I stepped in it" smily.

Dirty boy. Be good, or it's wire brush showers and that peppermint Dr. Bronner's for you.

[JoeP]

I think we need a "comfy chair" smily....'cause, y'know, nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition.

godfry

But then, I also think we need a "Ewwww...I stepped in it" smily.

Seconded. (Multiplied, in fact.)

[JoeP]

We'll see. Much like the sex smilies, the pissers seem to lack any kind of subtlety or nuance. I'll keep looking, though.

Subtlety? Nuance?

I'm sorry: subtlety? Nuance? :blank:

[Ymir's blood]

Several years ago, someone at IIDB posted a link to a small 'social' message board. I and several others visited there for awhile. (I briefly 'went native' so to speak.) Anywho, that was where I first met Ms. Pescifish.

Someone on that board posted the :marsh: smilie but no one could identify what it was. Upon seeing it, I dubbed it 'Chester' and so it has remained ever since.

[Ymir's blood]

liv's first homemade smilie.
This was my first one, I think. It isn't very good though.

I need a better animation program and someway of preserving transparencies.

[livius drusus]

Subtlety? Nuance?

I'm sorry: subtlety? Nuance? :blank:

I didn't get such a quality hoard by taking in any old thing, ya know. One must have a palate even for smilies. F'rinstance:

:lowhat: :seacaptain: :hyena: :kickcan:

Thank you for the Story of Chester, Ymir. Now I like him even more. :) I can't believe that melty was your first! How many frames is that?

[JoeP]

Subtlety? Nuance?

I'm sorry: subtlety? Nuance? :blank:

I didn't get such a quality hoard by taking in any old thing, ya know. One must have a palate even for smilies.
Obviously you have subtlety, nuance and style in general. I just can't imagine these criteria really applying to a pissing icon. But maybe that's why you do what you do and I do what I do ...

[livius drusus]

[QUOTE=livius drusus]Obviously you have subtlety, nuance and style in general. I just can't imagine these criteria really applying to a pissing icon.

It's unlikely, I grant you, but there's always hope. Meanwhile, at least we have the :urinal:

[JoeP]

And, oh yeah, I didn't even see your post (http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/showpost.php?p=6837&postcount=18) last night probably because I was trusting in those sunnabitch vB unread post markers--apparently I was lied to when I went through the forum. I would have posted my Chester welcome post here. Those vB markers, they break my heart, I tell ya!

God they're so evil. Whether it's hiding a new post or making an old one look fresh again, they are vile deceivers. Damn you, vB unread markers! Damn you all to hell! :shakefist:
Recalling my first grump about the forum software ... we are so going to move onto this when we've learned more than smilies in vBulletin. However, I expect we'll get as far as moaning on the official boards because it sounds like it's embedded deep in the architecture. :fuming:

[JoeP]

Does it mean we need to implement the extra 'keywords' field? 'Cos I'm ready to start on it ... it might involve some issues.
Oh, I thought the keywords and multiple search terms were a given. I looked at the code for a long time but it didn't miraculously attain the ability to do that, though, so you'll probably have to be involved. :D
And I thought you were doing so well. :qsigh:

Let's start a new thread for the keywords development ... I've put it in forum administration even though the 'learning programming' threads were originally in sciences. Move as you see fit.

The more minor features still in the original thread.

[Ymir's blood]

I can't believe that melty was your first! How many frames is that?
Seven, counting the messed up non transparent 'blank one.'

[JoeP]

[QUOTE=livius drusus]Obviously you have subtlety, nuance and style in general. I just can't imagine these criteria really applying to a pissing icon.

It's unlikely, I grant you, but there's always hope. Meanwhile, at least we have the :urinal:
Now that's subtle.

Here's some more requests (not a day can go by, etc)

a scarab - please please please
and more cats and kitties, while I'm reminded of :egypt: (yay! :pharaoh: yay! :mummy:)
a baboon, just possibly
more food and eating ones

And I want to reflect some ideas popping up elsewhere:
octopus blow-job; tentacle sex
promise me, if you find an octopus blowjob smilie you serve it up?

at least an octopus, and a crab, and more fish (these are cool: :fishy: :starfish: :goldfish: :tropicalf :dolphin: :shark: . Would like a tuna, other shapes of fish, etc), and sealife and marine things in general

[pescifish]

Originally posted by JoeP
...and more fish...



http://www.pescifish.net/smilies/fishburp.gif <-- not a smilie, merely a cute fishie image

[viscousmemories]

Great. Now I'm gonna be kept awake at night with images of Baloo trying to escape spiritual imprisonment in a giant orange fish. Thanks.

[pescifish]

Great. Now I'm gonna be kept awake at night with images of Baloo trying to escape spiritual imprisonment in a giant orange fish. Thanks.
:burp: :bowing:

[JoeP]

Liv: :spirit: should have title Ghost. :ghost: is OK.

Out of interest, why does search 'ost' return :tiphat2: ?

[livius drusus]

On account of her filename: it's "costumed-smiliey" something or other.

[JoeP]

On account of her filename: it's "costumed-smiliey" something or other.
Aha. Which leads me to ask, do we want to search in the filenames? Remember, configurable option!

And secondly, when keywords are in place, should the search show the keywords? Or at least the one(s) that matched? I'm thinking there could be confusing results elsewise.

[livius drusus]

On account of her filename: it's "costumed-smiliey" something or other.
Aha. Which leads me to ask, do we want to search in the filenames? Remember, configurable option!

We definitely do not want to search the filenames now that the descriptions are clean and the keywords on their way. How does one go about configuring that option?

And secondly, when keywords are in place, should the search show the keywords? Or at least the one(s) that matched? I'm thinking there could be confusing results elsewise.

Showing the matching keywords sounds like an excellent idea to me. :yup:

[JoeP]

Which leads me to ask, do we want to search in the filenames? Remember, configurable option!

We definitely do not want to search the filenames now that the descriptions are clean and the keywords on their way. How does one go about configuring that option?

In smiliesearch-defines.php, define('SMILIESEARCH_SEARCHFILENAME',false);
or something close to that

[livius drusus]

Here's some more requests (not a day can go by, etc)

a scarab - please please please
:scarab:

and more cats and kitties, while I'm reminded of :egypt: (yay! :pharaoh: yay! :mummy:)

:milkcat: :kitten: :catsmeow: :gatto:

a baboon, just possibly

Best I could do: :dancmonk:

more food and eating ones

:roastturkey: :hotdog: :grapes:

promise me, if you find an octopus blowjob smilie you serve it up?

I shall.

at least an octopus, and a crab, and more fish (these are cool: :fishy: :starfish: :goldfish: :tropicalf :dolphin: :shark: . Would like a tuna, other shapes of fish, etc), and sealife and marine things in general

:mysql: :greenfish: :fishie: :crab:

[SharonDee]

And hey, I search for "pup" and all I get are these guys? :sadeyes: :pup:

I demand more puppies!

Please?

[godfry n. glad]

I was hoping to catch liv's eye elsewhere, but no such luck....

So...

liv, there's no ass in the Beasts and Botany selections. Is this a calculated affront to my sensibilities? Or a mere oversight?

A kicking ass would be supremo! Hint, hint.

godfry

[livius drusus]

I'm sorry, godfry. I'm afraid I totally misunderstood your attempt to catch my eye. Your request for a kicking ass did lead me to this, :kssmyass: however, so it wasn't all loss.

In terms of your actual request, all I could find that wasn't either an American flag Democrat thing or otherwise unsuitable was this little guy: :donkey: I hope his ass will do for now.

[godfry n. glad]

I'm sorry, godfry. I'm afraid I totally misunderstood your attempt to catch my eye. Your request for a kicking ass did lead me to this, :kssmyass: however, so it wasn't all loss.

In terms of your actual request, all I could find that wasn't either an American flag Democrat thing or otherwise unsuitable was this little guy: :donkey: I hope his ass will do for now.

Hmmm... an ass-head? Well, it's better than nothing, I suppose.

Didja try "burro" and "mule"....maybe :kickingmule?

As ever...I'm impressed.

liv ----> :kssmyass: <---- godfry

You da best!

And, the butt-kisser will have apropos usage, I'm sure.

godfry

[livius drusus]

And hey, I search for "pup" and all I get are these guys? :sadeyes: :pup:

I demand more puppies!

Please?

I haven't gotten to Beasts and Botany yet in my keyword additions, but if dogs count, we had more than that. These guys have been around forever: :pug: :bulldog: :sleepingdog:.

Still, I threw you a bone, Rover, and uploaded these: :puppy2: :dogrun: The first one is particularly charming, I think.

[JoeP]

Livius, you are a true star. They are all great, especially the :crab: And when did she: :blinkythefish: arrive?

There didn't seem to be much new stuff in the last few days. The smilie count was not rising. I was getting worried that you might be ill, or demoralised by the flood of smilie requests. That can not be allowed to happen!

Now we're at 1099 smilies! I hope by the time I post this and start my next reply it'll be 1100!

[livius drusus]

And when did she: :blinkythefish: arrive?

Oh, Blinky's been around for ages. Since the beginning, in fact, although the first version didn't actually blink. I found blinky2 shortly thereafter and took care of that oversight.

Some of the as of yet unannounced newbies include:

:bluebutterfly: :nyahnyah: :playboy: :spank: :sadcheer: :breath: :tongueincheek: :praying: :jekhyde: :welder: :amish: :pinocchio :nevertouch:

And my personal favorite: :gears:

There didn't seem to be much new stuff in the last few days. The smilie count was not rising. I was getting worried that you might be ill, or demoralised by the flood of smilie requests. That can not be allowed to happen!

One does what one can. Occasionally life interferes with the pursuit of smilies. Also, we've drunk so much from the shallow pool of great ones that it's getting to be more a puddle.

Now we're at 1099 smilies! I hope by the time I post this and start my next reply it'll be 1100!

Here you go: :grey: A little redundant, I know, but it's a classic.

[JoeP]

I wonder if this one is going to be used a lot: :spank:

[viscousmemories]

I wonder if this one is going to be used a lot: :spank:
I really hope so. :lecher:

[Scotty]

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Don't just put in a space.

-Scott

[viscousmemories]

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Don't just put in a space.

-Scott
Verrrrrry interesting. Lemme see... :chin:




Erm... Joe?

[JoeP]

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Don't just put in a space.

-Scott
Verrrrrry interesting. Lemme see... :chin:

Erm... Joe?
:meditate: My son, you are ready to follow the road yourself. Meditate upon the Way, and the answer will present itself.

misc.php on line 866 saysif ( stristr($haystack, $needle) === false )

Go and read what Lao-dse (http://www.php.net/manual/en/index.php) has to say about stristr. An empty needle cannot be found in a haystack.

We already have a check that the user keywords are not blank.if ( $user_keywords )But if the user enters a single space, this check is not enough. Can you think of a way of covering that possibility?

[viscousmemories]

But if the user enters a single space, this check is not enough. Can you think of a way of covering that possibility?
Hmm... interesting question, Master.

We could easily check to make sure a space hasn't been entered by doing:

if ($user_keywords) AND ($user_keywords != " ")

Right?

But then what about two spaces? Or three?

Perhaps the empty function?

if (!empty($user_keywords))

Oops! No. That won't work 'cause a space would return a non-empty result. Back to the drawing board...

[JoeP]

Smilie requests, Liv:

a little old lady to keep :oldman: company

shaving, haircut, barber, or trim, or anything like that

shock, outrage, splutter (more outraged than :eek:)
and some open-mouthed surprise; horror; etc

:signpls:
(And since now is the time, how about a slightly less grovelly and pathetic "please" smilie?)

[JoeP]

Back to the drawing board...
In my last post there is a clue...

[JoeP]

I scanned back over this thread and I see I've already asked for

fear, fright, afraid
shock, horror

and you said they are already there. We agreed they need keywords. I'm guessing you haven't got to that part in your keyword additions (and btw I'm designing a better keyword entry panel :yup:), but I'm thinking of it now.

I'm also going to remind you of * JoeP visualises smilie a bit like :write: but with a poor character scribbling something, pushing it right, scribbling on the next page, pushing it right (in tray and out tray)
. We need more on writing and work.

buddha, zen, monk, ...

[JoeP]

blood

[livius drusus]

Please don't think I'm neglecting you, Joe. I'm working on your requests and another little smilie scheme too. Keep multiplying.

[JoeP]

Please don't think I'm neglecting you, Joe. I'm working on your requests and another little smilie scheme too. Keep multiplying.
:popcorn: What could this be?

[Corona688]

I said we needed a missing tooth smilie, so here it is. Modified from the basic :D smiley.

[livius drusus]

And he's up in Good Times :missing: Thank you, Corona. Now if only you could persuade Joe to just make every smilie he requests.

[SharonDee]

Do we not have a rolling eyes smiley or am I just too stupid to find it?
:sadeyes:

[livius drusus]

I have an irrational hatred for rolling eyes smilies, so I would have to find a truly great one to be worthy of my hoard. The one on IIDB (which is the most common one) sucks royally.

[SharonDee]

Oh, okay. Well, at least I'm not stupid. I was really worried about that.

[livius drusus]

He he... When in doubt, assume I'm anal rather than you're stupid. The former is orders of magnitude more likely than the latter.

[JoeP]

And he's up in Good Times :missing: Thank you, Corona. Now if only you could persuade Joe to just make every smilie he requests.
NO.
I see where you're going with this and I'm nipping it in the bud.
I (and, may I point out, many other members of the board) make the smilie requests; you find or make them. :glare:

[livius drusus]

Don't you :glare: at me, young man. You're not too old to be bent over my knee and :spank: until your cheeks are on fire.

[JoeP]

You'd like that, wouldn't you?

But you can't reach. :nyahnyah: :nyahnyah: :nyahnyah:

[livius drusus]

A quick rundown of tonight's batch:

:bhello: :abook: :heybabeh: :voyeur: :workcomp: :hahaha: :drumroll: :birthday: :iamdad: :oscar: :bagcat: :dalmation: :beagle: :torte: :cincin: :cherries: :powerlift:

And named after the first person who popped in my mind when I saw her, meet:
:luna:

[viscousmemories]

:iamdad:
That made me laugh out loud.

:beagle:
That guy is ADORABLE!

:luna:
She's hot.

And the rest are awesome too, as always. :)

[livius drusus]

Do we not have a rolling eyes smiley or am I just too stupid to find it?
:sadeyes:

We do now. Two in fact. It took a long time to find them, but :rolleye1: is at least interesting in his sarcasm, and :rolleye2: is terribly endearing in his.

[JoeP]

:rolleye2: is terribly endearing in his.
You've outdone yourself. That's perfect!

[livius drusus]

Isn't he, though? I almost uploaded just him, but I grudgingly coughed up the blueman for people who might prefer a more classical approach.

[livius drusus]

Okay. Went a little nuts yesterday. Still, at least there's some of the stuff you requested, Joe in amidst the general smilie gluttony.

:tiphat: :mini: :pinko: :smugnod: :bmini: :bbed: :oscarwin: :pat: :hugsmile: :squeeze: :shykiss: :flasher: :leak: :dump: :sarclap: :pms: :voodoo: :tooslow: :shackled: :paddle: :therm: :ugly: :tumble: :please: :tornado: :closet: :spy: :bsmoke: :ripley: :fuel: :techno: :blowout: :vogue: :testtube: :nerd: :frink: :wmummy: :pharaoh2: :cthulhu: :buddha: :blackcat: :catwalk: :meatcook: :pancake: :vegcook: :worksign: :touche: :effort: :showoff: :goal: :serve: :pilot:

[Ymir's blood]

Okay. Went a little nuts yesterday. Still, at least there's some of the stuff you requested, Joe in amidst the general smilie gluttony.

:tiphat: :mini: :pinko: :smugnod: :bmini: :bbed: :oscarwin: :pat: :hugsmile: :squeeze: :shykiss: :flasher: :leak: :dump: :sarclap: :pms: :voodoo: :tooslow: :shackled: :paddle: :therm: :ugly: :tumble: :please: :tornado: :closet: :spy: :bsmoke: :ripley: :fuel: :techno: :blowout: :vogue: :testtube: :nerd: :frink: :wmummy: :pharaoh2: :cthulhu: :buddha: :blackcat: :catwalk: :meatcook: :pancake: :vegcook: :worksign: :touche: :effort: :showoff: :goal: :serve: :pilot:


:10: Coo! and there's my Cthulhu after all! :D

[JoeP]

Okay. Went a little nuts yesterday. Still, at least there's some of the stuff you requested, Joe in amidst the general smilie gluttony.
That is an amazing haul.

The huggy-kissy ones are good additions, but I ptcly like these ... :bbed: :flasher: :leak: :dump: :shackled:

And I note with pleasure the kitties, Egyptian themes and the tennis one.

:vogue: ... and next, a Macarena one? :no2:

However, :buddha:? Please add "bouncing" to the title and continue looking out for more serene ones. :innocent:

[livius drusus]

That is an amazing haul.

Thank you kindly. I was afraid you had stopped caring. :sadcheer:

The huggy-kissy ones are good additions, but I ptcly like these ... :bbed: :flasher: :leak: :dump: :shackled:

I knew you'd love the bodily functions ones! The flasher's trench is what sold me: I call that realism.

However, :buddha:? Please add "bouncing" to the title and continue looking out for more serene ones. :innocent:

Poop. For some reason that request has been the hardest challenge of them all. I thought for sure you'd like the levitating Buddha. Oh well, I've changed his title and will continue to seek out serenity.

[JoeP]

A new request (because that's what I do): money, cash or coins. :praying: (Someone's been using a two-cents smilie ... is that on this board? If so, it doesn't have those keywords.)

[beyelzu]

can I get a uga smilie?

either a dawg or

a uga helmet,

pretty please.

[JoeP]

That is an amazing haul.

Thank you kindly. I was afraid you had stopped caring. :sadcheer:

Stopped caring? Stopped caring? Never! Sometimes I may seem a bit distant or quiet (why do we keep having to explain this to women?), but it's either because I'm too busy with other stuff, or because I'm ogling :luna: (maybe that's why).

[viscousmemories]

Someone's been using a two-cents smilie ... is that on this board? If so, it doesn't have those keywords.)
I found the twocents smilie by searching for 'cents': :twocents:

[livius drusus]

I didn't put a dash in between two and cents just because I've never seen it hyphenated before. Two, cents, pennies, money and coins all work. In other news: :cash: :dollar: And a :dawg: for beyelzu.

[beyelzu]

I didn't put a dash in between two and cents just because I've never seen it hyphenated before. Two, cents, pennies, money and coins all work. In other news: :cash: :dollar: And a :dawg: for beyelzu.


thanks for the :dawg: smilie now I can use it when I talk about their recent loss to tenessee, once the scars heal a little.


thank you.

[livius drusus]

It was my pleasure, cracker-ass cracker. Ugga looks so pissed off you might only be able to use him when they lose. ;)

[beyelzu]

It was my pleasure, cracker-ass cracker. Ugga looks so pissed off you might only be able to use him when they lose. ;)
cracker ass cracker? damn I really must be cracker royalty, your'e just saying that because my daddy's daddy' daddy owned a real plantation.

or is it cuz my dad's family has been in ga for over 200 years,

or maybe it's because I am a cracker-ass cracker. :D


and ugga looks uber pissed.

which is very cool.

[viscousmemories]

Dammit I was totally gonna use the cracker-ass-cracker line in that other thread. :mad:

Anyway the credit for it goes to Chris Rock. One funny muthafucka.

[JoeP]

I didn't put a dash in between two and cents just because I've never seen it hyphenated before. Two, cents, pennies, money and coins all work. In other news: :cash: :dollar: And a :dawg: for beyelzu.
Oh: I didn't mean I couldn't find it searching on 'two cents' or any variant of that, only on cash, coin or money. I see those keywords now return valuable smilies, which makes you an utterly wonderful person.

The hyphenation: I was using it in the sense where a noun phrase used as an adjective sometimes gets hyphenated (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyphen), like four-day week, blood-donor centre, left-hand drive, sign-language speaker, real-world example. (I should probably have written two-cent smilie not two-cents smilie.)

[JoeP]

Next request: a "good smilie usage" one like :goodpost:. This should be an easy one to cook up with your tools. :welder:

[livius drusus]

I'm having a bit of a problem with PSP, Joe; namely, I suck hairy goat balls at it. I'll get that sign done, though, never fear. Meanwhile, hopefully these will tide you (and Ymir) over.

:nova: :bgirl: :girltong: :comfy: :bubbleup: :lovenot: :lovesme: :fantasy: :loser: :noway: :bond: :anvil: :rainy: :drowning: :undead: :rubeyes: :trapped: :smoove: :jester2: :hippie: :blackhat: :whitehat: :muskteer: :hattie: :writing: :mowlawn: :einstein: :tigger: :zorro: :doggies: :eleride: :bfish: :seahorse: :redfish: :saddrunk: :dollgrin: :workgold: :ninja3: :ninja2: :baskball: :screw: :train:

[Ymir's blood]

You always get us the good stuff, liv.

[livius drusus]

Hmmm... A drug dealer smilie would be nice.

[SharonDee]

Hmmm... A drug dealer smilie would be nice. Or maybe one in a trench coat that opens up to display a buncha watches? Or something?

[livius drusus]

Like :flasher: only offering goods rather than services?

[JoeP]

I'm having a bit of a problem with PSP, Joe; namely, I suck hairy goat balls at it. I'll get that sign done, though, never fear. Meanwhile, hopefully these will tide you (and Ymir) over.

I misread this one :workgold: as "Will Work for God". Scary.

Tigger! :tigger:

Fishies! :bfish: :seahorse: :redfish:

I am so going to use :screw: especially if you add a keyword "pressure" to it.

Anyway, gotta go home now. :eleride: :eleride: :eleride:

[livius drusus]

Isn't the seahorse delicate? I really like him. Pressure added. Have a nice ride home. :wave:

[JoeP]

The undulating fishies are delicate too. (As is my butt. Not enough padding on the elephant.)

'Nother request: dinosaurs. All and any. You'll see the post where I needed one, but I'm sure the need is general.

[livius drusus]

He he... Believe it or not, I have a stash of dinosaurs I've been meaning to fix for a couple of weeks. They just need transparent backgrounds and they'll be ready to roll. They kick all kinds of ass, too.

[JoeP]

:qyes:
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39943000/jpg/_39943920_trex2_bbc_203.jpg

[pescifish]

Heh. I had absolutely no idea what this one was (bubblegum talk?) until I saw the mouseover: :fantasy:

[JoeP]

Heh. I had absolutely no idea what this one was (bubblegum talk?) until I saw the mouseover: :fantasy:
But when you know, it's excellent, huh?

[livius drusus]

:10: Coo! and there's my Cthulhu after all! :D

I see your :cthulhu: and I raise you a :cthulhu2:

[Ymir's blood]

:10: Coo! and there's my Cthulhu after all! :D

I see your :cthulhu: and I raise you a :cthulhu2:
3-D house of Cthulhu! :D

[Skep]

Or the comfy chair. :spanishinq:



Ah HA! Evidence that you are alumnus of Usenet's alt.atheism.

No suh. I am an alumnus of just about every smilie set on every discussion board I could find, however, and that little dude's been on several of them. I'm thinking of replacing that apocryphal "No one" with the canonical "Nobody". It's been driving me nuts since I uploaded it.
Oooh... a smiley thread. http://skeptech.net/emotipad/cache/Excited.gif

Drove me nuts too. Which is why I fixed it just the other day. You must've nicked the new one from my recent post at SC, no? :D

[livius drusus]

You betcherass I did. Lickety split, too. :giggle:

[Skep]

Just so Claus doesn't get his panties in a twist, you have my blanket permission to nick any and/or all smilies that I post anywhere at any time.

That ought to cover it. http://skeptech.net/emotipad/cache/Rolleyes2.gif

[livius drusus]

:rofl: Just to ensure all formalities are covered, you also have my blanket permission to snatch anything that lifts your skirt up from the FF collection. It'll be anarchy!

[JoeP]

Hello again, smilie dragon. :hannibal:

I feel the need for something representing treasure, hoard, loot. We've only got :pirate: so far (and the various :cash: ones). A treasure chest would be just fine.

[JoeP]

Hello again, smilie dragon. :hannibal:

I feel the need for something representing treasure, hoard, loot. We've only got :pirate: so far (and the various :cash: ones). A treasure chest would be just fine.

About time to resurrect this thread. :undead:

Please please please, more treasure chest type things. And "good smilie use" like :goodidea: or :goodpost:.

And new request: Eeyore. :tigger: just isn't right sometimes. And maybe Piglet too?

[Ymir's blood]

And maybe Piglet too?
Here is one:

[Skep]

Here's one I made up to reply to a post that contained a ridiculous quote by Ann Coulter:


http://img59.exs.cx/img59/6224/egad5kj.gif

[livius drusus]

Please please please, more treasure chest type things.

I got you not one but two dragon hoards! I'm really quite hurt. When I recover, I may look for more treasure chests but I make no guarantees.

And "good smilie use" like :goodidea: or :goodpost:.

I tried to make one but I suck at text. Maybe if you bug Skeptoid enough... Meanwhile, we do have the sign code, ya know, and you could format the text, add smilies, embed pictures, do anything you want, on that sign.

And new request: Eeyore. :tigger: just isn't right sometimes. And maybe Piglet too?

Okey dokey. :eeyore: :piglet:

[JoeP]

Willl work for smilies

I really want an actual treasure chest! The dragon hoards are indeed lovely if a bit self-indulgent. I am sorry for hurting your feelings :control: , I'll promise never to do it again :control: , honest (ow).

[Ymir's blood]

Okey dokey. :eeyore: :piglet:
Or perhaps, 'okey donkey,' he adds, swinishly.

[JoeP]

Okey dokey. :eeyore: :piglet:
Or perhaps, 'okey donkey,' he adds, swinishly.
Sheesh, 's blood, we're trying to conduct a serious negotiation here. Stop making an ass of yourself.

[livius drusus]

If y'all keep braying about it, I'm just going to get even more mulish.

[livius drusus]

The deal is smilies for coding, right, Joe? Well, since I've made some pretty high labor requests over the past couple of days, I figured you could use a few hits.

:goodbye: :gentle: :giggles: :book: :thumbup: :cheerup: :lovey: :drool: :shykids: :couch: :balls2: :xhairs: :ballgag: :flu: :crying: :kickscan: :thumbdown: :hearye: :oyvey: :nooo: :examine: :sneezing: :crap: :devil: :demon: :partyhat: :hands2: :hands1: :artist: :reaper: :samovar: :drunk3: :gmissing: :bmissing: :assembly: :copter: :snapshot: :sirens:

Oh, and I split up Holidays and Parties just because the combo was bugging me.

[Socratoad]

The family of smilies is growing ever so rapidly, much to my wonderment and delight. But ya know Liv as I crawled out of bed this cold stormy morn it suddenly occurred to me that although I've seen and absolutely love the conga line and soooooooooooooo many others, I have not seen a chorus line of can can dancers. I would love that. If they are present and yer :toad: has missed them, then just kick me to the curb. :sadcheer:

[Socratoad]

The deal is smilies for coding, right, Joe? Well, since I've made some pretty high labor requests over the past couple of days, I figured you could use a few hits.

:goodbye: :gentle: :giggles: :book: :thumbup: :cheerup: :lovey: :drool: :shykids: :couch: :balls2: :xhairs: :ballgag: :flu: :crying: :kickscan: :thumbdown: :hearye: :oyvey: :nooo: :examine: :sneezing: :crap: :devil: :demon: :partyhat: :hands2: :hands1: :artist: :reaper: :samovar: :drunk3: :gmissing: :bmissing: :assembly: :copter: :snapshot: :sirens:

Oh, and I split up Holidays and Parties just because the combo was bugging me.

Speaking of bugging, I really, really wish you would break up the sex and violence catagory. Sex is wonderful and should not be demened by lumping it in with violence, but then again that's perhaps just from a :toad: s point of view.

[livius drusus]

I'll keep my eye open for a can-can smiley, Toad. Meanwhile, I agree with you that sexy smilies don't really fit with the violent ones. I really just liked the category name. I've split them up now. :)

[JoeP]

The deal is smilies for coding, right, Joe? Well, since I've made some pretty high labor requests over the past couple of days, I figured you could use a few hits.


Another great haul! :thumbup: So, these are in return for the work I've already done? :giggles: Or in advance for the ever-multiplying requests for new work? :examine:

:assembly: is just fine. And :reaper: is cute; I'm not scared of him!

Do you have a thing for this particular theme: :balls2: ?

I don't get the connotation of this: :gentle:

[Ymir's blood]

I don't get the connotation of this: :gentle:
Perhaps it is a comment on the supposed hypocrisy of the Victorian Gentleman? The top hat and handlebar mustache certainly call that era to mind. The orange face's smile doesn't strike me as particularly lecherous, but the two-faced symbology works. :chin:

[Socratoad]

I'll keep my eye open for a can-can smiley, Toad. Meanwhile, I agree with you that sexy smilies don't really fit with the violent ones. I really just liked the category name. I've split them up now. :)

Thanks Liv, I did not wish to appear to be petty, but I'm glad you split them up.

[Socratoad]

The deal is smilies for coding, right, Joe? Well, since I've made some pretty high labor requests over the past couple of days, I figured you could use a few hits.


Another great haul! :thumbup: So, these are in return for the work I've already done? :giggles: Or in advance for the ever-multiplying requests for new work? :examine:

:assembly: is just fine. And :reaper: is cute; I'm not scared of him!

Do you have a thing for this particular theme: :balls2: ?

I don't get the connotation of this: :gentle:

Hey Joe, early in the twentieth century their was a very famous stock character in the movies. He was a fine upstanding citizen by day. By night he crept around his various rental properties preying on defenseless young women.

The dialogue went something along the lines of:

Creepy landlord, "I've come for the rent"

Sweet young thing, "But kind sir, I have no money."

I'm sure you get the idea. This stock character was also present in silent movies as well. While addressing the young woman the guy would look particularly evil, and always tweaking that waxed handlebar mustache as he intimidated the young woman.

By day he was always the gentleman. Hence the two faces of the smilie.

Next.

[livius drusus]

Another great haul! :thumbup: So, these are in return for the work I've already done? :giggles: Or in advance for the ever-multiplying requests for new work? :examine:

Whichever makes you happiest (and keeps you busiest :giggle:), darlin'.

And :reaper: is cute; I'm not scared of him!

Oh yeah? What about his meaner, uglier twin? :reaper2:

Do you have a thing for this particular theme: :balls2: ?

I don't know what you mean. :shifty:

I don't get the connotation of this: :gentle:

I think Ymir's blood and Toad said all I would have said on the subject, although I'll add that I think his non-gentleman face is more of a puckish figure than anything.

[JoeP]

And :reaper: is cute; I'm not scared of him!

Oh yeah? What about his meaner, uglier twin? :reaper2:

The Klingons have a grim reaper figure as well?

[livius drusus]

Oh c'mon. No Klingon ever had a shiny bald head. See? :Worf:

[JoeP]

And :reaper: is cute; I'm not scared of him!

Oh yeah? What about his meaner, uglier twin? :reaper2:

You can't fool me. That's the same guy looking down at something disgusting he's trodden in. :puppy2:

[godfry n. glad]

And :reaper: is cute; I'm not scared of him!

Oh yeah? What about his meaner, uglier twin? :reaper2:

You can't fool me. That's the same guy looking down at something disgusting he's trodden in. :puppy2:

For what it's worth, the first one doesn't look "grim" to me at all...more "bemused".

The bemused reaper. Or, chagrinned reaper.

The latter one looks...hmm...like he's suffering from a migraine. That's grim.

godfry

[livius drusus]

When you're right, you're right, godfry. I've changed the descriptions appropriately. :)

[livius drusus]

Just cause:

:clouds: :cloud: :surgeon: :doctor: :nurse: :robin: :playbun:

[livius drusus]

For Zoe and eldar:

:sponge:

[Ymir's blood]

Told ya, Joe. (http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/showpost.php?p=31663&postcount=22) :wink:

[livius drusus]

Hey, you didn't see me deny it, didya?

[viscousmemories]

Just cause:

:clouds: :cloud: :surgeon: :doctor: :nurse: :robin: :playbun:
:qex:
:burns: Nothing like playing doctor with a bunny to while* away a cloudy day.

*Or is it wile?

[wei yau]

For Zoe and eldar:

:sponge:

Ohhhh, who lives in a pineapple under the sea!

That's so friggin' cool!

(should I be concerned that I share the same interests as lunachick's daughter?)

[livius drusus]

As long as your sig remains small and discrete, I see no reason for concern. :)

[wei yau]

So, I should be concerned, then.

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I love SPONGEBOB, too! :sponge: :sponge: :sponge: :sponge: :sponge:

[livius drusus]

I mentioned you're evil, right? That's cool, baby. A couple of clicks and it's buh bye to evil siggy. So there. :hmph:

Edit: Except of course you've thought of that. Probably on account of your black, black heart. Evil.

[wei yau]

If I were truly evil, I'd use one of those ridiculously large ASCII drawings as a signature.

[livius drusus]

Fair point. Redemption is still possible with you, my son. :staymad:

[JoeP]

Dear Tribune, I would like some smilies for Lord of the Rings characters:

Sauron Saruman Gandalf Arwen Frodo hobbit dwarf/dwarves elf/elves black riders ... and any others

and in fact the One Ring itself.

:gollum:

[livius drusus]

Done, and with an extra Gollum tossed in.

:gandalf: :eomer: :gimli: :legolas: :frodo: :eowyn: :arwen: :aragorn: :ent: :orc: :balrog: :ogre: :sauron: :nazgul: :urukhai: :saruman: :orthanc: :gollum2: :onering:

[viscousmemories]

Man, that is truly amazing artwork. :bow: Good hunting, liv. :yup:

[livius drusus]

In honor of Carnac (http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?p=32961#post32961):

:asterix: :obelix:

[JoeP]

:bliss: doesn't begin to describe it. My :gollum2: !

1,649 smilies to rule them all!

[JoeP]

:asterix: Axterix? :cough:

[livius drusus]

Woops. Fixed now. :blush2:

[Dragar]

I had a quantum mechanics exam today. And I was thinking...

:hydrogen:

Cute as this little guy is, he's almost a hundred years out of date.

Do you think we could get...

:chin:

...quantum smileys? Not that I've any idea how to represent quantum mechanics in a smiley...

[livius drusus]

I've got my best man on it, Dragar, but it'll be a couple of days at least. Please hold. Your call is important to us.

[JoeP]

I'm uncertain* as well. Of course, smilies come in discrete packets anyway.

Shouldn't be too hard to find one that represents indeterminate position or momentum - basically fuzzy.

Hey, what about a Schrodinger's cat (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schrodinger%27s_cat) smilie?

[livius drusus]

So, um, like... a cat in a box with a radioactive thingy next to it? Doncha think we're getting a bit arcane here?

[JoeP]

Would that be a bad thing?

[livius drusus]

I don't know. Is driving me to distraction a bad thing?

[JoeP]

:eyebrow:

[livius drusus]

Well it's hard, ya know, finding these things, getting appropriate permissions, even the upload is a bit of a pain what with the whole absolute path aspect. The more arcane they get the more distraction I am driven to, if you see what I mean.

[Skep]

Howzabout a Feynman Diagram stickman smilie?

http://img143.exs.cx/img143/217/feynmansmilie6kt.gif

[livius drusus]

:chuckle: He's both adorable and uploaded. Did you make him yourself, Skep?

[Skep]

Yes, I did. :yup: Glad you like it. :)

[Dragar]

Awesome! Thank you so much! :)

:feynman:

Wow, he's so great!

[Skep]

You're welcome. :)

Y'know, on second thought, he looks disproportionately tall so I shortened him up a bit. I think this one looks better. :)


http://img101.exs.cx/img101/60/feynmansmilie32kw.gif

[livius drusus]

I hadn't noticed before but I think you're right. Shorty definitely looks better. Great job, Skep. :yup:

[Dragar]

Yup, shorty is more to scale. Thanks again! :yup:

[JoeP]

Well it's hard, ya know, finding these things, getting appropriate permissions, even the upload is a bit of a pain what with the whole absolute path aspect. The more arcane they get the more distraction I am driven to, if you see what I mean.
You do have a hard life, burdened by all our unreasonable requests. I never realised. :violin:

[livius drusus]

No need to be a big meanie about it. :hmph:

[JoeP]

I think you need to use the :hmph: smilie a little bit less. It's becoming a trademark.

[livius drusus]

Fine. :livcop:

[Ymir's blood]

Fine. :livcop:
Maybe I should have given her a riding crop to go with the hat... :chin:

[livius drusus]

Oh my God, YES! Yes yes yes yes yes yes! :woohoo:

[JoeP]

:livcop: is great smilie already. But with a riding crop ...

[livius drusus]

Nobody asked for them or anything but I found then and I think they're adorable, particularly the second one.

:roll:

:abitmuch:

[Ensign Steve]

"adorable"? Did you loan out your thesarus?

[livius drusus]

I never used one, I'll have you know. That was just a filthy rumor spread by the envious. :hmph:

[JoeP]

I never used one, I'll have you know. That was just a filthy rumor spread by the envious. :hmph:
STOP USING THE BLOODY HMPH SMILIE!

Oh, I'm sorry, that was :abitmuch:

:giggle:
But you really do need to get some variant hmph smilies. Since you can't stop yourself using them.

[livius drusus]

You don't own me. I don't see any :onering: on this finger.

[JoeP]

You don't own me. I don't see any :onering: on this finger.
I do so own you. You are going to visit this thread. And btw, the ring is invisible! :muahaha:: :sauron:

[Skep]

Check it out... Crazy Dancing Broccoli Afro Head Man. http://img143.exs.cx/img143/2860/dancingbroccoli3vy.gif

:D

[viscousmemories]

:roflmao: I love Broccoli Head. He's my new favorite of the minute.

[livius drusus]

Outstand, Skep. Everyone, welcome :broccolo: to the family.

[JoeP]

'kay. Welcome :broccolo:!

[livius drusus]

Good boy. Here's your cookie.

:brains: :think2: :think1: :shocked: :harry: :dumble: :hagrid: :snape:, and my favorites in terms of thematic usefullness:
:bait2: :bait1: :trolling:

[JoeP]

The baity hooky ones are excellent. :hagrid:'s just perfect. It's a shame that :harry: and :frodo: are such bland characters visually. And you know what I first thought?

:harry: "Shagadelic, baby!"

:austin: "Oh, behave!"

Oh and I almost forgot: :bliss:

[livius drusus]

Are you suggesting Harry put the moves on Austin and Austin turned him down? Seems unlikely.

That reminds me, did you see my excellent Groping SpongeBob creation? :bobpat:

[JoeP]

Are you suggesting Harry put the moves on Austin and Austin turned him down? No.

That reminds me, did you see my excellent Groping SpongeBob creation? :bobpat:No.

[Ronin]

I respectfully request that all you talented sumgums create an evolution smilie.

I don't know how you'd do it...just something that rips off The Evolution of Man continuum...um...art...thing.

[livius drusus]

I shall do my utmost, sir. :yessir:

[JoeP]

I respectfully request that all you talented sumgums create an evolution smilie.

I don't know how you'd do it...just something that rips off The Evolution of Man continuum...um...art...thing.
This one?
http://phunny.drghetto.com/blah/funny_human.jpg

[Skep]

liv, one of my favorite emoticonists, comino, came up with this one recently. I thought you might like it. :)

http://img190.exs.cx/img190/2218/shopping21ut.gif

[JoeP]

That's a stunning graphic ... emoticon or smilie somehow seems to diminish it.

However, "objects in the window may appear larger than in the bag".

[livius drusus]

Hoooly moly, Skep. That is a thing of beauty. :bow: :bow: :bow: to comino .

[wei yau]

any chance for a really cool Batman smiley? This guy :batman: is alright. I'd even settle for a bat signal.

[Ymir's blood]

There's this:

[livius drusus]

There is now. :batman2: There's also :tpenguin: :alfred: :joker: :mrfreeze: :gordon: :clayface: :twoface: :catwoman: :riddler:. Plus :batman3: cause he's just adorable, all with eldar as a keyword.

Oh, and a little :pow: and :bam: for good measure. :)

[JoeP]

:joker: :pow:!

:catwoman: :bam:!

:bam: :pow: :bam: :pow: :bam:
:pow: :bam: :pow: :bam: :pow:
:bam: :pow: :bliss: :pow: :bam:
:pow: :bam: :pow: :bam: :pow:
:bam: :pow: :bam: :pow: :bam:

[livius drusus]

You're really adorable, Joe, you know that? :hug:

Here's something just for you. :leopard:

[livius drusus]

Oh, and how could I forget. Of course I uploaded Skep's gorgeous :shopping:.

[wei yau]

I am near-speechless.

Have I ever told you how much I love this place? How wonderful and joyful I feel every time I set foot in here? How livius is easily the best smiley provider in the entire Internet?

Not only are each and everyone of those smileys perfect. I mean, they aren't just Batman smileys...they are B:TAS smileys. Not only is this guy --> :batman3:, too freakin' cute.

But, I have smileys with my handle as a keyword.

Thank you, livius. You've made my day, week, month and year in one stroke.

There aren't enough "hug"-smileys in the world to convey my appreciation, so this will have to do

:huggle: :bigglomp: :glomp:
:huggle: :bigglomp: :glomp:
:huggle: :bigglomp: :glomp:
:huggle: :bigglomp: :glomp:
:huggle: :bigglomp: :glomp:

:batman3: -- just 'cause

[livius drusus]

I'm so happy we could make you so happy, eldar, honey. :huggle:

[Crumb]

Ok, I think there should be a beating a daed horse smilie. I found this one:

http://blue-heron.us/weblog/icons/Beating_a_Dead_Horse_FINAL.gif

But I think we can all admit that it is a bit lame. :yawning:

If'n you want, see what you can rig up.

[xouper]

Crumb: Ok, I think there should be a beating a daed horse smilie.
http://www.skepticalcommunity.com/phpbb2/images/smiles/BeatDeadHorse2.gif

[Ronin]

I found one as well.

[wei yau]

But I think we can all admit that it is a bit lame. :yawning:


I kinda like it, actually. Something Godfather-ish about it.

[livius drusus]

I kinda like it, actually. Something Godfather-ish about it.
I agree, actually. The others all have very questionable horses, imo. I shall have to contemplate this further when I'm not sleep retarded.

:chin:

[wei yau]

I'll go a step further and add that the rather droll expression on the beater's face encapsulates how I feel about "dead horse" conversations.

The other examples depict the beaters as enjoying the beating. Which is not what I would want to convey if I were to use the smiley.

[Crumb]

wow, I didn't know smilies were such a complicated topic... :chin:

[Ensign Steve]

Oh, yes, Crumb. You only thought you were kidding when you said you don't post in frivilous topics. Smilies are a serious business, I assure you!

[godfry n. glad]

I must agree...those horses are all stinko.

Well, no, you're right, the one you put up has a good dead horse, but it looks like it's being stroked with a pink marshmallow, rather than beaten. The scale between horse and smiley is somehow off, too.

Stay with quality...

I sorta thought somebody might be able to make a "knuckle sandwich" using the :rubeyes: Look at those digits! Close them up, one at a time, until there's a little lump on the end of that stick arm. Shake it menacingly. 'Course, there's :shakefist: but he's just not the same quality. I like the little yellow guys with the white eyes with black dot pupils....and the stick arms with the digits. (It's digital...)

:whup: Now there's a good face to go with the shaking fist. Think Mr. Wilson of Dennis the Menace fame.

/me :twocents:

[Ronin]

How about this one?

[ceptimus]

That horse doesn't look dead. It looks like one of those 'My little pony' dolls, enjoying a restful sleep. And the troll smiley beating it appears rather insane.

[Ronin]

Critics everywhere!

[livius drusus]

Well, that horse is definitely dead and not at all My Mini Pony-like, but now the kid looks like a Playmobil toy. :giggles:

[wei yau]

Well, no, you're right, the one you put up has a good dead horse, but it looks like it's being stroked with a pink marshmallow, rather than beaten.

Hmmmm, "stroking a dead horse" has a certain ring to it.

I like the little yellow guys with the white eyes with black dot pupils....and the stick arms with the digits. (It's digital...)

Those guys are my second favorite, but my all time favorite are the multicolored ones by ...uh.....uhm....(damn, I can't find the post anymore)...but I'm talking about these guys:

:slide: :yahoo: :bliss: :muahaha: :whisper: :bowing: :glomp: :five:

It's their tiny little eyes and perfectly round appendages that get me.

(Of course, my true favorites are all the B:TAS ones graciously provided by livius, but they are in a class by themselves.)

[ceptimus]

I tweaked the first one a bit, to make the smiley slightly more vicious. But I'm not really any good at this sort of thing. :(

[livius drusus]

It's still not quite vicious enough, but it's way better and it's given me an veeeery interesting idea. :steal:

[Crumb]

/me waits eagerly :popcorn:

[livius drusus]

Okey dokey. So by fucking with:whip:,:chop:and :joust:, I came up with these:

:deadhorse:

:deadhorse2:

What do y'all think?

[Skep]

Excellent. http://skeptech.net/emotipad/cache/MrBurns.gif

[viscousmemories]

The first one rocks. :yup:

[Ronin]

I think that to add the "death element" to the horse...you should have little flies flitting about.

* this subtle touch brought to you by a Ronin - Death Investigator "My day starts when yours ends".

[livius drusus]

I prefer the first one too. I actually made the dude whipping the horse first; then I came up with the beating guy and decided I might as well make a group since I'd worked for ages on the original.

[livius drusus]

I think that to add the "death element" to the horse...you should have little flies flitting about.

* this subtle touch brought to you by a Ronin - Death Investigator "My day starts when yours ends".
Detective, I call that genius. :bow: I also need to flip the horse's tail. brb

[livius drusus]

Okay. Flies added and tail flipped. Much, much better, I think.

:deadhorse:


:deadhorse2:

[godfry n. glad]

Okay. Flies added and tail flipped. Much, much better, I think.

:deadhorse:


:deadhorse2:

I think they are both quite good. Compared to the others. The feet-up position for the horse is the dead giveaway. The flies are to excellent effect.

Big gold star for that!

godfry

[ceptimus]

I like both of them :yup:
I too prefer the one with only one smiley doing the beating.

Nice work liv.

[livius drusus]

Thanks, gents. And they only took 10 hours to make. :giggle:

[Skep]

Great job, liv! Next thing you know, you'll be creating original smilies of your own. Like, f'rinstance, a chorus line of smilies dancing the Can-Can. :popcorn:

[JoeP]

Not to :deadhorse:, but wasn't it 10 hours of sheer pleasure?

Excellent work, drusus. Take a :goldstar:.

[ceptimus]

Your next mission, should you decide to accept it, is a 'building a straw man' smiley. As always, should you or any member of your F.F. Team be caught or killed, the secretary will disavow any knowledge of your actions.

[livius drusus]

Oy vey is mir... I'm still in recovery from adding the flies, y'all. Have some mercy.

[Skep]

Your next mission, should you decide to accept it, is a 'building a straw man' smiley. As always, should you or any member of your F.F. Team be caught or killed, the secretary will disavow any knowledge of your actions.
I just had to throw together this audio clip (http://skeptech.net/sound/mimp.wav) (650 KB .wav). :D

[wei yau]

livius, those are just damned perfect smileys.

Good job!