[COFF] First use of emoticon...

[Wesley Parish via COFF]

"A nose by any other name would smell as sweet" - what Shakespeare 
didn't write ...

On 20/09/2026 22:58, Brantley Coile wrote:
> And :) doesn't smell....no nose.
>
>> On Sep 20, 2026, at 12:17 AM, Wesley Parish via COFF <coff at tuhs.org> wrote:
>>
>> I find myself using :) rather than :-) because after having my nose mentioned an awful lot of times when I was growing up, I'd much rather people remembered my smile than my nose. :)
>>
>> Wesley Parish
>>
>> On 20/09/2026 02:21, Harald Arnesen via COFF wrote:
>>> Cameron Tyre via COFF [2026-09-19 11:57:28]:
>>>
>>>> :-)
>>>>> On Saturday, 09/19/26 at 06:02 Tomasz Rola via COFF <coff at tuhs.org> wrote:
>>>>> ...was on this day, 44 years ago.
>>>>>
>>>>> As described here:
>>>>>
>>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Fahlman
>>> I find nowadays most people (when using ASCII, not graphical emoticons) use :) . I have always used :-) , as I have a nose in my face.