(2007-09-18) — Although the world marks his 25th birthday this week, Smiley Emoticon, the famed herald of humor, may find it hard to celebrate.
Still at home with parenthesis, recuperating from an undisclosed colon procedure, the once-dashing Mr. Emoticon has seen his career overtaken by younger, more graphic comic figures.
“People used to depend on me to tell them what was funny,” he said wistfully. “I was a veritable font of humor — and always punctual. There was a time when no wisecracker in the country would make a sly remark without me.”
Archive: Smiley Emoticon at 20: Tired of Faking It (September 18, 2002)
15 responses so far ↓
1 JamesonLewis3rd // Sep 18, 2007 at 12:15 pm
God Bless America
2 gafisher // Sep 18, 2007 at 12:23 pm
(-: ‘E’s yellow, I tell ya, yellow!
3 JamesonLewis3rd // Sep 18, 2007 at 12:30 pm
4 bRight & Early » Blog Archive » Happy Birthday // Sep 18, 2007 at 2:31 pm
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5 random // Sep 18, 2007 at 3:19 pm
Is that parenthesis or parents having seizures? Just checking the facts before I sear them in my brain.
6 Ms RightWing, Ink // Sep 18, 2007 at 3:44 pm
:-[
7 camojack // Sep 18, 2007 at 6:29 pm
:-), a ®™ of Walmart.
Or not…
8 prettyold // Sep 18, 2007 at 7:04 pm
This is just so like the American public . Use the poor little guy, for our own pleasure ,all these years ,then cast him aside,like an old yellow ball. Tsk tsk!!!
I doubt “Smiley” will ever smile again.
9 prettyold // Sep 18, 2007 at 7:07 pm
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday dear Smiley,
Happy Birthday to you.
( A few days earlier ,Smiley would be a twin to MIG)
10 SGT USMC 1ea // Sep 18, 2007 at 7:42 pm
test
11 camojack // Sep 19, 2007 at 12:27 am
←←←
12 Darthmeister // Sep 19, 2007 at 8:35 am
It must be hell living a parathentical life.
13 Darthmeister // Sep 19, 2007 at 8:36 am
Hmmmm, things are hanging up here, too.
14 Ms RightWing, Ink // Sep 19, 2007 at 1:51 pm
test for a smile
15 Terry_Jim // Sep 19, 2007 at 11:51 pm
I hope he gets well soon.
I had an Uncle who had his semicolon removed.
For the rest of his life he punctuated into a plastic sack.
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