Happy Birthday Smiley! :-)

[TheGreatSatan]

The digital smiley turns 25!

:-)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070918/ap_on_hi_te/emoticon_anniversary

[xRyokenx]

Wow, that thing is older than I am, lol.

[calumc]

Happy bday!!!

[dgrmkrp]

OK, happy birthday!
and :-) says thank you :) lol

On a side note, I wonder if he/it is considering marriage and children... He/It is 25 now.. :)

[calumc]

maybe : ) is :-)'s child?

[chaksq]

Happy birthday emoticon :^)

[.Maleficus.]

Ü

Yeah, I know, that one is a stretch.

Happy birthday smiley face!

[Dilphat]

happy b-day smiley!

[DaJe]

In other news, the smiley face itself was invented near I live. It was actually invented in the same county I'm in. I'm in Worcester county, and it was invented in Worcester. The guy who made it only made $45 from it.




http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Smiley.svg/600px-Smiley.svg.png




"The earliest known examples of the graphic are attributed to Harvey Ball, who devised the face in 1963 for a Worcester, Massachusetts, USA-based insurance firm, State Mutual Life Assurance. Ball never attempted to use, promote or trademark the image; it fell into the public domain in the United States before that could be accomplished. As a result, Ball never made any profit for the iconic image he allegedly created beyond his initial $45 fee."

[Omega]

WAL MART

WAL MART

WAL MART



also:

=] is superior

but happy birthday.