--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "Rory Goff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], akasha_108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > And it was a JOKE! An exageration. A satire. Jojeful ribbing. Meant > > > in fun. > > > > Yes, I got it, my friend! I appreciate it! :-D > > > > I am sure (as Judy says) I *do* overuse the *lol*s and the :-)s, so > > that I may seem insincere, and so you can't tell here when I am > > specifically laughing at (and with) what you say. But what can I say? > > In the flesh I do smile and laugh most of the time, and my words just > > seem so flat and serious here without the accompanying cues! > > :-) > > It's a problem. I share your frustration with it > being misunderstood sometimes. Many people are > so bloody SERIOUS that they just can't "get" > someone who isn't, and who is laughing much of > the time. So you try to use emoticons to get > the point across, and it has the opposite effect, > and they get even more uptight. Go figure.
No, Barry, it doesn't make anybody uptight, despite your fondest wishes. What it does is make *you* look phony. It's like a standup comic who laughs at his own jokes. The really funny comics are those who stay deadpan. If you can't get your humor across without smileys, it just wasn't very funny to begin with. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
