It doesn't bother me it was a HTML joke... <frown></frown> or <frown />

On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 11:45 PM, Jeff Lasman <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Saturday 18 July 2009 07:59 pm, Peter Manis wrote:
>
> > On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 6:47 PM, Jeff Lasman <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > > <frown>
> >
> > Close your tags
>
> I suppose that looks like a tag to a lot of people.  I've been using the
> following:
>
> "<smile>", "<frown>", "<wry grin>" and similar, instead of smileys, in
> email, for over 30 years.  I don't think I'm going to force myself to
> change now; it's become a kind of trademark of mine.
>
> My "<wry grin>" has become infamous in some circles; I suppose the
> closes you could get to it in a smiley is: :~  though that looks more
> like a boxer with a broken nose.
>
> I suppose you could filter out posts from me if it bothers you.
>
> Jeff
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