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tedloh
04-13-2001, 04:36 PM
I never knew the origin of the Smiley Face until now.[nbsp][nbsp]Sheesh - Smiley is a year older than *I* am!

http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/04/13/us.obit.ball.ap/index.html?s=7
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Brian
04-13-2001, 10:07 PM
Two words Forest Gump :)
Armand
04-15-2001, 02:01 AM
:(
sheila
04-15-2001, 02:10 AM
No, Armand, I think you got it wrong.
It should have been
:)

You know, anyone who makes an image that was as ubiquitous as that one was during the early 70's, and never regretted getting a patent/copyright/whatever on it, because he could only drive one car at a time, and could only eat one steak at a time, that guy must've had a really well-adjusted outlook on life. He must've enjoyed things just as they came. Well, I guess it would take an all-right kinda guy, to think up an icon like the ol' smiley, huh?

[I remember, at one point, the "junk-drawer" in our family kitchen--when I was about 9 years old or so--having fistfulls of those smiley face buttons in it.]

And if he hadn't shared the smiley with all of us, and had copyrighted or trademarked it instead, what would we all be posting on this UBB now?
:P