Where's the fun?

I think we have just seen how it can a) go wrong and b) be put right again.
Tommy and Timmy (oh dear... did that sound bad to anyone else?) just had a misunderstanding over use of smilies, and indeed it is a common misunderstanding to have... I know, I've been there.

I'm sure everyone comes onto a forum as part of their hobby, for fun, entertainment and also to get some damn good tips/info. Some come here to share their knowledge, some to gain knowledge. But I hope I would be right in saying we all come here because we love photography, which is great. Lets not have the small misunderstandings tarnish that!

:P

Gratuitous use of smilies optional....

tommykjensen wrote:
means extremely angry and pissed and want to kill someone

Oh sh!t, .... RUUUUUUN !
:P

We need some more emoticons here....
For example, to best describe the timmyquest vs. tommykjensen match in this thread this is the best emoticon:

HTTP response: 404 | MIME changed to 'text/html' | Byte size: ZERO

HTTP response: 404 | MIME changed to 'text/html' | Byte size: ZERO

cmM wrote:
We need some more emoticons here....
For example, to best describe the timmyquest vs. tommykjensen match in this thread this is the best emoticon:

HTTP response: 404 | MIME changed to 'text/html' | Byte size: ZERO

and a more appropriate equivalent for tommykjensen's description:

HTTP response: 404 | MIME changed to 'text/html' | Byte size: ZERO

j/k guys

YES

Pekka should add those immediately

In spite of taking a beating for what I am about to say, I hate those little emoticons. I have only used them one time and it was due to losing a bet on a message board over a football game.

Never will you see one of those disgusting little yellow round heads on any of my posts.

Blasphemer 8)

Don't worry Tom, we'll break him

timmyquest wrote:
i never use this one...not sure what it is.

It means that you have sat on something sharp

IanD wrote:

timmyquest wrote:
i never use this one...not sure what it is.

It means that you have sat on something sharp

Or wet.

He posted the twisted guy! Does that mean you are " extremely angry and pissed and want to kill someone"

Penguin_101_1 wrote:
He posted the twisted guy! Does that mean you are " extremely angry and pissed and want to kill someone"

Most of the time.

You guys crack me up!

I, too, appreciate the humor and levity on this forum, and I wouldn't mind even more of it.

A note, however, to our native English speakers on both sides of the Atlantic and "down below": not everyone will "get it". Get it?

By the way, I love the little yellow faces. They're very important, especially in a multi-lingual, multi-cultural environment. 8)

Yes as long as everybody have the same understanding of meaning

Yeah, I was going to add a bit about that as a joke but decide not to. (my meaning: mischievous grin )

tommykjensen wrote:
Yes as long as everybody have the same understanding of meaning

God, now we need to form an ISC (international smilies committe) to standardize the meaning of smilies accross the webb.

cmM wrote:

tommykjensen wrote:
Yes as long as everybody have the same understanding of meaning

God, now we need to form an ISC (international smilies committe) to standardize the meaning of smilies accross the webb.

Eeeks, what a scary thought, for some reason i invision this being the truth in the year 2050