of humor & smileys (was: -es vs -en in English)

ray.brown@freeuk.com writes:
>I have found that even smileys can be misunderstood - particularly the
>'winking ones'.  But it's been my experience so far that misunderstood
>smileys provoke less heat than misunderstood non-smileys.

Exactly why in many of my posts, you will see smileys, to show that I am
joking and not trying to provoke a flame war. So far, i havent had many
misunderstandings at all.