It occured to me that there were not enough Smilies in our vB controls.

Since the existing Smilies don't cover the range of emotions a complex man like me has and I'm too lazy to insert IMGs from other less Smiley challenged sites I have been using "Extended vB". Such as:

:thoughtful:
:laughing fitfully:
:scratching his head wondering what the hell is going on:

Just a suggestion until there are more REAL vB Smilies.

:inspired:

 

Wow, that is such a good idea :impressed: I am surprised that no-one has come up with the idea before

You do have to be careful though with the first letter of your emotion, to make sure that it doesn't make a smilie itself ondering what letters to use:

 

How right you are. I never proofed what I had written but as you can see I have corrected it.
:grateful and somewhat embarassed:

I found this out in other posts and used the following tactic

: pleased at his innovation:
^
insert space.

:now just beaming with himself:

 

:confident that this will take post-whoring to a whole new level:

 

NOW GET OUT THERE AND WHORE.

:feeling vaugely like i'm repeating myself:

 

.... or try this

 

:thoughtful:
:laughing fitfully:
:scratching his head wondering what the hell is going on:

:inspired:

so what else do you need??

 

the main ? is --> when will this be implemented ??

 

Arvin... You:

a) are incredible :awestruck:
b) have way to much time on your hands

 

:impressed:

that's a great idea....