Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site topaz.RUTGERS.EDU Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!columbia!topaz!jcr From: jcr@mitre-bedford Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: ":-)" Message-ID: <3167@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU> Date: Wed, 7-Aug-85 13:53:24 EDT Article-I.D.: topaz.3167 Posted: Wed Aug 7 13:53:24 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 10-Aug-85 22:01:19 EDT Sender: daemon@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 20 From: jcr@Mitre-Bedford >From mmintl!franka@topaz.arpa (Frank Adams) : > > By your theory, cockroaches should be almost intolerably cute. :-) > I've been reading SF-Lovers for, gee, must be a year now, and though it didn't take me very long to pick up on most of the slang & jargon used here, there's still one thing that eludes me. Can somebody explain to me the precise meaning of ":-)"? Respond directly to me if you like; no need to clog the digests with such trivia. Mucho Thanks, Jeff Rogers jcr@Mitre-Bedford.ARPA