Emote the easy way !

If you’re an ardent internet surfer you would know what it means to meet another netizen like yourself in the cyber world and exchange smileys. Yes smileys and emoticonsare the most important ice breakers in the cyber world. They can bring two bored souls together or can set two lonely hearts talking to each other. Spare a second thought for these icons and you’ll know they are not mere symbols. These icons speak for your chat pal on the other end.

Does chat pal give you more of those innocent looking plump smiles or does s/he give you more of those mischievous winks occasionally? If he does the latter s/he might just be hitting on you but if he does the former he could be a poor little newbie in the cyber world. Understand that the kid has its eyes all open to discover the whacky cyber world all spread out before it….all sprawling before it. How badly I wish there were an emoticon to indicate ‘asl ‘, I have to encounter the sinister expression (asl) on whichever PM ( Personal Message ) window that haunts me.

However, let me tell you, I have a sister studying in Romania and I chat with her online every time before I go to bed. There is nothing that can substitute the innocent plump lemon yellow-colored smiley she throws at me for a good night kiss. One of her favorite emoticon, though, is the one where the cute little lemon yellow bunny face puts a tongue in cheek. She wakes at 2 am and does the naughty smiley at me!! Can you beat that? Mirabai, a 15th century Indian Poetess speaks about a fragrant flower seeming like a pile of jute when in sorrow, in one of her poems. Had she been around today she would have spoken about me finding a naughty smiley irritating. Really, my sister wakes up late hours and I hate that. She would end up spoiling her health one day if the same goes on. Now can anyone throw a wicked threatening smiley at her to put her to bed? Yes, can any of you netizens do it for me? It’s a humble request.

I have decided to launch an emoticon campaign (something like a signature campaign) in the cyber world to protest against dads who don’t to their little girls’ arguments and don’t pay their kids enough pocket money for being good kids. Or shall me bribe them (dads) saying that we would launch a smiley campaign if our demands are met?

Oops…am I rattling too much? Okay now, let me just say this one and finish the talk. Don’t hate me for it but it’s at the tip of my tongue.

I have to tell you that when we buddies (the ones I regular chat with online) get together we reproduce the same smileys and emoticon on our real faces. And the crux being, we make the faces the other buddy usually makes online. Can we be responsible for it? It’s all Human Conditioning!!!