The birth of the smiley?

A bit of useless information to drop into a conversation sometime.

"Joke" Conversation Thread in which the :-) Was Invented:

Smiley Lore:

They sure would have been billionaires if they would receive royalties every time someone used a smiley.

Interesting short item about the smiley. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smiley :)