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[Insanity test]

I was searching for a stirring smily (one that stirs, not an amazing exciting and thrilling one (although that would be cool too)) when I found this extrordinary claim 'I invented the smiley!' (I added the exclaimation mark - makes it kinda moniacle)

It was linked to an ancient thread (in computer terms anyway - 1982) where pple couldn't tell what was a joke and what wasn't. It's quite funny to read...

Here's the claim:

http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~sef/sefSmiley.htm

And here's the thread (there's a link of the claim page also):

http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~sef/Orig-Smiley.htm

[Mysti]

The Smilies originated from a GIANT VOLCANIC ERUPTION which spilled tons of one-celled organisms which became pixels.

[nil]

No way... SMILEY was created by an al-mighty Cabbage who also created computer....

Did you know our computer was invented by a vegetable?

[Mysti]

Was it a Brussels sprout?

[Pimienta]

I thought it was a head of lettuce that only pretended to be cabbage

[Mysti]

Lettuce. Probably the most mundane vegetable. No wonder it likes to hide itself as a cabbage!