>I think the only thing you can accuse Jay of, is not using emoticons to let you know when he's joking. And even that is tenuous at best. (Well, that and, of course, not agreeing with me all the time).

You are dead-on, Alan. I'm not a big emoticon kind of guy. I like people to get that I'm kidding. Or not! You usually get it. I use them at times that I think the person may be insulted if they thought I was serious, but that's pretty much it. And, if everyone agreed, how boring would that be? Of course, then there would probably be a whole lot of smiley faces being passed around.