Who agrees that the emoticons on this site are crap?

[Gunnerbean]

The site is good but the emoticons are absolute crap, surely they can do better?

They should use the ones from the MSN groups they are far superior to these.

[southeastastra]

no, cause mnetters rely on real life words to portray how they're feeling innit

[SobranieCocktail]

That's the best emoticon in the whole world, that is.

[RiaParkinson]

apart from i agree

is the pits

we need vomit

[fishie]

ooh tickers. we need tickers.

[BalsamicBreasts]

It would be horrible to have the pages covered with rolling puking gremlins IMO. Our emoticons have a certain dignity in their restraint, I think.

[NotQuiteCockney]

Yes, we need all singing all dancing emoticons.

[dilbertina]

Noooooo! Don't mention the emoticons...especially not right now - there will be a Techie meltdown......

There was uproar at a previous attempt to change them,

and the Techs have still got about a million things to put right from their tinkering about..!

[BalsamicBreasts]

Ner

[bluebump]

I always look for when i'm on msn and forget it's just on here!

[BalsamicBreasts]

This is BitOfFun btw...I keep hanging round in the hope that VinegarTits will see me and tell me off.

[SheherazadetheGoat]

i think all emoticons are shite. if i want to look at exaggerated souless faces conveying simplistic emotions i will turn cbeebies on.

[CharCharGabor]

I like em. PMSL at your new name BoF

[Jux]

If we have bouncy emoticons it'll slow everything down, won't it?

[PortAndLemon]

No. We don't need all-singing, all-dancing emoticons. It's much more effective to use [looks slightly askance emoticon] or [very scared emoticon] or whatever, anyway.

And I nominate SheherezadetheGoat for QOTW...

[BalsamicBreasts]

I am the posher classier version

[MrsBadger]

I only use emoticons if the appropriate words are not available

not vice versa

[BalsamicBreasts]

I second the QOTW!

[JustineMumsnet]

For goodness sake shhh! If BigTech sees this he'll get up to his old tricks again.

[callalilies]

What's wrong with them? Do you mean there are not enough?

[Fimbo]

Oh yes, I want one of those things where you can choose your own body, hair and clothes.

[cyteen]

they've grown on me tbh, although there's a few of the phpBB emoticons i always miss when i'm here.

please please just say NO to any form of moving emoticon, they are complete shit.

[wheresthehamster]

Apart from maybe a vomit emoticon I can usually manage to convey what I want to say with those we already have. NO NO NO to anything that dances or moves. I really would have to leave if that happened

[callalilies]

I would like [vomit] and

[cmotdibbler]

No more please... Apart from maybe [vomit]. And perhaps [oh gods another crazed HV comment]

[ShowOfHands]

We'd need an option for emetophobes to hide the [vomit] emoticons.

OP, perhaps work on expressing yourself in other ways. Try a thesaurus. Most computers have them. You'll be getting your point across in no time.

PS, I do like the one that's banging its head against a brick wall. It's very apt. However, I don't like it enough to have my screen dancing all day long.