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;) ?

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cumfy · 20/03/2013 14:59

Is it me or did until recently ;) = Wink ?

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OhYouBadBadKitten · 20/03/2013 16:50

ended up with 'this page has too many redirects' when I clicked on the last post in this thread on TIO.

SoupDreggon · 20/03/2013 16:42

I've been here too long...

SoupDreggon · 20/03/2013 16:42

I can't remember the exact reasons, and nothing I can think of makes any real sense TBH, but it was definitely a deliberate move.

I can't work out why ;) is more often accidentally typed than any other of the punctuation combos.

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HelenMumsnet · 20/03/2013 16:09

@SoupDreggon

IIRC, this was removed deliberately as it was the most accidentally used emoticon and kept cropping up in inappropriate places.

I cannot for the life of me remember the exact details but it was a lonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnng time ago. I remember it being changed.

Ooooh, yes, Soupy, that's ringing a bell...

HippiTEEHoppoTEE · 20/03/2013 16:06

Ponders what union MNHQ members would be in...

SoupDreggon · 20/03/2013 16:04

IIRC, this was removed deliberately as it was the most accidentally used emoticon and kept cropping up in inappropriate places.

I cannot for the life of me remember the exact details but it was a lonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnng time ago. I remember it being changed.

OhYouBadBadKitten · 20/03/2013 16:01

oooer, that was an : o

OhYouBadBadKitten · 20/03/2013 16:01

;)
:o

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HelenMumsnet · 20/03/2013 15:54

Hmmm. That would involve more than my regulation amount of button-pushing today

HippiTEEHoppoTEE · 20/03/2013 15:47

You could turn on bunny ears at the same time, Helen.

::flutters eyelashes::

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HelenMumsnet · 20/03/2013 15:42

Right. It's all jiggery-pokeried, innit? We'll get that fixed.

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HelenMumsnet · 20/03/2013 15:41

:o

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HelenMumsnet · 20/03/2013 15:41

o)

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HelenMumsnet · 20/03/2013 15:41

:)

;)

ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 20/03/2013 15:38

That's not right! Surely : o should give you Shock

Pigsmummy · 20/03/2013 15:38

;-)

HippiTEEHoppoTEE · 20/03/2013 15:33

: o

Without a space gets you :o

ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 20/03/2013 15:29

Sad face works so that's OK...

ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 20/03/2013 15:28

Uh oh.... :(

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cumfy · 20/03/2013 15:28

If you want anything else breaking today just PM me. ;)

Grin
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ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 20/03/2013 15:27

;)

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cumfy · 20/03/2013 15:25

Test post from above mentioned TIO link.

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cumfy · 20/03/2013 15:24

While you're pondering that ....

It seems my title has (;) ?) has broken something.

When you click through on the individual poster links in TIO it goes straight to a posting page with no content.Shock

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HelenMumsnet · 20/03/2013 15:17

Or does it? Worried now...

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HelenMumsnet · 20/03/2013 15:17

;)

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