Aibu to think that the grin emoticon...

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...is too toothy? It looks like someone showing off their new braces rather than an expression of glee! :-D

I'd use it so much more if it was toothless, it just freaks me out a bit.

arrrgggh!

So use the smile one... a toothless grin would be creepy.

Yanbu! I totally agree, I never use the grin because it doesn't look right - and the smile looks passive aggressive to me.

Love the grin - it is my most over-used smilie.

At least there isn't that abominable sticky out tongue one. The one that knobbers use when they've said something stupid/offensive/fuckwitty and want to make out they are being funny.

Mind you, that one, I find, is very useful for culling people on FB. One tongue out, off you go, ta-ra.

is the best, I want it for non-Mumsnet things.

Yes, I'm fond of that one. And the wibbly confused one.

The biscuit can fuck right off though.

I like the grin, its toothiness expresses my feelings perfectly. and are good too, but my favourite is still the strikethrough as it is perfect for being passive aggressive.

yum!

The biscuit is especially useful when you want to call someone a fanny but not have your post deleted:

Or when you're peckish!

I love the grin! It's nice and gormless!

I heart the and - they need to be more liberally sprinkled in posts.

I agree, I wish I could use and outside of MN!

It looks like a zip to me. I even sometimes see the little dangly thing at the side.

I would LOVE it to be a zip.

They won't give me [boggle] though, even though they gave us that stupid bear, the ridiculous biscuit and a variety of food and drink and I had asked first, so I reckon they HAVE to give me a zippy grin.

Or I'll just have some sort of public tantrum somewhere there's no naughty step they can put me on for a time out.

I do use in real life...took a bit of practice when I was about 10 years old, but I can give those kids in the Cadbury's advert a run for their money www.google.co.uk/search?q=cadbury+eyebrows&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-gb&client=safari

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I like the grin. It doesn't have to be deployed in purely hilarious circumstances, because the smile is so often passive-aggressive.

I wish we had the Adium grins. So very happy!

I love the grin emoticon but can't always get it to work.

The grin is the best one!

CorusKate, a woman after my own heart! I can do independent big toe, the one next to big toe and little toe waggling on my right too, get me ;-)