tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post6333677586496377989..comments2023-10-30T09:26:32.732+00:00Comments on Now's the time: Fish, Seiko watch and emoticonsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-81544655988739915762013-06-28T18:22:12.887+01:002013-06-28T18:22:12.887+01:00Emoticons are repugnant to you and me and many oth...Emoticons are repugnant to you and me and many others I suspect because they are ready made, boil-in-the bag responses to events that require wit and finesse and most important an individual bias.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-16480019714728140382013-06-28T15:33:55.105+01:002013-06-28T15:33:55.105+01:00Emoticons lack gradations of feeling. Occasionally...Emoticons lack gradations of feeling. Occasionally someone has paid my a compliment or said something pleasant and finished off with one of these faces. Once or twice I've been absurdly pleased by the smiler, realising in the fullness of time that I have almost certainly over-reacted to what is in effect an enlarged symbol for a full stop.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.com