It sounds interesting, I hope someone posts a link to it!

Reading this back, I know I should ahve pointed out that I can't have been the first person to make the correspondence of laughtrack:smilie. I think I had a brief flash of cynicism when I did it, though. =)

It also wasn't any sort of lam on the use of the smilie. I use it alll the time, often when I'm not even making a joke, just presenting an indicator of my good humor at the time. =) See! Just like that! I certainly don't wantpeople looking at their smilies and wondering if they should put them in or not.

This will teach me to write essays within a few hours of waking up.