Too Many Smilies?

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gaz
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Re: SMILE

Postby gaz » 27 Jun 2020, 7:44pm

JohnW wrote:Keep smiling everyone.

I don't know what caused it, perhaps somebody on the admin team threw a switch whether by design :|, instruction :shock: or accident :mrgreen: .

Issue appears to have been resolved around mid-day today. viewtopic.php?f=14&p=1501634#p1501634
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Re: SMILE

Postby Mick F » 27 Jun 2020, 7:50pm

I'm not privvy to know what went wrong, but it's sorted.
Quoted from a parallel thread.
viewtopic.php?f=14&t=138854

Graham wrote:Hmmmpf, too much "fun" . . . .. it must be stopped !!!
Now fixed, . . . . I've had my pills and brain surgery !!
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Re: SMILE

Postby Ray » 27 Jun 2020, 8:50pm

I'm always sparing in my use of exclamation marks, having some sympathy with Terry Pratchett, who thought that their excessive use was a sign of an insane mind. I wonder what he would have made of multiple smilies.
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Re: SMILE

Postby JohnW » 27 Jun 2020, 9:07pm

Ray wrote:I'm always sparing in my use of exclamation marks, having some sympathy with Terry Pratchett, who thought that their excessive use was a sign of an insane mind. I wonder what he would have made of multiple smilies.

Maybe he'd have written a novel?
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Re: SMILE

Postby cycleruk » 27 Jun 2020, 9:43pm

Perhaps it was Smileys People that did it Guv :?:
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Re: SMILE

Postby philg » 28 Jun 2020, 8:00am

JohnW wrote:
Jdsk wrote:Your message contains too many smilies. The maximum number of smilies allowed is 2.

Yet Another Cycling UK Forum anyone? :twisted:
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Re: SMILE

Postby millimole » 28 Jun 2020, 8:38am

philg wrote:
JohnW wrote:
Jdsk wrote:Your message contains too many smilies. The maximum number of smilies allowed is 2.

Yet Another Cycling UK Forum anyone? :twisted:
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