Fleeks.  What they mean.

In article  dhoward@desire.wright.edu (sparky: longing for sahuarita) writes:
>my boss does this bit with the colons, dots, and brackets
>when we communicate via email or talk.  ...:):)  real wierd.
>i have no idea what it means.  i'm afraid to ask.
>

Oh, Sparks.
You are advertising your newbieness.
We have called things such as :) "Fleek" for years.

Here is a list, in case you ever see any others:

:-)     We are all, each of us, alone
B-)     I pray daily for death
8-)     I was the second gunman
#:-)    Everything you know is wrong
:-(     I will start with those you love most
@=      Kafka was a momma's boy
;-)     If you touch my daughter again, they won't be blanks
:-P     I have a longer tongue than Gene Simmons
:-b     Same as previous, only it is cloven
:-D     I am wearing garters
:-o     "Oh, the humanity!"
#:-o    Jesus built my hotrod
(:-)    I never sang for my grandfather

oo      It's cold out
O>-
;-)     Wink ( take this message with a fifth of grain)
|-(     Yawn
:^)     Is *that* your nose?
:-{#}   Brace-face
(:-#    Fuck this noise
(:-$    Message indicating person is ill--informed about the
        Renaissance
(:-&    Message indicating person is a Rosicrucian
(:-*    Kiss it
(:-(    Message indicating person is Sting
(:^(    Message concerning Jack Nicholson in Chinatown
(:
B-)     "Holy trichinosis!"
...---...   ABBA fan
@%&$%&  N.W.A. fan
2B|^2B  Forty Seconal should suffice
{       User is a psycho

@>--->----  O Rose, thou art sick
            The invisible worm
            That flies in the night,
            In the howling storm

            Has found out thy bed
            Of crimson joy
            And his dark secret love
            Does thy life destroy.

RICHH