An emoticon which indicates that the user is a Halfbaker.
Can be tagged onto or embedded in normal messages to discreetly indicate to the recipient that the sender is a 'Baker without being overly self-promoting.
May promote real world kinship between Bakers, or more likely even more virulent off-Bakery flame wars.
The emoticon should net unduly differ from existing emoticons and should somehow convey the fishbone/croissant duality.
:$? is offered as a starting point, the $ representing the fishbone and the "?" the croissant"
It is recognized that this idea may be construed as a "call-for-list" but this is not the intention.
[marked-for-amendment- subject-to-annotations]-- 8th of 7, Oct 28 2009 HB favicon http://www.halfbakery.com/favicon.icoJust to remind you about the ico. [Jinbish, Oct 28 2009] A bunch of fish emoticons http://www.muller-g....com/noturning.html [MisterQED, Oct 28 2009] West Ham http://www.westhamf....uk/forum/index.phpI don't actually know anything about the football, just to debias the whole Totters thing - sheesh. [zen_tom, Oct 29 2009] Leyton Orient http://www.leytonor...orum.asp?FORUM_ID=1Further debiasment [zen_tom, Oct 29 2009] I really like this idea for some reason []-- wagster, Oct 28 2009 WTF :$?-- coprocephalous, Oct 28 2009 I'm proud to be one of you nut cases. I'd show it off with glee [+]-- blissmiss, Oct 28 2009 I like this as I have often wondered if I had run into Bakers on different sites under different user names.
I'd suggest [:+-], as it includes the [] of names the ":" of a standard emoticon and the "+-" of bone and bun, and it looks like a face. The downside is it may be in use somewhere, but Google didn't find it.
[:+-]-- MisterQED, Oct 28 2009 Plus it looks like a lego man, and legos are the building block of the world.-- blissmiss, Oct 28 2009 Isn't that the internationally recognised emoticon for people who only have half a face?-- theleopard, Oct 28 2009 Thanks, [Jinbish], but something that can be represented in crude ASCII symbols is needed.-- 8th of 7, Oct 28 2009 G# ?
the "G" as the croissant and the "#" as a crunched piscine skeleton... there has to be something in Unicode that can get much closer, though.
@# - though the @ is more a 'danish' thing
C#
#)
[@#] <--- I like, but it begs questions.-- FlyingToaster, Oct 28 2009 Yep, I understand [8th], just pointing out, that's all.-- Jinbish, Oct 28 2009 I went with [] as the square brackets denote almost all hb specific stuff, but [:+-] is cleverer and cuter. It's also a little impractical and inefficient if you have to type it fast, so it brings some of the spirit of the bakery along with it.-- wagster, Oct 28 2009 [C#]-- daseva, Oct 28 2009 !:o( I think I just invented the emoticon for a comb-over. The new international symbol for a tragically bad idea. That's got to be worth something, right?-- DrBob, Oct 28 2009 ø (alt o on a mac) looks like a mini saturn-- xenzag, Oct 28 2009 hah, love the comb over!-- po, Oct 28 2009 Are you trying to get one over on me, Ian?-- wagster, Oct 28 2009 I've been absent from this place for about a year. I drifted away into the murky world of football (soccer) forums.
Good god. I've been a pedant trapped in a straight-jacket & one of those ball things that those people put in their mouths. You know.
To paraphrase the majority, it's been to much too take.
Early on, I foolishly suggested a correction to someone's diction/grammar/spelling (I can't remember which), and I was shot down in flames. It's like being back in school when I was picked on because I was bright. I had to dumb down then, and I'm having to dumb down now. For fuck's sake. What a load of bollocks. So I think I might come back, if that's OK with you. If you've never heard of me but still don't object, that's cool too.
Anyway...
I was on the aforementioned football forum, and in response to a witty comment, someone congratulated the poster with the single word 'Croissant'. I had no emoticon to call upon, so I had to ask straight out 'Are you a 'baker?' I had no reply from him, but another user then revealed themselves. So in theory, there are at least three 'bakers on the Tottenham Hotspur 606 message board, which I think is pretty impressive coverage. I'd always felt the HB was a niche, and it always will be. But maybe now it's a very large niche.
So in short (sorry, I'm totally wired right now and a little bit chatty), I think it's a very good idea.
+-- jtp, Oct 28 2009 Welcome back. Beer's in the fridge.-- wagster, Oct 28 2009 [:+-] gets me going. How about its ugly twin [:-+]-- pocmloc, Oct 28 2009 Cheers Wags. It's going to be hard to stop using acronyms though LOL-- jtp, Oct 28 2009 With regard to this idea, I think [+] is the most logical emoticon, if it's not taken.-- jtp, Oct 28 2009 Hmmm.
"C" has much merit for representing a croissant ....
Given the HalfBakery's sideways view of reality, how about something like
C-B
A sort of backwards smuiley ?
C means croissant, B means bone, and it's back to front.
Also it seems to be winking ....
// trapped in a straight-jacket & one of those ball things that those people put in their mouths. You know. //
Where was this ? Was it expensive ? Did it hurt, or did you have to pay extra for that ?-- 8th of 7, Oct 28 2009 Actually, the more I think about it, the more I think it has to be over-complicated.
><((((º>
The artwork above is, as far as I know, copyright of [UnaBubba] and I don't apologise for stealing it in order to highlight the over-complicated beauty of it. It certainly has my vote. Even if that means I have to tape it to my screen as a reminder.-- jtp, Oct 28 2009 How about just "D" ?-- MaxwellBuchanan, Oct 28 2009 actually.5HB is pretty commonly used here. When one hb'er went to another sight and used it in his name I knew what it meant. edit: oops its not an emoticon, sorry-- dentworth, Oct 28 2009 // ><((((º> //
Naah, that's rubbish. <º))))>< , now that would be good.-- 8th of 7, Oct 28 2009 8th, it's people like you who should be running the country.
I salute your um...-- jtp, Oct 28 2009 yes?-- Jinbish, Oct 28 2009 I liked the fish, but it is far from unique, see link. The HB is nothing if not unique. Also it is mildly religious. So I'm still voting for [:+-]-- MisterQED, Oct 28 2009 I thought he was calling me, but in a dyslexic manner.-- jtp, Oct 28 2009 [jtp], I'm on the Spurs 606 an' all. Not seen any croissants mind. Will leave them around from now on.-- theleopard, Oct 28 2009 // I've been a pedant trapped// //it's been to much too take.//
You're back in the HB and among friends. Now let your pedant free! sp. times two/to/too.-- Jinbish, Oct 28 2009 If they come back with a big wooden cross and some nails, start running. Public opinion is so fickle.
//people like you who should be running the country. //
Soon, we will be. Resistance is Futile.-- 8th of 7, Oct 29 2009 As if a West Ham fan could have the imagination or wit to be a halfbaker. Shame on you [zen_tom]. I know you live East, but that's not an excuse.-- theleopard, Oct 29 2009 //running the country// //we will be//
Perhaps - more chance of that than seeing them just run. (Think about it, teleporting notwithstanding, when was the last time you saw a Borg move any faster than a sloth with a limp? It might be an inexorable, inevitable, doom-bringing shamble - but it's not going to win any Olympic medals)-- Jinbish, Oct 29 2009 They're just Daleks who climb stairs.-- wagster, Oct 29 2009 Come over here and say that..... you want to make something of it ? Eh ? Eh ?
// it's not going to win any Olympic medals //
<Mexican>
"Meedaals ? Hwe doan' need no steenking Meedaals !"
</Mexican>-- 8th of 7, Oct 29 2009 //combover//
!:)
hahahaha. I'm gonna use that one. Good HB analogy too.-- FlyingToaster, Oct 29 2009 + they are all so good +-- xandram, Oct 29 2009 The suspense is killing me. I think I'll check back in later when you all have settled on the damn thing.
[+]
Oh, and I vote on the combover.-- MikeD, Oct 29 2009 I like [:+-] although I would have to admit that my need for a Halfbakery emoticon is pretty limited.-- kaz, Oct 29 2009 I think it needs to be something much more discrete... I'd vote for a special version of a universal typeface like Helvetica (that only Halfbakers can download) and has something like one single letter e on each page of text become "filled in".-- xenzag, Oct 29 2009 Disctrete, as in a single, different letter 'e' ; and discreet, as in only one hidden among many.-- Jinbish, Oct 29 2009 I would like to hear jutta's input. (And Hi there [jtp], welcome back. Now get that football outta your ear and stop leaving us for so long and get back to baking.)-- blissmiss, Oct 29 2009 <Reverent silence>
<Assembled Neophytes wait patiently with eyes downcast for She Who Must Be Obeyed to pronounce>-- 8th of 7, Oct 29 2009 It's a bit like a smiling guy with a big nose and lines on his forehead: [MfD]-- Ling, Oct 30 2009 Is there a real world equivalent of this, such as a bun or bone lapel pin?-- pocmloc, Oct 30 2009 What is this "real world" of which you speak ?-- 8th of 7, Oct 30 2009 I was referring to the rest of the internet, beyond halfbakery.com - my apologies, I won't do it again.-- pocmloc, Oct 30 2009 Please, keep your personal problems out of the HB, OK ?-- 8th of 7, Oct 30 2009 ><((((-> zzZ Sleepy ><((((×> Drunk ><((((O> Baby eyed ><((((~> Chortle ><((((³> Smug ><(((8> Looking at it sideways ><((((ß> Looking through rose coloured glasses ><((((%> Confused ><((((.> Looking it up ><((((+> Slightly under the influence ><((((O.> Really? ><((((¸> Drunken stupor ><((((»> Intense ><((((ò> Slightly miffed ><((((ð> Really miffed
Apologies to UB for defacing his fish.-- Ling, Oct 31 2009 random, halfbakery