"It has been fascinating to watch this phenomenon grow from a little
message I tossed off in 10 minutes to something that has spread all
around the world."

Scott E. Fahlman

On the 25th birthday of the emoticon which he created in this note:

19-Sep-82 11:44 Scott E Fahlman :-)

From: Scott E Fahlman <Fahlman at Cmu-20c>

I propose that the following character sequence for joke markers:

:-)

Read it sideways. Actually, it is probably more economical to mark

things that are NOT jokes, given current trends. For this, use

:-(

Have a great weekend! 😀