Before your time... back in the NKC and ESOB days, Hammy et al. claimed smileys for they're own. I chose teh and have used it ever since. Kind of an unconscious habit now, and it became a sort of samote call sign over the years.
Yes Miplank. Moar like you keep saying. Take all your little stupid karma dots away from my avatar. Don't ever want to see not one goddamn of those fruity gay karma pebbles. You can have them all if they mean that much to you.