It’s a sad day. As is so often the case, my copy editor was about to flip me the virtual bird on Skype and she couldn’t. Why? Because Microsoft is a prude. It turns out, Skype has removed its emoticons for showing people the middle finger, as well as its animations for (wtf), (fubar) and the slightly odd (hollest) emoticon, which displayed a set of women’s legs with high heels.
Oddly enough, you can still happily moon your chat buddies(emoticon-00172-mooning), puke on them(emoticon-00119-puke), have a smoke with them (emoticon-00176-smoke) and pretend you are virtually drunk (). Skype is good with this guy, too (emoticon-00130-devil ). Maybe because he is offset by this emoticon: emoticon-00131-angel.
captainamerica_saluteBut don’t emoticon-00106-crying. Thankfully, Skype has come up with a set of new and unoffensive icons for your use. Just type in (sheep) — with the parentheses — and you can see a defecating sheep sheep. If that’s too much for your eyes, (shielddeflect) will bring in Captain America to protect you.
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Oddly enough, you can still happily moon your chat buddies(emoticon-00172-mooning), puke on them(emoticon-00119-puke), have a smoke with them (emoticon-00176-smoke) and pretend you are virtually drunk (). Skype is good with this guy, too (emoticon-00130-devil ). Maybe because he is offset by this emoticon: emoticon-00131-angel.
captainamerica_saluteBut don’t emoticon-00106-crying. Thankfully, Skype has come up with a set of new and unoffensive icons for your use. Just type in (sheep) — with the parentheses — and you can see a defecating sheep sheep. If that’s too much for your eyes, (shielddeflect) will bring in Captain America to protect you.
Share...Love...Joy...!!! 
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