Heh...I've come close a couple of times this morning...and that's without the contest. I really, really wanted to do that but time just won't allow it.
These come in so handy at times. You can have a conversation without having to say too much. I just had to bump it back to the top. Thanks again Darkside for starting this one. zs
Gotta love emoticons. I'm sure you could add them into the forum instead of having to download them. I use to moderate a forum and we had all of the emoticons on a sidebar.
I was going to suggest the rolling eyes, but I like "insert sarcasm here," as well. Either can be very helpful. I also like the wink, because I'm never sarcastic, ever. Not in the least.
So the front IMG tag is saying 'we're going to put an image here! then the URL is the location of the image (it can be a .gif or .jpeg, so a graphic or a photo) and then the /IMG tag is saying 'we're done here, turn off the code!'.
And then it sits the pic right there in your thread post.
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