Not a reply to your post George but something in general I'd like to say that your post reminded me is the emoticon I am definitely not fond of for the various meanings from one extreme to another it can show where users are friendly to one another (it causes misunderstandings) i.e. a) mock the thing->b) mock the person->c) condescend the person and it can exasperate things pretty damn fast without logical reason.

I can do some real-life XS testing on that if you'd like...