If George can be draped in velvet, I can be swathed in wool.

It was a momentous day in internet history, the day I discovered the :D. :D just says so much more than :). :) says "heh." :) says "what're ya gonna do." :) says "it's alright, yo." But :D. :D says FUCK YEAH. :D says fist pump! :D says "I am happy" or "I am a big goofball and I'm fully aware of that and I'm totally cool with it."

And I confess to you now that every time I :D in gmail, I watch it turn rightside up and blink its remarkably be-lashed eyes and burst into a grin. It makes me feel good. It makes me want to :D again. I am like a monkey with the cocaine. MORE. MORE BIG SMILEY.

And also, I have not yet found a single situation in which it would be conceivably plausible to use the winkey smiley. Winkey smiley kind of just seems like a sleazeball smiley. And I would rather be a goofball than a sleazeball.