I'm Happy to Report . . .

[mingc]

That Harvey Ball, the inventor of the Smiley Face, was a pipe smoker!

Harvey Ball - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Kobold]

I thought Forrest Gump was the inventor of the smiley face!

 

[AroEnglish]

How can you not smile as a pipe smoker

 

[Flatfish]

Thats good.

 

[captainsousie]

I thought Forrest Gump was the inventor of the smiley face!

I thought it was Al Gore

 

[tobakenist]

I never smile so it wasn't me.

 

[Servant King]

So was the inventor of the poo emoticon, but that's understandable--he smoked Brown Bogie exclusively.

 

[MartyA]

Well, I'll credit him with independently designing the smiley face, but here's one from 3700 years ago...