Saturday, September 24, 2005

Don't Worry Be happy!!


Dont Worry Be Happy! The smileys have infact invaded our daily lives. Our smiley had some icecream and then slept.

so many smileys and then we also have smiley central. i googled abut smileys and found out some interesting stuff. Also in the movie Forrest Gump they claim to have invented smileys...oh my! isnt that interesting??I have posted the link below. read on to find out more...for those of ya who r lazy to clik on this link and read...here is a gist of wat is there..

It was invented by Harvey Ross Ball in 1964.
Milestones:

1964 Ball spent about 10 minutes designing the smiley face for his client, an insurance company
1970 Bernard and Murray Spain added the words "Have a nice day," to the smiley face
1971 At its peak of popularity, more than 50 million Smiley Face buttons were sold.
1999 United States Postal Service unveiled the Smiley Face Stamp
1999 First World Smile Day held
smiley face, :-),

In September of 1970 they drew up a smiley face added the words "Have a nice day," and copyrighted the image and words. Soon they and their many imitators were cranking out buttons, posters, greeting cards, shirts, bumper stickers, cookie jars, earrings, bracelets, key chains, and many other items. The fad lasted about a year and half; the number of smiley buttons produced by 1972 was estimated at 50 million.

http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/smileyface.htm

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