SPUD acroetymythology (1927)

[Michael McKernan]

 Jonathan Lighter wrote:

>Today's modest proposal is to place warning labels on utterances intended
>as humor so that everyone will know a joke when they see one (and can
>laugh if they so desire), and no one can possibly be misinformed later on.
>Excessively "dry" humor would be available only by prescription.

At the risk of being mistaken for taking Jonathan too seriously, I ask:

Isn't this one of the major functions of 'emoticons'?


Michael McKernan