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Kind of off topic, but today's XKCD is super relevant here: http://xkcd.com/859/

The smiley face/close parenthesis move is completely valid. (Otherwise you get double lips. :))

Actually, then it's time to get all fancy (that's right, I'm talking Reverse-Smiley! (-: )

But then it's like he's bald.

xkcd has something to say about that too

(I just put a space :) )

How about using a "D"? E.g., "(The guy who wrote this story. :-D)"

Does this count for most points awarded for least number of characters?