Wanna buy a smile?

A recent email I received had a link to Microsoft’s FREE emoticon download site (and yes, they’ve dedicated an entire domain for it, as have millions of others.) A few questions, if I may:

  1. Is this Microsoft’s business plan for Hotmail? If so, should they perhaps consider reading your email, like the smarter companies do?
  2. Who first came up with the (orthographic?) rule that the word FREE must always be capitalised?
  3. Has anyone ever paid money for emoticons? Who thinks a fiver is a fair price for (a) the immense joy they bring and (b) their incredible expressive power as literary devices?

I so hope the bubble bursts quickly.

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