Can anyone explain to me why DU felt the need for a gray box smiley?

[NJmaverick]

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For the life of me I can't imagine what it would be used for:shrug:

[lillypaddle]

1. LOL

:P

[lunatica]

2. That's why I've never used it

I like smilies that do things

[madinmaryland]

3. This...

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:D

[NJmaverick]

4. lol, I bet you could build a little cyber for/castlet as well

[rug]

5. When you get too old they put you in it.

[NJmaverick]

6. Here I thought it was just an old smiley

[LynzM]

7. Heh.

The different colored boxes used to be used during one of the elections, I think, to denote things about candidates listed (D/R/other, maybe?)...

[old mark]

8. it is for those occasional posts that may be rather....dull

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Fired up?
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mark

[MilesColtrane]

9. "Johnny, what do you make of this?"

"Why, I can make a hat, or a broach, or a pterodactyl..."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaXvFT_UyI8