Let me be the first to flood the net with this stuff.
Collected from many articles in 83/84 ...

:-)     the normal smiling face, appended to a sentence or an article
       means 'this is a joke' or 'this is supposed to make you laugh'
:->     normal smiling face with deformed lips, same as above except
       person who submitted it has problems with their lips
:-{)    normal smiling face with a moustache, same as #1 except
       submitter has moustache
:-}     normal smiling face with pretty lips, same as #1 except
       person that submitted it is wearing lipstick or some other
       lip appearance improving device
:-|     no expression face, 'that comment doesn't phase me'
:-(     sad face, 'that comment makes me sad [mad]'
;-)     smiling face gets his lights punched out (could be pirate
       smiling face??), submitter is a practical joker who played
       one too many and got beat up
;-|     no expression face gets his lights punched out, says nothing
       but still gets beat up
;-(     sad face gets his lights punched out, sad or mad and got
       beat up, or 'that makes me so mad that if I ever
       see you I'll punch your lights out'
:-\     popeye smiling face, for people who look like popeye
;-\     popeye gets his lights punched out
:-]     biting sarcasm smiling face, used when sarcasm is intended,
       since we cannot inflect our voice over the net
:-[     biting criticism smiling face, ditto for criticism
:*)     drunk smiling face, for those of us who like get intoxicated
       before or while reading netnews
:~)     smiling face needs a nosejob, no explanation necessary
[:|]    submitter is a robot (or other appropriate AI project)
:>)     submitter has a big nose
:<|     submitter attends an Ivy League school
:%)%    submitter has acne
=:-)    submitter is a hosehead
:-(*)   submitter is getting sick of most recent netnews articles and
       is about to vomit
:-)8    submitter is well dressed
8:-)    submitter is a little girl
:-)-{8  submitter is a big girl
%-)     submitter is cross-eyed
#-)     submitter partied all night
:-*     submitter just ate a sour pickle
-:-)    submitter sports a mohawk and admires Mr. T
(:)-)   submitter likes to scuba dive
:-'|    submitter has a cold
:-)'    submitter tends to drool
':-)    submitter accidentally shaved off one of his eyebrows
       this morning
(-:     submitter is Don Ellis from Tektronix
8:]     normal smiling face except that submitter is a gorilla
%-^     submitter is Picasso
(-:     submitter is left-handed
0-)     submitter is an arc-welder
*:o)    submitter is a Bozo
8-)     submitter wears glasses
*<|:-)  submitter is Santa Claus (Ho Ho Ho)
o-)     submitter is a cyclops
%-)     submitter with long bangs
(-)     submitter needing a haircut
0-)     submitter wearing scuba mask
@-)     person submitting is Cyclops
*-(     Cyclops got poked in the eye
%-)     person submitting has been staring
       at the terminal for 36 hours
B-|     person submitting is wearing cheap sunglasses
P-)     person submitting is getting fresh
:^(     submitter has had his nose put out of joint.  Useful for
       replying to flames.
|-)     Submitter is asleep (boredom)
-)      Submitter has one eye
'-)     Submitter only has a left eye, which is closed
:=)     Submitter has two noses
:-D     Submitter talks too much
:-o     Submitter is shocked
:-{~    submitter has read too many of the toilet paper articles
       previous to lunch
:-%     Respondent has beard.
:-@     Respondent's beard has permanent wave *or* was drawn by Picasso.
:-#     Respondent's lips are sealed.
+-(:-)  Submitter is the pope
:-%     Respondent has beard.
:-@     Respondent's beard has permanent wave *or* was drawn by Picasso.
:-#     Respondent's lips are sealed.
::-)    respondent wears glasses
:-}     respondent wears lipstick
[:-)    Submitter is listening to walkman thingy.
{(:-)   Submitter is wearing toupee.
}(:-(   Submitter, wearing toupee in wind.
<|-)=   Submitter is chinese.   (sorry bout that)
<|-(=   Submitter is chinese and doesn't like this article.
:-(     Submitter has read too many 'smiley' articles.
 ___
/   \
| RIP |
|_____| Submitter has recently died

----    and one posted last summer ... (some duplication sorry ...)
>From:    <[email protected]>

:-)     ha ha                   ~~:-(   net.flame
|-)     hee hee                 O |-)   net.religion
|-D     ho ho
:->     hey hey                 8 :-I   net.unix-wizards
:-(     boo hoo                   X-(   net.suicide
:-I     hmm                     E-:-I   net.ham-radio
:-O     uh oh                    >:-I   net.startrek
:-P     nyah nyah                3:o[   net.pets
|-P     yuk

:-}     beard
:-{     mustache
:-#     braces
:-X     bow tie
:-Q     smoker
<:I     dunce
(:I     egghead
@:I     turban

8-)     glasses
B-)     horn-rims
8:-)    glasses on forehead
:-8(    condescending stare
;-)     wink
>:-<    mad
:-`     smiley spitting out its chewing tobacco
:-1     smiley bland face
:-!             "
:-@     smiley face screaming
:-#|    smiley face with bushy mustache
:-$     smiley face with it's mouth wired shut
:-%     smiley banker
:-6     smiley after eating something sour
:^)     smiley with pointy nose (righty)
:-7     smiley after a wry statement
8-)     smiley swimmer
:-*     smiley after eating something bitter
:-&     smiley which is tongue-tied
:-9     smiley licking it's lips
:-0     smiley orator
:-(     un-smiley
:-)     smiley standard
       smiley invisible man
(:-(    unsmiley frowning
(:-)    smiley big-face
):-)            "
):-(    unsmiley big-face
)8-)    scuba smiley big-face
=:-)    smiley punk-rocker
=:-(    (real punk rockers don't smile)
=:-#}   smiley punk with a mustache....
+:-)    smiley priest
:-q     smiley trying to touch its tongue to its nose
:-e     disappointed smiley
:-t     cross smiley
:-i     semi-smiley
:-o     smiley singing national anthem
:-p     smiley sticking its tongue out (at you!)
:-[     un-smiley blockhead
:-]     smiley blockhead
:-{     smiley variation on a theme
:-}     ditto
{:-)    smiley with its hair parted in the middle
}:-)    above in an updraft
:-a     lefty smilely touching tongue to nose
:-s     smiley after a BIZARRE comment
:-d     lefty smiley razzing you
g-)     smiley with ponce-nez glasses
:-j     left smiling smilely
:-k     beats me, looks like something, tho.
:-l     y. a. s.
:-:     mutant smiley
:-\     undecided smiley
:-|     "have an ordinary day" smiley
;-)     winking smiley
:-<     real sad smiley
:->     y.a.s.
:-z     y.a.c.s.
:-x     "my lips are sealed" smiley
:-c     bummed out smiley
:-v     talking head smiley
:v)     left-pointing nose smiley
:-b     left-pointing tongue smiley
:-/     lefty undecided smiley
:-?     smilely smoking a pipe
-]      one-eyed smilely
,-}     wry and winking
0-)     smiley cyclops (scuba diver?)
:-=)    older smiley with mustache
:u)     smiley with funny-looking left nose
:n)     smiley with funny-looking right nose
:<      midget unsmiley
:>      midget smiley
}:^#})  mega-smiley:  updrafted bushy-mustached pointy nosed smiley with
               a double-chin

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