Powas simple little "._." and pondering what that might mean got me thinking about emoticons, which lead me to this...
As reported in wiki, typographical emoticons were published in 1881 by the U.S. satirical magazine
Puck
That's right world, America brought you the
,bow down to us and send us your plastic knick-knacks, oil, and oily knick-knacks.
...but wait this (facial?) image from France dates back roughly 27000 years.
damn ...fine then, all bow down to the mighty pre-French and send them your fine rock hammers and mammoth balls.
^from the guardian (UK newspaper), which coincidentally, seems to express the same emotion as Powas ._. Perhaps our ancient ancestor was having difficulty arranging a game of mammoth ball with a neighboring tribe.
Last edited by 1handclap; Mar 23, 2012 at 11:17 PM.