Annoying Insant Messaging habits

[theju]

sudhi_11in's post prompted me to post about habits a few IM friends of mine have/had:

1. Writing in CAPS AND BOLD This habit irritates me the most - i cannot come up with a single excuse for anybody to do this!! Using Bold/Caps to emphasize a point is absolutely fine, but emphasizing everything you say is kind of overkill - don't you think

Comments

[theju]

t's pErFeCt g8 wrk!! ;)

[chandrahasa]

WOW THAT IS ANNOYING
HeIghTS SomE PEopLe Go tO WitHOuT ReGarD FoR oTHers!

:) :) :) :) :) :) :) You made this post :P :P :P :P :P :P

ttwtsam(Thats the way to snd a msg)-> not a common short form but will one day become :P

[theju]

:)) :)) TWG ( ThAT WaS NiCE ComMeNt) ;_)

[theju]

:)) :)) TWG ( ThAT WaS GReAt) ;-)

[chandrahasa]

I refuse to hand out the other kinds :)

[pramodbiligiri]

Wow, what a reason to hack into Gaim source :)) Speaking of which, how is Gnome nowadays?

[theju]

They say things dont change its people who should change;-)

[vidyas_words]

hmm, u try to understand all others short forms and u change urself instead of getting annoyed

[theju]

:)) inevitable u see.