What is PHANTOM SMILIES?

In Windows Live Messenger, or MSN, occasionally, when paste something over and over, or pressing Shift + Enter a lot, after a while, smilies will tend to appear even though they have not been typed in. This strange phenomon may be very rare, but may cause great fear. BEWARE

Guy: Hey Dude, Hey Dude, Hey Dude, Hey Dude, Hey Dude, Hey Dude, Hey Dude, Hey Dude, Hey Dude, Hey Dude, Hey Dude, Hey Dude, Hey Dude, Hey Dude, Hey Dude, Hey Dude, Hey Dude, Hey Dude, Hey Dude, Hey Dude, Hey Dude, Hey Dude, Hey Dude, Hey Dude, Hey Dude, :D :D :D :'( ;)

Dude: What's with the random smilies?

Guy: DUDE!!! THOSE ARE PHANTOM SMILIES!!! I'M FREAKED OUT LIKE THIS MUCH:









:D :D :D

Guy: OH GOD THEY WON'T GO AWAY

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