Definite weirdness 2

Humorous prank piece or serious effort? People do some strange things and it can be difficult to tell when someone is joking, at least for me. So when I saw Working on a Unified Code for ‘LOL’ or 🙂, I wasn’t sure at first. Do we really need an XML standard for emoticons? But this story appears in press release form on the OASIS website so I’m guessing Ranjeeth Kumar Thunga, chair of the technical committee, is serious and for real.