The smiley was a joke, clearly it backfired. I apologize, I didn't mean any offense by it.
The forum where that smiley comes from, it's used as an over-the-top self-depreciating "smug" smiley, as if to say "your move, heh!". Humor on the Internet and all that, I guess.
Message me on MSN if you want to talk about it, SiL.
Seriously man, I'm sorry.