In my defence, at least a smiley says more than +/- 1

Those poor, poor smileys...
The ones on the marquee look pretty happy to me

Whoever thought that marquee would be a useful feature on forums should be shot... or at least tickled with a feather until they get respiratory problems.
Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
I wonder if this thread could become amusingly reminiscent of GYAP? A decent fraction of karma actions seem to be logged here. If karma can be used as a device to enable some kind of forum game, I might not be up for blowing it away after all. But if it reverts to being a shadowy snipie thing, it's gone on too long.