Emoticons in the Chatbox

Rather than let this drown in another thread, I'm making a brand new one, with a poll and everything!

It's not uncommon that you'll see people using "", or "=D" or even "D:" in the Chatbox. It breaks my little birdy heart to see emoticons being typed, but left in text form. And so, I ask this - would it be possible to use emoticon images in the chatbox, and if so, who would like it?

Now, I've been doing a bit of measuring, and I've found that each line in the Chatbox is 10 pixels high, whilst the forum emoticons are 15 pixels high. If those are used, I believe it will force the line higher, leaving blank space to either side of itself.

So, I opened up Fireworks, and I set to work making my own 10px by 10px emoticons, based on the default ones that show up next to the post box when replying/making a new thread (old, mine, description):

Edit:

If these look too... strange, then I'll happily redo them to other specifications. The ones below were quick thirty second jobbies. Haven't turned out too badly, actually.

--> = smile
--> = wink
--> = kill-grin
--> = big-grin
--> = sad
--> = angry
--> = shocked
--> = weird
--> = amused
--> = rolleyes

Also (picture, description):

= question mark
= exclamation mark
= english flag
= swedish flag
= american flag

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The poll options speak for themselves. I've added two variations of "Yes" (w/ old emoticons and w/ new emoticons) because some people might not care about the lines being forced higher. If there's a more or less equal number of votes for the two "Yes" options, then would it be possible to make the option with more votes the default (i.e., the emoticon that pops up when you type in the text equivalent), with maybe a drop down box next to the post textbox with them all in?

EDIT: If people want to look at bigger versions, please ask, and I'll put together a sheet of them all at three or four times the size.