;-)

"Real men do not use smiley faces on e-mails."

I generally agree with Mahaney, except for just a couple exceptions. One is when you are communicating with a female. My opinion is that sometimes when you are trying to be funny or excessively rational, you can get yourself in trouble when you do not give a non-verbal expression of tone (not that I speak from experience). The other exception is when you are communicating with men who, well, just read the previous sentence again.