Maher on Obama Library: "Couldn't that money be better spent on something else? Who's going to go to this?"

[Abolishinist]

181. Sometimes it's difficult to tell!

And I learned a few things from this. I was going to answer back with this particular smilie but wasn't sure what it was .
So I found it represents 'yowser' or 'wowser'. When I looked it up, the term gained popularity in the 1930s jazz age, notably used as a rhythmic exclamation by bandleader Ben Bernie.

I was in the car earlier today and didn't care for what was on PBS so I switched over to our local jazz station. They were playing Sketches of Spain by Miles Davis, which I absolutely love.

The connection between Miles Davis and bandleader Ben Bernie centers on the 1925 jazz standard "Sweet Georgia Brown," which Bernie co-wrote. Davis utilized the exact chord progression of this song to create a famous jazz "contrafact" called "Dig" (originally recorded in 1951).

A smilie gone full circle.