Let me get my ingredients spelled right. That's "marzipan" and egg "yolks". And to think I both teach and write! By the way, I'm sort of new at all this message icon stuff. What are graemlins? And what's a UBB code? Where can I get clued in?

I think in my update I included where I'm living, but just in case, it's Madrid.

Gremlin (or Gremlins) is a term for the "little people" - most often used now to refer to children.

I believe the term originated in the old fairy tales and/or cultural storytelling -

Thanks for the reply but I was talking about those little faces, icons, at the bottom of the page when posting a message. It says "Instant Graemlins". I'll pick one to illustrate my question. I'll put a But now I think I understand...just there to express a feeling right?

Right.

Why I should have read the previous posts more thoroughly ... :o red faced gremlin!