Smileys with Sunglasses Take Over

A while back my boss and I were IMing back and forth. We were doing some testing of some lab software at the time. As usual, things had to take a turn for the ridiculous. Below is a screenshot of our actual IM conversation (however, as you may have guessed from looking at it, I modified our names):

In case you are having a hard time reading it, here it is again (it starts mid conversation, btw):

Me: never noticed that before

My Boss: I just get an abnormal flag on that result (A), not an {insert picture of a smiley with sunglasses on here}

My Boss:  * an {insert picture of a smiley with sunglasses on here}

My Boss: in CPRS

My Boss: in the Lab tab

Me: hmmmm, do you mean to keep putting a smiley with sunglasses on in the im?

My Boss: no

Me: LOL

Me: I copy what she put in above, so she can see what I'm seeing: "My Boss: I just get an abnormal flag on that result (A), not and {insert picture of a smiley with sunglasses on here}....My Boss: * an {insert picture of a smiley with sunglasses on here}"

Me: "Can you see that?" I ask referring to what I just copied and pasted in above.

Me: the smiley and all? are you just trying to say alert?

My Boss: I am typing text

Me: that's weird, so are you talking about alerts when I see the smiley with sunglasses?

My Boss: I don't know

Eventually, I had to call her to figure out what she was talking about (the first 5 minutes of the conversation consisted of us both laughing, however). After talking about it I found out that she kept putting in B-), which my IM made into a smiley with sunglasses, her IM just showed the text.

I like to call these types of situations "Confusion Intrusions".  Has this ever happened to you? Apparently if you chat with me, chances of a Confusion Instrusion happening go up significantly. :)

Anyways, Happy Monday everyone!