Double smilies

[jack]

Do you ever use double smilies, like ending a sentence ":( :)" if you want to joke that you're sad about something but emphasise that you're not ACTUALLY sad, or ":) :(" if you joke about something, but want to make it clear that you think it's actually unfortunate?

I feel I may be too pedantic [sic]. It's even more grammatically awkward than ending a bracket sentence with a smilie (which is annoying, but has established work-arounds).