Originally Posted By: RusselB
but images, to my knowledge, can not.

Yes you can, use a alias, then call it and replace it with the icon you want to see, but it's limited for you, no one else in the channel are able to see it..
alias smile {
return bla bla bla
}

and so on. seen it in other scripts, but i think it just looks messy, if i want that type of smileys, then i use msn whistle

if ($me != tired) { return } | else { echo -a Get a pot of coffee now $+($me,.) }