Is it possible to disable smilies?

[nicepace]

Okay, I'm not like everybody else. I HATE smilies. I find them the height of annoyance, especially the ones that move.

I have gone into my user CP and disabled avatars and signatures, which is a big help to my browsing experience, but if I could just disable smilies too, then I'd be in a state of bliss.

I sometimes turn off images in my browser which also disables smilies (you wind up with cute text like =blushing= instead of the matching emoticon) but I don't want to disable actual pictures, since they are often of interest.

Any chance?