Is there a way to use emoticons in your answers....If so, how? Thanks?

Answer 1

Yahoo! Answers doesn't have actual emoticons (to prevent people from viewing this as just a chat site), but you can use alt codes or name/number codes shown on this page (instructions are at the bottom): http://www.theworldofstuff.com/characters/

Of course, you can also use basic ascii art: :-)

Answer 2

You can only use html tags such as hearts, suns, etc.