Smile they say, but what do they mean?
This is an ever pondered philosophical paradox for the inhabitants of Smircia, the 16th planet in the Kuiper Belt, for they do not know how nor have they ever managed to fully comprehend exactly what it means. Through the passage of eons, the unique climate of their ecosystem has shaped their abilities to perform something quite remarkably different - not to smile, but to smirk (or rather perhaps, as many Oxford academics, lindquists and other profound scholars would argue - they 'smirc'). Though these creatures rarely visit the exotic (and by them considered much more dull) planet that its apelike descendants have rather uninspiringly named 'Earth' (meaning 'dirt') - when they do, they arrive with flair.
With humanity's failure to embrace Kanye's presidential candidacy, one believed by the citizens of Smircia would have ushered in centuries of peace, prosperity and countless technological advancements for the human race - in an effort to change our ways, its high council has sent out a delegation party to Earth, and it comes bearing gifts. As unique as the constellations in the night sky - portraits, of the finest and most prominent members of their kind, each with its own personality, character traits and style.In accepting one, you accept citizenship in Smircia and may be called to serve in its many and highly renowned vodka induced party-wars with the planet Yolo.
The legions are armed, the battle is nigh - the entire Smircian race now stands in silence, for the dawn of their time may finally have come to arrive. With highest reverence and awe, they await the prophesied answer, one the old oracle once determined would yield the outcome for the Smircian race for millenia to come. The prophecy has told of the birth of an elite, the 'exceptional few', members of the human race, a select group uniquely able to provide an answer to a singular question that has echoed through the annals of Smircian history. In the words of the oracle of old - the question is now put to you