I have to say, it seems to be Kaolian of all admins that has given me the most belly laughs over the years. I don't know if your hamster-parents have the time for this, but it would be really cool if admins still had rate arrows, that had an invisible effect on the site, (so their posts stayed at Excellent) but that the admins could read, so that they might get some love/hate feedback.
I don't know. Maybe that's a distraction that they don't need. But I kind of feel shy just quoting an admin post with little lol, or smiley face, to let him/her know they made me happy with amusement. It seems a bit spammy and ********** and yet there's no other way to indicate thanks!