Signature Thread

Ibby · 09-24-2006, 03:56 PM

What's your sig? What's it mean, whats the significance, why did you pick it?

Mine at the moment, along with my title and location (I like to keep them themed), is from I Don't Like Mondays by the Boomtown Rats. I picked it cause I felt that it was time for a change, and I was listening to the Rats (though actually, the song I was listening to was Someone's Lookin' At You, but I figured more people would recognise I Don't Like Mondays).

Happy Monkey · 09-24-2006, 04:26 PM

On the left is an alien-related rebus pun. On the right is a periodically updated quote from the Bob the Angry Flower webcomic. I'm not affiliated in any way other than being a fan.

09-24-2006, 04:27 PM

I picked it because it keeps me remembering just how he thinks of us and his office.
But, lately, his behavior does that just fine.

vrai_rennx · 09-24-2006, 05:16 PM

Um. Mine are just cause I like French. My sig is the french equivalent of 'Great minds think alike' and my title is 'Voice of Truth'- mostly 'cause I'm pretentious like that. Actually, I just like saying voix de vérité.

Flint · 09-24-2006, 05:30 PM

Frank Zappa, A Token of My Extreme, from the album Joe's Garage. These are words to live by. He explains it better than I could:

wolf · 09-24-2006, 05:36 PM

Mine is a quote from a book that I think everybody should read.

It's actually quite scary to find out how our financial system works.

This particular statement was so very much me that I've kept it for several years.

I am also promoting a friend's pet project.

9th Engineer · 09-24-2006, 05:50 PM

It's taped to the wall in our department, I walk past it everyday and it's sort of turning into a professional motto

Griff · 09-24-2006, 06:13 PM

The left- LJ controls
Underneath, I usually put some pro-liberty or antiwar/anti-statist propaganda.

Pie · 09-24-2006, 07:17 PM

Stephen Colbert is my hero. It's in the opening credits for his show. I'm one of them-there 'heroes' he's always lauding.

glatt · 09-24-2006, 07:42 PM

I don't have a signature because I don't feel that strongly about any one thing to have it appear on all my posts. Also, I tend to skip over everyone else's signatures, so I'm not sure they get read anyway.

lumberjim · 09-24-2006, 10:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glatt

I don't have a signature because I don't feel that strongly about any one thing to have it appear on all my posts. Also, I tend to skip over everyone else's signatures, so I'm not sure they get read anyway.

this is why i have no tattoos

tricky thing about this thread is that sigs change. your explanation gets all fucked up when you change it. mine at present is out of 10 years gone by led zeppelin, but by the time you read this, it's just as likely to be some made up tripe that made me chuckle. anyone remember my horribly annoying signature that was like 14 inches tall and all different fonts and colors? sometimes i like to make a statement.

Spexxvet · 09-25-2006, 10:16 AM

On the left is part of my job - a vertometer is what I use to find the power of lenses. The bottom, as LJ says, changes. RIght now it's

"Grab can, lift arm, stack can, turn around"

From Joe Jackson's Instant Mash

My favorite, and I'll go back to it, I'm sure, is "Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent".

09-25-2006, 11:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 9th Engineer

It's taped to the wall in our department, I walk past it everyday and it's sort of turning into a professional motto

Dark matter does not exist.

BigV · 09-25-2006, 12:40 PM

User Signature: Be just and fear not.

I agree with lumberjim on this one, except I came to a different conclusion. This is *so* true, that I may get a tattoo. Words to live by. I have wolf to thank for revealing them to me, and she in turn, graciously credits the orginal author, the guy who writes the copy for the church billboard in The Rocky Horror Picture Show. I thank you again, wolf.

The User Title, under the Member Name, is a gift from lumberjim. I'll probably change it someday. I don't often change either of them. In fact each of these is only the first change from their original text from when I joined the cellar.

limey · 09-25-2006, 12:48 PM

LJ gets the credit for my user title at the moment and I rarely change it, except when he bestows a new one!

Sig "Living on the edge ... of civilisation" is where I am both geographically and mentally, thanks, and I like it. I'm pondering changing it to "Living it up on the edge of civilisation" .... whaddaya think? Later readers will know whether I changed it or not ...

09-24-2006, 03:56 PM	#1
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	Signature Thread What's your sig? What's it mean, whats the significance, why did you pick it? Mine at the moment, along with my title and location (I like to keep them themed), is from I Don't Like Mondays by the Boomtown Rats. I picked it cause I felt that it was time for a change, and I was listening to the Rats (though actually, the song I was listening to was Someone's Lookin' At You, but I figured more people would recognise I Don't Like Mondays). __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

09-24-2006, 04:26 PM	#2
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	On the left is an alien-related rebus pun. On the right is a periodically updated quote from the Bob the Angry Flower webcomic. I'm not affiliated in any way other than being a fan. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

09-24-2006, 05:16 PM	#4
vrai_rennx Voix de Vérité Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: at the bottom of the sea Posts: 59	Um. Mine are just cause I like French. My sig is the french equivalent of 'Great minds think alike' and my title is 'Voice of Truth'- mostly 'cause I'm pretentious like that. Actually, I just like saying voix de vérité. __________________ ~les beaux esprits se rencontrent~

09-24-2006, 05:30 PM	#5
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Frank Zappa, A Token of My Extreme, from the album Joe's Garage. These are words to live by. He explains it better than I could: __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

09-24-2006, 05:36 PM	#6
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Mine is a quote from a book that I think everybody should read. It's actually quite scary to find out how our financial system works. This particular statement was so very much me that I've kept it for several years. I am also promoting a friend's pet project. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

09-24-2006, 04:27 PM	#3
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	I picked it because it keeps me remembering just how he thinks of us and his office. But, lately, his behavior does that just fine.

09-24-2006, 05:50 PM	#7
9th Engineer Bioengineer and aspiring lawer Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 872	It's taped to the wall in our department, I walk past it everyday and it's sort of turning into a professional motto __________________ The most valuable renewable resource is stupidity.

09-24-2006, 06:13 PM	#8
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	The left- LJ controls Underneath, I usually put some pro-liberty or antiwar/anti-statist propaganda. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

09-24-2006, 07:17 PM	#9
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	Stephen Colbert is my hero. It's in the opening credits for his show. I'm one of them-there 'heroes' he's always lauding. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

09-24-2006, 07:42 PM	#10
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I don't have a signature because I don't feel that strongly about any one thing to have it appear on all my posts. Also, I tend to skip over everyone else's signatures, so I'm not sure they get read anyway.

09-25-2006, 10:16 AM	#12
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	On the left is part of my job - a vertometer is what I use to find the power of lenses. The bottom, as LJ says, changes. RIght now it's "Grab can, lift arm, stack can, turn around" From Joe Jackson's Instant Mash My favorite, and I'll go back to it, I'm sure, is "Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent". __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

09-25-2006, 12:40 PM	#14
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	User Signature: Be just and fear not. I agree with lumberjim on this one, except I came to a different conclusion. This is so true, that I may get a tattoo. Words to live by. I have wolf to thank for revealing them to me, and she in turn, graciously credits the orginal author, the guy who writes the copy for the church billboard in The Rocky Horror Picture Show. I thank you again, wolf. The User Title, under the Member Name, is a gift from lumberjim. I'll probably change it someday. I don't often change either of them. In fact each of these is only the first change from their original text from when I joined the cellar. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

09-25-2006, 12:48 PM	#15
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	LJ gets the credit for my user title at the moment and I rarely change it, except when he bestows a new one! Sig "Living on the edge ... of civilisation" is where I am both geographically and mentally, thanks, and I like it. I'm pondering changing it to "Living it up on the edge of civilisation" .... whaddaya think? Later readers will know whether I changed it or not ... __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

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