Signatures - verbal diarrhoea
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Have you noticed that peoples signatures are getting longer and longer, more and more quotes, and often surpass the actual message length by a factor or more that 4! Is all this stuffing necessary?
I agree it's a crappy thing. See sig. ;P
It is a crappy thing, but it's life -^ Carlo Pallini
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No.
Don't attribute to stupidity what can be equally well explained by buerocracy.
My latest article | Linkify!| FoldWithUs! | sighist I think all you people's signatures are much to long. You should strife for short, poignant, funny and interestng signatures that are nonetheless shorter than the body of themessage, for the body of the message is where your thoughts ideas, jokes and answers go to. But you all you people don't know that.peterchen wrote:
You should strife for short, poignant, funny and interestng signatures that are nonetheless shorter than the body of themessage
Peter, it's 'strive' not 'strife' and 'the message' not 'themessage'
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.
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Mine is unchanged for nearly 4 millenia and has been handed down through the male line since 1188 BC.. In it's original form, granted as a Cartouche to me ancestors by the Pharaoh Setnakhte, it consisted of the three pictograms for panic, chaos and destruction under the outstretched wings of, what appears to be, an african swallow.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.
Nagy Vilmos wrote:
granted as a Cartouche to me ancestors by the Pharaoh Setnakhte, it consisted of the three pictograms for panic, chaos and destruction
All I can say to that is Eye, Big Hand, Eagle, Snake, Big Hand, Ibis!
------------------------------------ "When Belly Full, Chin Hit Chest" Confucius 502BC
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Mine is unchanged for nearly 4 millenia and has been handed down through the male line since 1188 BC.. In it's original form, granted as a Cartouche to me ancestors by the Pharaoh Setnakhte, it consisted of the three pictograms for panic, chaos and destruction under the outstretched wings of, what appears to be, an african swallow.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.
Nice one! :laugh:
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Nagy Vilmos wrote:
granted as a Cartouche to me ancestors by the Pharaoh Setnakhte, it consisted of the three pictograms for panic, chaos and destruction
All I can say to that is Eye, Big Hand, Eagle, Snake, Big Hand, Ibis!
------------------------------------ "When Belly Full, Chin Hit Chest" Confucius 502BC
Keep it KSS - #goat# #mother# #chest#
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.
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Nope.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "! i don't exactly like or do programming and it only gives me a headache." - spotted in VB forums. I can do things with my brain that I can't even google. I can flex the front part of my brain instantly anytime I want. It can be exhausting and it even causes me vision problems for some reason. - CaptainSeeSharp
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If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
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Nope.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "! i don't exactly like or do programming and it only gives me a headache." - spotted in VB forums. I can do things with my brain that I can't even google. I can flex the front part of my brain instantly anytime I want. It can be exhausting and it even causes me vision problems for some reason. - CaptainSeeSharp
Each to his/her own... So here go the next questions: Is it a sort of male dominance thing? You know, who can be the most witty? Who considers themselves the clown at the party? or Is it a follow the leader thing? One can't be seen not to have an elaborate signature, it's just no right, after all, all the other people have one.
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Each to his/her own... So here go the next questions: Is it a sort of male dominance thing? You know, who can be the most witty? Who considers themselves the clown at the party? or Is it a follow the leader thing? One can't be seen not to have an elaborate signature, it's just no right, after all, all the other people have one.
Martin Hart Turner wrote:
Is it a sort of male dominance thing? You know, who can be the most witty? Who considers themselves the clown at the party?
No. Well, it's not a contest, I just add stuff that makes me laugh, or, in the case of the OSX comment, that reflects my overall state of mind.
Martin Hart Turner wrote:
Is it a follow the leader thing? One can't be seen not to have an elaborate signature, it's just no right, after all, all the other people have one.
I dunno, I've been here 10+ years, and I've had quotes in my sig for as long as the site has supported them.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "! i don't exactly like or do programming and it only gives me a headache." - spotted in VB forums. I can do things with my brain that I can't even google. I can flex the front part of my brain instantly anytime I want. It can be exhausting and it even causes me vision problems for some reason. - CaptainSeeSharp
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Have you noticed that peoples signatures are getting longer and longer, more and more quotes, and often surpass the actual message length by a factor or more that 4! Is all this stuffing necessary?
Yup.
"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith
As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.
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Each to his/her own... So here go the next questions: Is it a sort of male dominance thing? You know, who can be the most witty? Who considers themselves the clown at the party? or Is it a follow the leader thing? One can't be seen not to have an elaborate signature, it's just no right, after all, all the other people have one.
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It's a geek/nerd thing going on - its the only way most of these guys have of trying to impress - usually failing miserably especially when they start quoting each other, mentioning hamsters, Chuck Norris or praying to the geek god JSOP
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Have you noticed that peoples signatures are getting longer and longer, more and more quotes, and often surpass the actual message length by a factor or more that 4! Is all this stuffing necessary?
sometime it is and other times it can be witty. It depends on the sig and who's doing it.
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Have you noticed that peoples signatures are getting longer and longer, more and more quotes, and often surpass the actual message length by a factor or more that 4! Is all this stuffing necessary?
Of course. The answer is yes. It is an art form of its own. I generally find them interesting and they tend to remind me who the person is before I see their name. You aren't suggesting a Signature Limiting Universal Treaty are you? We can't allow there to be a Sig gap, can we?
_____________________________ Give a man a mug, he drinks for a day Teach a man to mug... -Scott M.
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I was about to correct you - I'm glad you cleared it up...
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
I was about to correct you - I'm glad you cleared it up...
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
Keep it KSS - #goat# #mother# #chest#
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.
<Ferret><Cheetah><Gonads>
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Of course. The answer is yes. It is an art form of its own. I generally find them interesting and they tend to remind me who the person is before I see their name. You aren't suggesting a Signature Limiting Universal Treaty are you? We can't allow there to be a Sig gap, can we?
_____________________________ Give a man a mug, he drinks for a day Teach a man to mug... -Scott M.
smcnulty2000 wrote:
Signature Limiting Universal Treaty
I believe he's in favor of the Joint Active Network Enterprise Universal ('ignorant misguided') version of the treaty.
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<Ferret><Cheetah><Gonads>
Software Zen:
delete this;:omg: You are *so* lucky the hamsters can't read Ancient Egyptian!
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.
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Have you noticed that peoples signatures are getting longer and longer, more and more quotes, and often surpass the actual message length by a factor or more that 4! Is all this stuffing necessary?
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Have you noticed that peoples signatures are getting longer and longer, more and more quotes, and often surpass the actual message length by a factor or more that 4! Is all this stuffing necessary?
Bumper-stickers for forum posts.
Martin Hart Turner wrote:
Is all this stuffing necessary?
Necessary? Who cares? You're overthinking something into a problem. Marc
