Help me choose my first sig

I am about to experiment that transcendental moment in life where one selects their first sig. The magnitude of this one-in-a-lifetime-event is too much to shoulder by myself alone. The burden, the sheer pressure, the monumentally nefarious connotations implicit in a bad selection are too strenuous even to think about.

As such I must desperately ask, make that plead, for your help. I have several candidate sigs in mind and plan to juggle them according to the nature of the post. Where I need help is deciding which of these fellas will be immortalized as my first sig. Your opinions will be appreciated and valued. Whichever of these proposals gets the most votes by the end of this week or by the time this thread dies–whatever comes first–will be proudly displayed on my first post next week. Having said that, here are the proposed options:

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I came, I farted, I left (a stinking odor).

Dude, you need help. :D–Silver Fire

The light at the end of a tunnel is that of a drunk holding a candle up his ass.

A man of passion is a man of destiny.

To post or not post, thereby resides the dilemma.

I post, therefore I am.

God is a fictitious entity created by the programmers of the Matrix to keep us under control.

Stupid Kong, good pizza!

Nothing is absolute except our need for an absolute Being who can justify our existence. And, of course, c.

I’m back–Michael Jordan announcing his return to the NBA.

There is no spoon–extract from The Matrix

Ignorant we all are but through marvel and curiosity knowledge we shall pursue and, to the extent of our effort and passion, a tiny fraction of its vast domains we shall embrace.

What is a fart? A Magnificent gaseous ejaculation that gallantly escapes from the gravitational seduction of the oppressive anus that holds its ethereal essence captive inside its cavernous interiors. :smiley:

What is the matrix? A mind twisting, reality questioning philosophical inquiry that poignantly asks, what if there is an imperceptible mist that blinds our brain from the most horrifying of truths, the dehumanization of the human race, while rendering it an intellectually passive slave to its own monstrous creation, a Victor Frankenstein subjugated by the very spawn it created?

What is the matrix? It is the oracle that sees in the horizon the seeds of our destruction evolving into its most severe manifestations; it is the déjà vu that “reminds” us to fear the future, to be aware of its implications and, concurrently, focus our existence toward building a more amenable destiny, one which we can proudly lend to our children and expect them to be complacent about
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I’d personally go with the one from Silver Fire. Commentary from other dopers is good for a laugh, and helps establish identity n’at. Hell, I always can’t wait to enter sig-worthy comments about me from dopers into my sig. But that’s just my egotistical self. :smiley:

If you want to see a lot of good sigs, go to ATMB and check the test posts.

Also, this thread is primo inspiration.

** Show me your fancy sig -**

Definitely Dude you need help

I forgot to mention in the OP this gem from Chasing Amy:

And on the 8th day God created beer.

In the spirit of Jester’s advice, I present another proposal:

Definitely Dude you need help–Odieman :smiley:

I think someone already has “there is no spoon”, so nix that one.

Here’s my suggestion:

“I refuse to admit that Starship Troopers is heavily nazi-themed, even though the interview from the director proves otherwise.”

:slight_smile:

Sorry, I just found the site, and thought of you. Lemme know what you think. And I’m currently doing some research for you regarding a Benjamin Franklin quote about farting.

Here we go:

“He that lives upon Hope dies farting.”

“Fart proudly.”

and one more, but I can’t seem to find his essay to Brussels Academy right now. Good stuff.

Thanks Connor

That is a nice pair of quotes. They definitely have great sig potential!

I will be posting tomorrow in reference to our “Nazism in Starship Troopers” argument.

Yer pal,
quasar


Yer pal,
Satan

*TIME ELAPSED SINCE I QUIT SMOKING:
Six months, one week, two days, 3 hours, 40 minutes and 49 seconds.
7686 cigarettes not smoked, saving $960.76.
Extra time with Drain Bead: 3 weeks, 5 days, 16 hours, 30 minutes.

I slept with a moderator!*

How about:

When all think alike, no one thinks very much.

There is no heavier burden than a great potential.

You no sooner get your head above water, than someone pulls your flippers off.

Aim at nothing, and you will hit it.

Here we go:

“Were it not for the odiously offensive Smell accompanying such escapes, polite People would probably be under no more Restraint in discharging such Wind in Company, than they are in spitting or in blowing their Noses.”

“Can it [philosophical enlightenment] be compar’d with the Ease and Comfort every Man living might feel seven times a day, by discharging freely the Wind from his Bowels?”

Two more Ben Franklin fart-related jokes. This must be my lucky day!

Shit, I had great hopes for that one. In any case I am changing it for:

There is no fork :smiley:

Satan

Thanks for the offer but I think I will have to refuse. Your sig line has become a SDMB classic, an eloquent and stylistic form of expression, and as such it must not be tampered with. Besides, even though I have your consent to utilize it, it would feel like a desecration, a blatant rip-off against one of the SDMB reigning deities.

Hmm, the Prince of Darkness being a deity, I hadn’t conceptualized him as such before. But I guess it makes sense, if there is a God of goodness there should be a God of evil. After all, evil is heavily incorporated into the inner workings of society. But, as it usually occurs in my posts, I am drifting off subject. :rolleyes:

Btw, how about dropping by at my Farting Dinos thread to pad your post count and inch closer to the magical, yet elusive, 5000 post plateau.

What drugs am I on?

Two more Ben Franklin fart-related QUOTES.

Quotes, not jokes.

Aw, just go ahead and use them all!

Really, no one will mind. :stuck_out_tongue:

Actually, Andyman, that is what I intend to do, use them all. Not all at the same time, of course. Instead they will be used sporadically, and selected according to the message being conveyed by the post.

I happen to think that a sig should reflect not only on the personality and ideological creed of the poster but on the post as well. That is why I am going to be juggling them around, their appearance on a particular post depending on its nature and intended message.

To clarify a bit on the OP, help is being asked in relation to the specific selection of my first sig. I am not asking for sig suggestions which is basically what I am getting. That leads me to the painfully obvious conclusion that most of you consider my sig candidates as crap. ::sigh:: If that is indeed the case, could you explicitly state what is wrong with them? Don’t hold anything back. As I have stated before in other threads, I don’t mind constructive criticism.

To wrap up this post, another sig wannabe:

**No one can be told what reality is, you have got to experience it for yourself–**Pseudo-extract from The Matrix.

Connor
I have not forgotten about the Starship Troopers/Nazism argument. I will soon start a IMHO thread regarding the subject.