# Help me pick a new sig **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 29, 2003, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-a-new-sig/165003 "2003-03-29T08:20:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2003, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-a-new-sig/165003/21 "2003-03-30T16:51:02Z")
No, I meant a translation of: “That which does not pit me doesn’t get banned.” Or better still: “That which does not ban me makes me stronger.” ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2003, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-a-new-sig/165003/22 "2003-03-30T16:57:45Z")
“Help me suck a new pig”? I’ll get a straw… ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2003, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-a-new-sig/165003/23 "2003-03-30T17:15:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Johnny L.A. \* > \*\*“Help me suck a new pig”? I’ll get a straw… \*\* Ha! I’m on to you now. This time put my coffee _down_ first. 😛 [sub]Still got some spit on the screen though.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Loneraven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c0e974/32.png) [@Loneraven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loneraven)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2003, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-a-new-sig/165003/24 "2003-03-30T17:25:41Z")
I _like_ Latin sigs, myself. And if you don’t use it, can I have “Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?” _looks pathetic_ ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2003, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-a-new-sig/165003/25 "2003-03-30T17:27:58Z")
Sure, go for it, **Loneraven**. It’s all yours. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Loneraven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c0e974/32.png) [@Loneraven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loneraven)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2003, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-a-new-sig/165003/26 "2003-03-30T17:33:12Z")
Thank you. And just for that, I will make you a new pot of coffee. ---
**Author:** ![FaerieBeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@FaerieBeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FaerieBeth)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2003, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-a-new-sig/165003/27 "2003-03-30T17:34:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Phlosphr \* > \*\*How much wood can a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? > \*\* Better Question: How many boards could the Mongols hoard if the Mongol Hordes were bored? 😃 FB ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2003, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-a-new-sig/165003/28 "2003-03-30T17:38:51Z")
**Q.E.D.** : I can’t help it. I’m sick. (How’s _that_ for a sig? 😃 ) I’m one of those people who read things, then read them backwards, and then look for anagrams; much to the amusement (?) of my cow-orkers. I tend to look at things this way: _tilts head_ ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2003, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-a-new-sig/165003/29 "2003-03-30T17:43:02Z")
I hope you’re looking straight when you’re landing your heckleopter. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2003, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-a-new-sig/165003/30 "2003-03-30T17:48:50Z")
From the lips of a 95 year old man: “Shot at and missed. Shit at and hit.” It covers so many situations. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2003, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-a-new-sig/165003/31 "2003-03-30T17:52:45Z")
My father used to say that anyone who’d go up in an aircraft with such unstable wings was crazy. (As it happens, I’m reading _Catch-22_. “You have to be crazy to fly a helicopter.” “You can’t have crazy people flying. Why don’t they ground him?” “Because he has to _ask_ to be grounded. If he does that, then he’s capable of seeing how crazy it is to fly helicopters and therefore isn’t crazy.” “So the only way for Johnny L.A. to be grounded is if he admits he’s crazy. But if he admits it, then he isn’t crazy and can continue to fly.”) [sub]Actually, dad was pretty proud of me. And despite my on-the-ground looniness, I’m quite sane in the air. Well, I _do_ carry a copy of _How to Fly Helicopters_ so I can refer to it and act befuddled when I have a new passenger. That’s always good for a laugh.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2003, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-a-new-sig/165003/32 "2003-03-30T18:07:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Johnny L.A. \* > \*\*I tend to look at things this way: _tilts head_ \*\* Could that also be _death silt_? ---
**Author:** ![Early\_Out](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Early\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Early_Out)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2003, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-a-new-sig/165003/33 "2003-03-30T22:13:47Z")
You’re faced with a fundamental problem. I don’t think there’s any one- or two-liner in the world witty enough to be able to stand up to repetition more than a dozen times or so. No matter how good a sig line is, it’s going to get stale. Given your posting frequency, the life of a sig line for you is probably no more than a day or two; beyond that, everyone’s sick of it already! ---
**Author:** ![BuckleberryFerry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f9b8f/32.png) [@BuckleberryFerry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BuckleberryFerry)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2003, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-a-new-sig/165003/34 "2003-03-30T22:24:22Z")
Q.E.D., dear, I like your sig just fine. Can’t pronounce it, but that’s a whole new set of problems. ---
**Author:** ![Davebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Davebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Davebear)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2003, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-a-new-sig/165003/35 "2003-03-30T22:37:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Johnny L.A. \* > \*\*“Help me suck a new pig”? I’ll get a straw… \*\* If I ever used my sig, other than to explain my username, I’d grab that one, in a heartbeat, if **Q.E.D.** didn’t. On second thought, some folks already think I have an oral sex fixation, so maybe that wouldn’t be a great idea. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![FaerieBeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@FaerieBeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FaerieBeth)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2003, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-a-new-sig/165003/36 "2003-03-30T23:56:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Davebear \* > \*\*On second thought, some folks already think I have an oral sex fixation, so maybe that wouldn’t be a great idea. 😃 \*\* Think?😃 :: D & R :: FB [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-a-new-sig/165003.md?page=1)