# Hoo, boy, my flamboyant "sig" v. the rules: **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 27, 2009, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoo-boy-my-flamboyant-sig-v-the-rules/501196 "2009-06-27T20:27:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2009, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoo-boy-my-flamboyant-sig-v-the-rules/501196/1 "2009-06-27T20:27:39Z")
According to a rule mentioned in a post in this thread… [HERE](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=522321) - I have been oblivious to yet another point of being a good member of this community. While I have been leery of possible future problems such as making too long a quote of song lyric’s, etc., I have never worried, really, about any of my flamboyant [memo to self: make this bold, italic, navy-colored and an extra size or two ;:rolleyes:] tendencies in making posts. The only possible ting I could say about it is that I don’t actually have a canned sig, but produce it freshly, with some slight variations, each time. But that would not seem to make a difference. It seems that my “sig” has been the most obvious example of this, and upon reading the sig advisory, I intend to stop this practice. I am somewhat relieved that I was not mentioned by name in the thread, but there was apparently a recent (?) previous thread I missed, and for all I know I was mentioned in that one. That’s it! From this point on, I will not just read through the rules, but actually study them. Maybe five minutes a day for a while. Sorry about that. - Me. ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2009, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoo-boy-my-flamboyant-sig-v-the-rules/501196/2 "2009-06-27T20:37:13Z")
I tell you that there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who don’t need to. He who has ears let him hear! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2009, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoo-boy-my-flamboyant-sig-v-the-rules/501196/3 "2009-06-27T20:37:31Z")
Too little too late. Maybe with a month of fasting and some flogging. With 6000 posts from Puerto Rico Sapo. ---
**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2009, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoo-boy-my-flamboyant-sig-v-the-rules/501196/4 "2009-06-28T19:09:53Z")
> [@Sapo](#): > > Too little too late. Maybe with a month of fasting and some flogging. > > With 6000 posts from Puerto Rico > Sapo. Well, you have the right idea. Sorry to nitpick, but I calculate two months of fasting and 9000 posts. More to the point, the flogging should be skipped. It wouldn’t be a punishment for me. At this point in my life, I’m beginniing to think :eek:… that I actually… _enjoy_ pain. 😉 IOW, very funny Sapo. I know you’re razzing when you end with you’re name. 😃 * * * Back to the wider subject here, I realized that one of my points of apprehension is really moot. If there is any doubt whether a quote from a non-public domain work is too long, one can always link to it, especially in the case of song lyrics. Wait a minute. Ah, [_here_](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=7696968#post7696968) it is, in post #3. Less than 5% of the material in an article, and only enough of poems, short prose, and songs to make a point. Usually a few lines, otherwise link to those who have the rights to it. There were two other concerns I had, but now I an’t remember them. Darn! I’m going to have to make notes on things more often. – [del]Ja[/del] I mean, [del]me[/del], I mean, nevermind!