# How immodest is this? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [November 21, 2001, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-immodest-is-this/94640 "2001-11-21T19:32:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2001, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-immodest-is-this/94640/1 "2001-11-21T19:32:24Z")
I’d like to officially propose **Knead** ’s Law[sup]\*[/sup]: > [@](#): > > Posters who begin threads to test new signatures will as likely as not forget to turn on “Show signatures” in the OP. I base this on exhaustive research. Well, OK … I looked at the last 20 threads here in ATMB that mentioned “sig” in the title and had OPs intended to be sig tests. I found that 50% of the time, the OP fell victim to **Knead** ’s Law. Am I too pathetic for words, or what? [sup]\*[/sup] Originally proposed as a corollary to **Gaudere** ’s Law, before I realized there wasn’t any money in writing corollaries. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2001, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-immodest-is-this/94640/2 "2001-11-21T19:57:37Z")
I’d add in posters who want to make a point with their sig. and say the following. See the sig. and then forget to click the box 😃 ---
**Author:** ![D18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@D18](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D18)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2001, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-immodest-is-this/94640/3 "2001-11-21T20:08:09Z")
[Guilty](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=100227), but grateful I’m not alone. Should we start some sort of 12-step program? ---
**Author:** ![Farren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbce88/32.png) [@Farren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farren)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2001, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-immodest-is-this/94640/4 "2001-11-21T22:04:35Z")
I think you’ve been [beaten to it](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=82901) already… ---
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2001, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-immodest-is-this/94640/5 "2001-11-21T23:04:23Z")
Actually, I think that it’s not because most posters necessarily forget, but when they preview their post the sig box becomes unchecked. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2001, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-immodest-is-this/94640/6 "2001-11-22T21:02:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Farren \* > I think you’ve been [beaten to it](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=82901) already… Well I’ll be dipped in sh!t. I humbly withdraw the proposal and profusely apologize to **Enderw24** for stealing his idea. ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2001, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-immodest-is-this/94640/7 "2001-11-23T04:22:33Z")
Isn’t that part of why they are testing their new sigs. What the hell else is there to test about it? Let’s see??? A penny saved is a penny scorned. **ping, ping, ping! TEST FAILED!!!** ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2001, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-immodest-is-this/94640/8 "2001-11-23T16:52:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kniz \* > Isn’t that part of why they are testing their new sigs. What the hell else is there to test about it? Which highlights the ultimate irony of the whole endeavor: sig tests are completely unnecessary. When you change your sig, it changes on every post you’ve ever posted, so you can change it then just go look at a post where you used it. Didn’t come out like you thought? Go change it and come right back to the same post. Oh, well. Whachagonnado? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Ticket-of-Leave-Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Ticket-of-Leave-Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Ticket-of-Leave-Man)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2001, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-immodest-is-this/94640/9 "2001-11-24T03:00:14Z")
I wouldn’t say you were pathetic for wanting a law named after you, but why this one? Pick a more universal law, like “25mph in a school zone”. I believe that one is still unclaimed 😃