# I'll show you mine if you show me yours (sig lines!)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-show-you-mine-if-you-show-me-yours-sig-lines/326451>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 16, 2005, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-show-you-mine-if-you-show-me-yours-sig-lines/326451 "2005-10-16T06:36:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 3

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**Author:** ![Taber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@Taber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taber)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2005, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-show-you-mine-if-you-show-me-yours-sig-lines/326451/41 "2005-10-16T17:34:34Z")

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Yup…

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**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2005, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-show-you-mine-if-you-show-me-yours-sig-lines/326451/42 "2005-10-16T17:35:49Z")

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Here mine is. I must remember to check the little box.

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**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2005, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-show-you-mine-if-you-show-me-yours-sig-lines/326451/43 "2005-10-16T17:45:05Z")

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I just never think to use it. I really should come up with something better, but I haven’t been inspired in a while.

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**Author:** ![LucyInDisguise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucyindisguise/32/18064_2.png) [@LucyInDisguise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LucyInDisguise)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2005, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-show-you-mine-if-you-show-me-yours-sig-lines/326451/44 "2005-10-16T17:45:10Z")

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Okay,  
I’ll play …

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**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2005, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-show-you-mine-if-you-show-me-yours-sig-lines/326451/45 "2005-10-16T17:46:29Z")

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Dammit! I checked the box! I DID!!

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**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2005, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-show-you-mine-if-you-show-me-yours-sig-lines/326451/46 "2005-10-16T18:26:02Z")

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Here:

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**Author:** ![ladybug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@ladybug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladybug)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2005, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-show-you-mine-if-you-show-me-yours-sig-lines/326451/47 "2005-10-16T18:34:55Z")

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Here’s mine.

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2005, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-show-you-mine-if-you-show-me-yours-sig-lines/326451/48 "2005-10-16T18:53:25Z")

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Mine is from my favorite Zen philosopher.

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2005, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-show-you-mine-if-you-show-me-yours-sig-lines/326451/49 "2005-10-16T19:22:41Z")

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Okay, but just this once.

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**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2005, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-show-you-mine-if-you-show-me-yours-sig-lines/326451/50 "2005-10-16T19:25:48Z")

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I don’t use this very often…

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**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2005, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-show-you-mine-if-you-show-me-yours-sig-lines/326451/51 "2005-10-16T19:29:08Z")

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somewhere there is a Doper whose sig was:  
“People are like slinkys. Not really good for anything, but you can’t help but smile when one tumbles down the stairs.”

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**Author:** ![Meaty\_Beaty\_Big\_and\_Bouncy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@Meaty\_Beaty\_Big\_and\_Bouncy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meaty_Beaty_Big_and_Bouncy)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2005, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-show-you-mine-if-you-show-me-yours-sig-lines/326451/52 "2005-10-16T19:35:00Z")

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Mine’s a lyric from _Tommy_:

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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2005, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-show-you-mine-if-you-show-me-yours-sig-lines/326451/53 "2005-10-16T19:37:04Z")

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Mine is Geeky

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**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2005, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-show-you-mine-if-you-show-me-yours-sig-lines/326451/54 "2005-10-16T21:30:40Z")

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No, I’m not phouka, but I may have first seen my new sig in somebody else’s sig. I’m such a joke thief.

Oh, and silenus, ladybug: Nice.

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**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2005, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-show-you-mine-if-you-show-me-yours-sig-lines/326451/55 "2005-10-16T21:41:59Z")

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I haven’t used a sig on this MB in years, but for some reason I think I have one anyway. I have a vague idea it’s a Simpsons quote. Let’s see.

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**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2005, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-show-you-mine-if-you-show-me-yours-sig-lines/326451/56 "2005-10-16T21:51:17Z")

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Here’s mine:

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**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2005, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-show-you-mine-if-you-show-me-yours-sig-lines/326451/57 "2005-10-16T22:47:53Z")

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Here’s mine:

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**Author:** ![sneezy5660](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@sneezy5660](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sneezy5660)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-show-you-mine-if-you-show-me-yours-sig-lines/326451/58 "2005-10-17T01:26:31Z")

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Oooh, I wanna play too! Here goes nuthin’

Sneezy

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**Author:** ![Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilvert_s_Pagan)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-show-you-mine-if-you-show-me-yours-sig-lines/326451/59 "2005-10-17T01:43:26Z")

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For my first five years here, mine was **Chivalry was invented by an ass man.**

Now my sig, name, and location are all references to a really obscure piece of Victorian historical literature:

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**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-show-you-mine-if-you-show-me-yours-sig-lines/326451/60 "2005-10-17T01:46:24Z")

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Something I’ve been known to lament about from time to time.

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