# Is my sig TOO BIG!? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 28, 2000, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-sig-too-big/38763 "2000-10-28T20:21:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Silo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@Silo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silo)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2000, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-sig-too-big/38763/1 "2000-10-28T20:21:21Z")
Well is it? ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2000, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-sig-too-big/38763/2 "2000-10-28T20:24:31Z")
Yeah, that seems a bit long. Let’s see how it looks trimmed up a little: [sub]I have been attempting to construct an Eskimo sentence in my basement, such as will be suitable for the season. . . . So far I have: kaniktshaq moritlkatsio atsuniartoq. When completed, this sentence will proclaim: “Look at all this f-ing snow.” At present it means: “Observe the snow. It fornicates.” --Cecil Adams[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2000, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-sig-too-big/38763/3 "2000-10-28T20:27:11Z")
Yes. But then, I don’t think too many people pay attention to sigs anyway. ---
**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2000, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-sig-too-big/38763/4 "2000-10-28T20:31:14Z")
No offense to anyone (Silo included 🙂 ) I don’t read sigs anyway…especially in areas like GQ and GD. I think any sig is too long and I _think_ I have used mine once in 4 months or so. For those of us with slow connections it just adds to the length of time a thread will open. ---
**Author:** ![Silo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@Silo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silo)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2000, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-sig-too-big/38763/5 "2000-10-28T20:32:49Z")
But is it the size of the sig that matters? or how you use it? ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2000, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-sig-too-big/38763/6 "2000-10-28T20:46:01Z")
i rather like the line, “observe the snow. it fornicates.” i remember reading the quote in a straight dope book, i still hope to be able to use it in winter conversation. i think that crunchy frog’s suggested trim is quite good. ---
**Author:** ![Satan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satan)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2000, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-sig-too-big/38763/7 "2000-10-28T20:52:35Z")
That is my all-time favorite Cecil quote, so I have no problems with it. That one even gets non-Dopers laughing when I relate it… And I don’t think I am one to talk about ANYONE’S sig file being too long… 🙂 * * * Yer pal, [Satan](http://www.members.tripod.com/jmspoofe/sdmb/satan.jpg) \*TIME ELAPSED SINCE I QUIT SMOKING: Six months, two weeks, five days, 18 hours, 53 minutes and 38 seconds. 8111 cigarettes not smoked, saving $1,013.93. Extra time with Drain Bead: 4 weeks, 3 hours, 55 minutes. \*_THE YANKEES WIN! THAAAAAAH YANKEES WIN! 1996 · 1998 ··· WORLD CHAMPIONS ··· 1999 · 2000 26 Titles! The #1 Dynasty of all-time! And most importantly… RULERS OF NYC!!_ ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2000, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-sig-too-big/38763/8 "2000-10-28T21:29:26Z")
I don’t think it is… but then when I first started out my sig was like… 13 lines long of straight words… now _that_ is a lot! ---
**Author:** ![Welfy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e56c9b/32.png) [@Welfy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Welfy)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2000, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-sig-too-big/38763/9 "2000-10-28T21:52:52Z")
Yes, I think it’s too big, but that’s just my humble opinion. But then again, I think anything beyond 2 lines is too lenghty. ---
**Author:** ![Danielinthewolvesden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Danielinthewolvesden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danielinthewolvesden)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2000, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-sig-too-big/38763/10 "2000-10-28T21:59:39Z")
In general, I do not like long sigs. No matter how clever, they tire after the 3rd, 4th,… 25th, 60th, etc reading. They use up a lot of bandwidth, and face it- once you have read them once- who cares? 1. Keep them short. 2. Do not use them all the time 3. When they are thought to be “clever” or “witty”, remember NOTHING is clever or witty the 10th time it is repeated. ---
**Author:** ![aha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2000, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-sig-too-big/38763/11 "2000-10-29T00:08:42Z")
I hate sigs that are short don’t you? ---
**Author:** ![Skelji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Skelji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skelji)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2000, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-sig-too-big/38763/12 "2000-10-29T00:10:57Z")
Well, judging from some of your past posts, your sig doesn’t seem to be as big as your dick allegedly is. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Skelji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Skelji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skelji)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2000, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-sig-too-big/38763/13 "2000-10-29T00:13:47Z")
Uh, I was talking to Silo, not you, aha :: d & r anyway -------------\> :: ---
**Author:** ![Buddy\_Holly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Buddy\_Holly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buddy_Holly)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2000, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-sig-too-big/38763/14 "2000-10-29T02:09:03Z")
I would say that normally a sig of that length is too long, but this one is okay by me, considering when I first read that in The Straight Dope I laughed for a good 15 minutes before I nearly ran out of air, practically choked to death, and then commenced laughing again. ---
**Author:** ![lolagranola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ea5d25/32.png) [@lolagranola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lolagranola)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2000, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-sig-too-big/38763/15 "2000-10-29T06:39:27Z")
Is “sig” a euphemism? ---
**Author:** ![magdalene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df788c/32.png) [@magdalene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magdalene)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2000, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-sig-too-big/38763/16 "2000-10-29T06:49:52Z")
Lola asks the question on everyone’s mind… Silo, I like the quote, and I like Brat’s edits. Maybe get rid of the first non-related line about the grain elevator. Satan, since we are on the topic, your sig makes my eyes bleed. Maybe you can find a way to keep the cigarette meter just between you and yourself? ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2000, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-sig-too-big/38763/17 "2000-10-29T14:14:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by magdalene \* > \*\*Satan, since we are on the topic, your sig makes my eyes bleed. Maybe you can find a way to keep the cigarette meter just between you and yourself? \*\* Don’t worry, maggie, he’ll have a different sig tonight. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2000, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-sig-too-big/38763/18 "2000-10-29T19:50:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Montfort \* > \*\*Don’t worry, maggie, he’ll have a different sig tonight. 🙂 \*\* I’ll drink to that! Satan, maybe if you cut out the lines and put: "TIME ELAPSED SINCE I QUIT SMOKING: Six months, two weeks, five days, 18 hours, 53 minutes and 38 seconds. 8111 cigarettes not smoked, saving $1,013.93. Extra time with Drain Bead: 4 weeks, 3 hours, 55 minutes. THE YANKEES WIN! THAAAAAAH YANKEES WIN! 1996 · 1998 ··· WORLD CHAMPIONS ··· 1999 · 2000; 26 Titles! The #1 Dynasty of all-time! And most importantly… RULERS OF NYC!!" I just want to point out how painful it was for me to edit half of that . . . ---
**Author:** ![Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wonko_The_Sane)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2000, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-sig-too-big/38763/19 "2000-10-29T20:03:53Z")
I like it. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2000, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-sig-too-big/38763/20 "2000-10-29T20:09:25Z")
I’m confused by something, maybe it can be answered here. I remember the thread from **UncleBeer** where he ordered us to refrain from double posting and especially from the obligatory “oops” post after. I also remember mods talking about bandwidth, the slowness of the board due to massive use and the problems that causes. I’ve also seen posts by mods where they’ve said they’ve asked particular folks to reduce their sig lines to “save bandwidth” Do sig lines themselves add to this problem? Is it additional use of bandwidth? do sig lines that contain codes (for links or smilies or whatever) use more bandwidth? or is it the additional space, returns lines etc? if they do, then my preference would be for no sig lines - I’d rather save the bandwidth for original thoughts. If the amount of bandwidth used is the same then I wouldn’t care about someone else’s choice of adornment. I tend to skip them anyway. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-sig-too-big/38763.md?page=2)