# My Sig Line **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 2, 2003, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sig-line/199126 "2003-09-02T13:38:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2003, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sig-line/199126/1 "2003-09-02T13:38:18Z")
Usually, I end up with some comment on my sig line in a thread or e-mail, but my last few haven’t garnered any such. I really ought to just move on to the next one, but I gotta know – am I getting too esoteric and obscure? In other words, who “gets” my current sig: > [@](#): > > Klaatu had selfish reasons for not wanting the Earth destroyed. He loved TV shows, like the police drama “Beretta” and Nicktoons like “Jimmy Neutron”. Every now and then, he felt he had to remind Gort about this in his usual terse fashion. Just wanna get a little feedback. ---
**Author:** ![Antiquarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Antiquarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antiquarian)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2003, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sig-line/199126/2 "2003-09-02T13:45:29Z")
To be honest I don’t get it. Sounds like some obscure spin off from a contemporary Schrödinger’s Cat. What’s it from? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2003, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sig-line/199126/3 "2003-09-02T13:58:06Z")
The main thing I noticed was that you misspelled “Baretta.” ---
**Author:** ![Jabba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5e925/32.png) [@Jabba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jabba)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2003, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sig-line/199126/4 "2003-09-02T14:03:03Z")
I get it and I’m not a science-fiction fan. Anyway, I think half the fun of allusions is in spotting them for yourself. If this means you miss some, so be it. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2003, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sig-line/199126/5 "2003-09-02T14:03:40Z")
Any more comments before I explain? ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2003, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sig-line/199126/6 "2003-09-02T14:04:17Z")
I got it. Deep in the “miscellaneous” bin of my skull there resides a few scraps of an old sci-fi flick with a distinguished-looking alien visitor and his huge robot pal Gort. Klaatu Beretta Nicktoons! Was it _The Day The Yurt Stood Still?_ Come to think of it, Gort looked a little like a still. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2003, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sig-line/199126/7 "2003-09-02T14:10:00Z")
> [@](#): > > I got it. Deep in the “miscellaneous” bin of my skull there resides a few scraps of an old sci-fi flick with a distinguished-looking alien visitor and his huge robot pal Gort. Klaatu Beretta Nicktoons! Was it The Day The Yurt Stood Still? Come to think of it, Gort looked a little like a still. Thank Og! This means I can go on making obscure puns. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2003, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sig-line/199126/8 "2003-09-02T17:13:53Z")
I got it, but then I used to watch old 50’s sci-fi movies a lot. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2003, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sig-line/199126/9 "2003-09-02T18:19:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AskNott \* > **Klaatu Beretta Nicktoons!** Criminy! I _shoulda_ gotten that. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2003, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sig-line/199126/10 "2003-09-02T18:26:30Z")
I got it, but I’m chock full of all sorts of useless information. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2003, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sig-line/199126/11 "2003-09-02T18:27:02Z")
**Cal** - I also got the reference to Klaatu, and knew he had some alien phrase, but did not know to play on Beretta or Nicktoons to get the phrase. I appreciate your sigs, even when I don’t get them - that is part of the challenge. ---
**Author:** ![Super\_Gnat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Super\_Gnat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Super_Gnat)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2003, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sig-line/199126/12 "2003-09-02T19:49:21Z")
I get it now that I’ve paid attention to it. At first I thought it was just a vaguely humorous phrase.