# Nothing to see here...just a sig test...go away

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**Created:** [October 30, 2001, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-to-see-here-just-a-sig-test-go-away/90519 "2001-10-30T14:28:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Xploder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a183cd/32.png) [@Xploder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xploder)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2001, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-to-see-here-just-a-sig-test-go-away/90519/1 "2001-10-30T14:28:29Z")

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test

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**Author:** ![Xploder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a183cd/32.png) [@Xploder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xploder)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2001, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-to-see-here-just-a-sig-test-go-away/90519/2 "2001-10-30T14:29:48Z")

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well damn…

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**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:** [October 30, 2001, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-to-see-here-just-a-sig-test-go-away/90519/3 "2001-10-30T14:34:20Z")

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You know, there must be a corollary to Gaudere’s Law that states that sig test posts will fail to include the sig the first time. I’ve seen it happen more times than I can possibly count. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Xploder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a183cd/32.png) [@Xploder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xploder)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2001, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-to-see-here-just-a-sig-test-go-away/90519/4 "2001-10-30T14:45:33Z")

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Yeah, I seem to do it every time I test a new one…which up to now means…oh…about five times.