# Sig lines

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sig-lines/419586>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 18, 2007, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sig-lines/419586 "2007-09-18T05:22:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
**Page:** 5

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**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sig-lines/419586/81 "2007-09-24T13:34:14Z")

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“If I waited for memory to serve, I’d starve.”

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**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sig-lines/419586/82 "2007-09-24T13:54:20Z")

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I don’t even remember what mine is. I used to have an amusing quote from Juvenal nicked from _Satire X_, but I think I have Aristotle in there now in an attempt to appear deep and thought provoking.

ETA: Yep.

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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:** [September 24, 2007, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sig-lines/419586/83 "2007-09-24T16:47:59Z")

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My default position is to use my sig anytime gender my be ambiguous in the sure and certain hope that someone may take a moment and hit the link. And actually read what’s there for content.

Yeah, like _that’s_ gonna happen!

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**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sig-lines/419586/84 "2007-09-24T16:51:01Z")

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I think I only have the one line in mine now. It’s the truest thing I ever heard.

ETA: The one I use for my personal e-mail is actually the first two lines of a Hindi poem:

Bane chahe dushman zamaana hamara  
Salaamat rahe dostana hamara

Meaning:

Even if the world becomes our enemy  
Let our friendship always remain intact.

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**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sig-lines/419586/85 "2007-09-24T19:49:56Z")

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Here’s mine.

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