# Signature? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 3, 2006, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signature/382721 "2006-12-03T19:42:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abby_Emma_Sasha)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signature/382721/1 "2006-12-03T19:42:02Z")
I’ve been a member for a couple months now and I have finally decided on a signature, but I can’t find a way to employ it. Have you disabused them? I would like to knoe since my time is running out. ---
**Author:** ![Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abby_Emma_Sasha)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signature/382721/2 "2006-12-03T19:43:14Z")
By the way, I know how to spell know ---
**Author:** ![According\_to\_Pliny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@According\_to\_Pliny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/According_to_Pliny)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signature/382721/3 "2006-12-03T19:46:07Z")
You can choose to view them or not in your “User CP”. That’s where you can set yours up. You have the click the box below each post to get it. If you preview, you have to click the box again. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signature/382721/4 "2006-12-03T19:48:56Z")
You’ll need to go to your [User CP](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/usercp.php?) and enter your sig. In order to display it, you need to select the “Show Your Signature” checkbox under where you type your post. Signatures should be small–under 4 lines of normal sized text–and should be used a maximum of once per thread page; preferably only once per thread. ---
**Author:** ![According\_to\_Pliny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@According\_to\_Pliny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/According_to_Pliny)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signature/382721/5 "2006-12-03T19:51:47Z")
[Thread Display Options / Visible Post Elements/ Show Signatures](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/profile.php?do=editoptions) [Edit Signature](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/profile.php?do=editsignature) ---
**Author:** ![According\_to\_Pliny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@According\_to\_Pliny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/According_to_Pliny)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signature/382721/6 "2006-12-03T19:56:17Z")
FYI - Insteaad of “disabuse”, I knoe you wanted “disabled” 😃 Main Entry: dis·abuse Pronunciation: "dis-&-'byüz Function: transitive verb Etymology: French désabuser, from dés- dis- + abuser to abuse : to free from error, fallacy, or misconception ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signature/382721/7 "2006-12-03T20:01:13Z")
[QUOTE=Abby\_Emma\_Sasha] I would like to knoe since my time is running out. [/QUOTE] What? You’re dying? You’ve got until August to figure this out. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abby_Emma_Sasha)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signature/382721/8 "2006-12-03T20:10:41Z")
> [@](#): > > What? You’re dying? You’ve got until August to figure this out. Well, August is a long time away and I have to be witty before then. I have got to have some leeway , you know. ---
**Author:** ![DooWahDiddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@DooWahDiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooWahDiddy)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signature/382721/9 "2006-12-03T20:51:41Z")
[QUOTE=According to Pliny] FYI - Insteaad of “disabuse”, I **knoe** you wanted “disabled” 😃 Main Entry: dis·abuse Pronunciation: "dis-&-'byüz Function: transitive verb Etymology: French désabuser, from dés- dis- + abuser to abuse : to free from error, fallacy, or misconception [/QUOTE] Guadere strikes again! 😉 Actually, I wouldn’t have said anything if the OP hadn’t made and mentioned that very same mistake. ---
**Author:** ![According\_to\_Pliny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@According\_to\_Pliny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/According_to_Pliny)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signature/382721/10 "2006-12-03T21:03:39Z")
[QUOTE=DooWahDiddy] Guadere strikes again! 😉 Actually, I wouldn’t have said anything if the OP hadn’t made and mentioned that very same mistake. [/QUOTE] Criously, you noticed the intentional typo I made, echoing Abby\_Emma\_Sasha, but didn’t spot “Insteaad”. That was accidental, so Guadere’s Law is still being enforced. ---
**Author:** ![According\_to\_Pliny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@According\_to\_Pliny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/According_to_Pliny)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signature/382721/11 "2006-12-03T21:05:59Z")
“Criously” was also accidental. ::oh dear:: ---
**Author:** ![According\_to\_Pliny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@According\_to\_Pliny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/According_to_Pliny)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signature/382721/12 "2006-12-03T21:07:35Z")
That last smiley surprised me as well. That Law is a bitch! ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signature/382721/13 "2006-12-03T21:16:46Z")
Who’s Guadere? ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signature/382721/14 "2006-12-03T21:23:46Z")
[QUOTE=Chez Guevara] Who’s Guadere? [/QUOTE] Some Bitch. The Law, not the Admin. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![According\_to\_Pliny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@According\_to\_Pliny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/According_to_Pliny)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signature/382721/15 "2006-12-03T22:14:08Z")
From the thread [Beginner’s Guide to Glossary of Terms on Straight Dope Message Boards](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=320298) “Gaudere’s Law – Named after the Administrator Gaudere, her law states that any post criticizing a previous post’s grammar or spelling will itself have a grammatical or spelling error.” ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signature/382721/16 "2006-12-03T22:19:00Z")
That still doesn’t explain who Guadere is. ---
**Author:** ![DooWahDiddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@DooWahDiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooWahDiddy)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signature/382721/17 "2006-12-03T22:55:46Z")
[QUOTE=According to Pliny] Criously, you noticed the intentional typo I made, echoing Abby\_Emma\_Sasha, but didn’t spot “Insteaad”. That was accidental, so Guadere’s Law is still being enforced. [/QUOTE] :smack: Should have realized you did that on purpose… But I’m getting the hell out of this thread before he comes back to haunt me… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2006, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signature/382721/18 "2006-12-04T00:18:01Z")
[QUOTE=DooWahDiddy] But I’m getting the hell out of this thread before **he** comes back to haunt me… [/QUOTE] Too late. **Gaudere** is a she. ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2006, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signature/382721/19 "2006-12-04T13:40:29Z")
This thread should be made a sticky as the clearest possible demonstration of the power of Gaudere’s Law :). _proofreads furiously_ ---
**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:** [December 4, 2006, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signature/382721/20 "2006-12-04T14:12:06Z")
[QUOTE=Dead Cat] This thread should be made a sticky as the clearest possible demonstration of the power of Gaudere’s Law :). _proofreads furiously_ [/QUOTE] What, no respect for **Gaudere**? You forgot to bold her name. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signature/382721.md?page=2)