# Signatures \[SDMB\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 3, 2016, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signatures-sdmb/742028 "2016-01-03T00:38:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2016, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signatures-sdmb/742028/21 "2016-01-05T00:50:19Z")
That we can’t really come to a consensus on what it means. Tripler Well, not a _majority_ consensus. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2016, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signatures-sdmb/742028/22 "2016-01-05T03:36:39Z")
mine exists to share some music [potato rock](http://www.wdlp.fm/popup2.html) ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2016, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signatures-sdmb/742028/23 "2016-01-05T03:52:41Z")
That I have a pretty high opinion of myself, which is against my Nordic nature, so I don’t use it often. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2016, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signatures-sdmb/742028/24 "2016-01-05T04:28:06Z")
A general statement on Existence. ---
**Author:** ![brachyrhynchos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brachyrhynchos/32/376_2.png) [@brachyrhynchos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brachyrhynchos)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2016, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signatures-sdmb/742028/25 "2016-01-05T12:47:45Z")
How to pronounce my name, a pic of my favorite but now dead mosquito, and a quote from my favorite game. Maybe it says I need to edit, or something. Too many ideas. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2016, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signatures-sdmb/742028/26 "2016-01-05T19:31:58Z")
Mine says that it ain’t about you. If it were, the world would bend over backwards for your pleasure instead of bending you forward for it’s. ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2016, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signatures-sdmb/742028/27 "2016-01-06T02:55:15Z")
> [@brachyrhynchos](#): > > How to pronounce my name, a pic of my favorite but now dead mosquito, and a quote from my favorite game. Maybe it says I need to edit, or something. Too many ideas. is it that specific mosquito or is that pic a representative of your favorite species? Obviously my knowledge of mosquitos is quite limited if the entire species is gone. you have a favorite mosquito? ---
**Author:** ![brachyrhynchos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brachyrhynchos/32/376_2.png) [@brachyrhynchos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brachyrhynchos)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2016, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signatures-sdmb/742028/28 "2016-01-06T09:41:48Z")
It was a specific mosquito. I had a fish tank terrarium on my desk made for her and her mate. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2016, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signatures-sdmb/742028/29 "2016-01-06T21:23:06Z")
That I like the show Big Bang Theory. ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2016, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signatures-sdmb/742028/30 "2016-01-07T05:22:52Z")
> [@brachyrhynchos](#): > > It was a specific mosquito. I had a fish tank terrarium on my desk made for her and her mate. Ah, I gotta ask, why mosquitos? ---
**Author:** ![brachyrhynchos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brachyrhynchos/32/376_2.png) [@brachyrhynchos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brachyrhynchos)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2016, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signatures-sdmb/742028/31 "2016-01-07T06:57:29Z")
I work at the Center for Vector Biology at Rutgers. We do mosquito and arboviral research, such as with West Nile. (I’m an ornithologist, covering birds as viral hosts.) We have mosquito colonies for research/education, and the _Tox_ were one colony. They’re HUGE mosquitoes that do not bite - no blood needed to produce eggs - and are fascinating to watch. So I set up a terrarium on my desk to watch them. Here is that mosquito trying to [shoot eggs into a bromeliad](http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~lreed/toxdance.wmv) in the terrarium. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2016, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signatures-sdmb/742028/32 "2016-01-07T16:15:01Z")
Probably that my mind comes up with silly variants on whatever is actually written if I see it often enough. ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2016, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signatures-sdmb/742028/33 "2016-01-09T10:33:46Z")
> [@brachyrhynchos](#): > > I work at the Center for Vector Biology at Rutgers. We do mosquito and arboviral research, such as with West Nile. (I’m an ornithologist, covering birds as viral hosts.) We have mosquito colonies for research/education, and the _Tox_ were one colony. They’re HUGE mosquitoes that do not bite - no blood needed to produce eggs - and are fascinating to watch. So I set up a terrarium on my desk to watch them. > > Here is that mosquito trying to [shoot eggs into a bromeliad](http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~lreed/toxdance.wmv) in the terrarium. 🙂 well, that’s pretty neat, but I think I’ll stick with the crow thank you:) > [@AHunter3](#): > > Probably that my mind comes up with silly variants on whatever is actually written if I see it often enough. your’s actually made me simily (3ed attempt I give up your sig messed my typing sircuits all up)😉 ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2016, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signatures-sdmb/742028/34 "2016-01-09T13:24:16Z")
> [@brachyrhynchos](#): > > I work at the Center for Vector Biology at Rutgers. We do mosquito and arboviral research, such as with West Nile. (I’m an ornithologist, covering birds as viral hosts.) We have mosquito colonies for research/education, and the _Tox_ were one colony. They’re HUGE mosquitoes that do not bite - no blood needed to produce eggs - and are fascinating to watch. So I set up a terrarium on my desk to watch them. > > Here is that mosquito trying to [shoot eggs into a bromeliad](http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~lreed/toxdance.wmv) in the terrarium. 🙂 That sounds like fascinating work, **brachyrhynchos**! However, that video reminds me of my ex in the delivery room. Speaking of pets. We adopted a gorgeous young cat yesterday! Here is his [pic](http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag75/DocDanz57/kids/cat1_zpsndwq0lck.jpg). …oops, sorry, wrong photo. Here is the [real deal](http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag75/DocDanz57/kids/tibby_zpstji086eu.jpg). His name is Tibby (of course). He is a rescue cat. The foster family said he was picked up by the talons of a large owl when he was a small kitten (hence, the deformed right ear). I’m happy he was dropped instead of becoming owlet food. He’s getting along well with our dog, guinea pig, gerbil, 2 mice, fish and crab (did I mention we’re animal lovers?). Don’t have any mosquitoes, but do have a number of pesky drain flies. I promised my daughters that I won’t put \*this \*cat in a box. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2016, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signatures-sdmb/742028/35 "2016-01-10T07:09:13Z")
I had to look it up because I haven’t used it or changed it in several years. [Red Green](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Red_Green_Show) meets [Archimedes](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Archimedes). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signatures-sdmb/742028.md?page=1)