# What should I write ? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 30, 2002, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-write/121498 "2002-07-30T06:12:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Thirsty\_Mind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Thirsty\_Mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thirsty_Mind)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-write/121498/1 "2002-07-30T06:12:06Z")
Due to recent “friendly” divorice, I have bought a new house and have a new life. My tastes in decorating are somewhat suspect. In my new house I have a 7’x4’ wide facing wall above the steps leading to the basement. I just aquired a 6’ pencil which I would like to suspend by fishing line to appear that it is writting on this wall. The question is…what should it be writting. It need not be anything pertaining to my particular circumstance. Just something cool. Have at it 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![JonScribe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3be4f8/32.png) [@JonScribe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JonScribe)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-write/121498/2 "2002-07-30T06:15:14Z")
I will not write on the walls. I will not write on the walls. I will not write on the walls. I will not write on the walls. I will not write on the walls. I will not write on the walls. I will not write on the walls. I will not write on the walls. I will not write on the walls. I will not write on the walls. I will not write on the walls. I will not write on the walls. I will not write on the walls. I will not write on the walls. I will not write on the walls. I will not write on the walls. I will not write on the walls. I will not write on the walls. I will not write on the walls. (Well, you get the idea.) ---
**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-write/121498/3 "2002-07-30T11:14:20Z")
“Sign in please” ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-write/121498/4 "2002-07-30T11:15:17Z")
Sanskrit porn. ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-write/121498/5 "2002-07-30T11:16:58Z")
And, dear Lord, it’s “writing.” ---
**Author:** ![EggNogg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb8c5e/32.png) [@EggNogg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EggNogg)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-write/121498/6 "2002-07-30T12:36:30Z")
**Fear My Leaded Goodness** egg ---
**Author:** ![crazy4chaucer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5e925/32.png) [@crazy4chaucer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crazy4chaucer)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-write/121498/7 "2002-07-30T13:33:08Z")
Oscar Wilde was prematurely gay ---
**Author:** ![ShadowWarrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7993a0/32.png) [@ShadowWarrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowWarrior)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-write/121498/8 "2002-07-30T13:34:11Z")
hmmm… there is just so much to choose from… some general suggestions: - Use one of Bart’s ‘Blackboard Jokes’ - Use a dopers sig (feel free to borrow mine) 😃 - Quote Cecil How about writing the quote on a piece of banner paper, which you could then change whenever you felt like it? Then you can post quotes in installments… ---
**Author:** ![ShadowWarrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7993a0/32.png) [@ShadowWarrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowWarrior)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-write/121498/9 "2002-07-30T13:35:13Z")
aaaaaaaaaaaaagggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhh no, please call off the apostrophe police…no!no!no!.. I’ll be good from now on, it was just a typo, honest… I meant… ‘a doper’s sig’, of course … ---
**Author:** ![Thirsty\_Mind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Thirsty\_Mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thirsty_Mind)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-write/121498/10 "2002-07-31T04:05:55Z")
Some great ideas. I was thinking of doing the writing in washable paint so it could be changed from time to time. I tried doing a search for a list of doper’s signatures but only came up with a few. Too bad there is no master list of sigs because there are some great one out there ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-write/121498/11 "2002-07-31T04:17:50Z")
MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN. ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-write/121498/12 "2002-07-31T04:20:33Z")
Abandon all hope, ye who enter here. ---
**Author:** ![Lodrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@Lodrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lodrain)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-write/121498/13 "2002-07-31T04:57:30Z")
Draw a hole. Walk through it. Be amused when guests hit wall to follow you. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-write/121498/14 "2002-07-31T04:59:51Z")
I’m fond of “OpalCat is my supreme leader and will one day rule the world” ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-write/121498/15 "2002-07-31T05:43:03Z")
“Here be dragons”