Whats with the epic sig's some of you Dopers have?

God damn people. If your sig is 3 times as long as your post, that means your sig is too long. When quoting something you consider to be a literary masterpiece, or song, or Simpsons episode, you dont need to put the entire chapter/verse/script in your sig. I dont want to single anyone out in here because some of the people with monster sigs are some of my favorite posters to read. But good grief!! Anything more than 4 lines is too much!!

HOW DO I MAKE BOLD LETTERS? AND THAT GREEN FACE WITH THE BIG SMILE?

A lower case b with brackets before the word you want bolded, then a slash and a lower case b(/b) with brackets around it after the word.

The smile is a colon and a capital D.
Or you could click on the smilies or vB code links at the top of the page when posting.
I hope that helps.

I agree wholeheartedly. Four lines is MORE than adequate.

Unless it’s something really profound. Like mine.

TYPE LOUDER.

It’s a complimentary trinket from Milliways.

vB code, includes how to bold

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I know I’m running a risk of being wooshed here, but…no. You’ve got enough sig for 20 Dopers tacked to the end of your posts. You can color me not very surprised if the powers that be request that you perform a sigectomy.

Not even on Tuesdays?

Well admittedly, it IS a rather deep sentiment; but I have faith in my fellow Dopers. I’m sure they can handle it.

[sub]Note to self: ‘Preview Reply’ elides one’s sig.[/sub]

See? That didn’t hurt, and I’m sure Mr. Kipling’s not offended. :slight_smile:

Mr. Kipling beat his fish?

Truth be told, it was supposed to be a one-shot deal. I’m accustomed to Usenet, where a .sig stays put once you’ve hit ‘send;’ I had no idea that if I changed it for that post, it’d change it on ALL my posts.

You wacky kids and this newfangled ‘web’ stuff are gonna be the death of me yet.

I can only speak for myself, but I won’t even bother to read a sig that is more than a few words long.

How about this one?

Well, I guess I’ll post just so I can add my sig file.

I recently added a line to it, making it veer dangerously close to the “too long” declaration.

I’m a rebel!

You have a superfluous apostrophe. But good line. I like.

On my screen, Cranky’s is 5 lines (with the underscore line), and the content is only 5 lines long.

My vote: TOO LONG!

I swear, one of these days they’re going to find me sitting here, in front of the computer, having coughed up a lung laughing. That’ll be how I go, I know it.

And, for your perusal, I include my sig, which I’ve been thinking of trimming. Even though I never use it.

And let’s not forget that the Moderators and Administrators have requested that after your first post in a thread, don’t tie up bandwidth with your sig in every subsequent post. Only your first post in a thread should have your sig, the rest should not.

Then again, my sig is a SDMB classic…

Esprix

More than two words is really just showing lack of restraint.

Cabs - and since when has abundant good faith been restrained? :wink:

Less is more.

I just added a sig.
This seems an appropriate place to see how it looks.