# Why Do You Have A Sig Line & What Does It Say About Your Personality? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 1, 2004, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-have-a-sig-line-what-does-it-say-about-your-personality/231936 "2004-03-01T17:07:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sunrise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc29f/32.png) [@sunrise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunrise)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-have-a-sig-line-what-does-it-say-about-your-personality/231936/1 "2004-03-01T17:07:01Z")
I see a lot of sig lines and some make sense whereas others are really off the wall. What does your sig line say about your personality? Are sig lines necessary? ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-have-a-sig-line-what-does-it-say-about-your-personality/231936/2 "2004-03-01T17:15:12Z")
Since I don’t have a sig line, I must not have a personality. Damn! Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Jayn\_Newell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-have-a-sig-line-what-does-it-say-about-your-personality/231936/3 "2004-03-01T17:32:02Z")
I have a sig just because I like to be able to share something interesting that wouldn’t fit anywhere else. Generally, it’s a quote from school. Decide what you will about my personality. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-have-a-sig-line-what-does-it-say-about-your-personality/231936/4 "2004-03-01T17:37:07Z")
I have a sig line because I’m shallow enough to be summed up in a single short paragraph. Actually I’m using the current one because I think it works quite well on this particular board 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jayn\_Newell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-have-a-sig-line-what-does-it-say-about-your-personality/231936/5 "2004-03-01T17:38:18Z")
Whoops, forgot to add my sig. Here it is. ---
**Author:** ![Jayn\_Newell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-have-a-sig-line-what-does-it-say-about-your-personality/231936/6 "2004-03-01T17:40:24Z")
> [@](#): > > Whoops, forgot to add my sig. Here it is. Or not. ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-have-a-sig-line-what-does-it-say-about-your-personality/231936/7 "2004-03-01T17:40:36Z")
I’m a ridiculously huge NA$CAR fan. ---
**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-have-a-sig-line-what-does-it-say-about-your-personality/231936/8 "2004-03-01T18:24:20Z")
I find it to be an appropriate comment for most discussions. ---
**Author:** ![seaworthy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@seaworthy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seaworthy)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-have-a-sig-line-what-does-it-say-about-your-personality/231936/9 "2004-03-01T18:28:50Z")
My sig line is what I have tattooed on my ass, above the boat propellers. Um… I guess it says something about my personality. Basically, 40 knots is really fast for a large ship to be going, so if there’s no smoke, it means your engine can handle high speed. ---
**Author:** ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-have-a-sig-line-what-does-it-say-about-your-personality/231936/10 "2004-03-01T18:29:07Z")
My sig line says pretty much how I feel about latin quotes as sig lines. ---
**Author:** ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-have-a-sig-line-what-does-it-say-about-your-personality/231936/11 "2004-03-01T18:35:10Z")
Hmmmm…what happened to my sig line? Well it’s “_Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet_”- Template ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-have-a-sig-line-what-does-it-say-about-your-personality/231936/12 "2004-03-01T18:36:58Z")
My sig says 4 years of latin at a Catholic Highschool made me not only able to spell nearly anything but know the root and conjugation…it also says I live up to my reputation as a heteroclite. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-have-a-sig-line-what-does-it-say-about-your-personality/231936/13 "2004-03-01T18:57:44Z")
Why not? ---
**Author:** ![tsarina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@tsarina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tsarina)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-have-a-sig-line-what-does-it-say-about-your-personality/231936/14 "2004-03-01T19:12:24Z")
Well, mine suggests that I live in Michigan and enjoy making fun of it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Chastain86](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Chastain86](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chastain86)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-have-a-sig-line-what-does-it-say-about-your-personality/231936/15 "2004-03-01T19:23:19Z")
I chose mine because it’s a constant reminder of what I need to do more often. I can’t tell you how often this particular quote has prevented me from saying something prior to thinking. If only it was 100% foolproof. ---
**Author:** ![Chastain86](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Chastain86](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chastain86)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-have-a-sig-line-what-does-it-say-about-your-personality/231936/16 "2004-03-01T19:25:18Z")
Damn, forgot mine too. Guess I need to add something about paying more attention, too. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-have-a-sig-line-what-does-it-say-about-your-personality/231936/17 "2004-03-01T20:27:01Z")
I like the opportunity to write a brief witticism or story-let. Over the past couple of years I’ve been able to write out quite a few that have been troubling my mind for years. My first was: “Tell Zeno that I’m willing to meet him halfway.” But my favorite was: “Of course,” said my gandfather, pulling a gun from his belt as he stepped from the Time Machine," There’s no paradox if _I_ shoot _you_!" ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-have-a-sig-line-what-does-it-say-about-your-personality/231936/18 "2004-03-01T20:41:35Z")
I’ve been online for about 20 years now, in one form or another. Not having _some_ kind of .sig just feels _weird._ ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-have-a-sig-line-what-does-it-say-about-your-personality/231936/19 "2004-03-01T22:59:52Z")
Mine is just advertising. ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-have-a-sig-line-what-does-it-say-about-your-personality/231936/20 "2004-03-01T23:12:58Z")
Mine is just something someone said on the board that was funny 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-have-a-sig-line-what-does-it-say-about-your-personality/231936.md?page=2)