# Your signatures are going to get me in trouble **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 29, 2006, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-signatures-are-going-to-get-me-in-trouble/386032 "2006-12-29T21:33:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TwoOnSunday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/22d042/32.png) [@TwoOnSunday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoOnSunday)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-signatures-are-going-to-get-me-in-trouble/386032/1 "2006-12-29T21:33:55Z")
We’re working to implement an online forum where I work to try to connect with students in another way (help the introverts find compatible roomies). Somehow, because I said that I loved the idea, I got put in charge of it. So far, the only problem I’ve had is that when I pulled up this board just to show some coworkers what a thread and a profile were (so that they stopped looking at like I was speaking another language), the user’s profile that I randomly pulled had a signature that was more than a lil on the “raunchy” side. I have a new nickname at work now… :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-signatures-are-going-to-get-me-in-trouble/386032/2 "2006-12-29T21:35:09Z")
Ok, we’re all dying to know… ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-signatures-are-going-to-get-me-in-trouble/386032/3 "2006-12-29T21:35:12Z")
Try my sig on fer size. It’s a quote from someone here on the board, but I can’t recall whom, and a search revealed diddly. ---
**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-signatures-are-going-to-get-me-in-trouble/386032/4 "2006-12-29T21:35:15Z")
Suggestion: Use a support forum for some application or service for future demos of what forums can do. – IG PS - PENIS ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-signatures-are-going-to-get-me-in-trouble/386032/5 "2006-12-29T21:36:46Z")
Stupid message board. Not to self: check sig line tick-box _after_ “Preview Post” ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-signatures-are-going-to-get-me-in-trouble/386032/6 "2006-12-29T22:16:16Z")
[QUOTE=Winston Smith] Vikings? What Vikings? We are but poor, simple farmers. The village was burning when we got here. [/QUOTE] Oh, very nice. Good one, **Winston**! 🙂🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-signatures-are-going-to-get-me-in-trouble/386032/7 "2006-12-29T22:18:02Z")
[QUOTE=Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor] Oh, very nice. Good one, **Winston**! 🙂🆒 [/QUOTE] Thanks, Bos. I’ve also been using it on my corporate emails, much to the distress of my colleagues (past and present). 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-signatures-are-going-to-get-me-in-trouble/386032/8 "2006-12-29T22:26:13Z")
Just to let you know, I’ve commandeered your sig for RL usage. It comes in handy for situations where I’m caught flatfooted. ---
**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 29, 2006, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-signatures-are-going-to-get-me-in-trouble/386032/9 "2006-12-29T23:11:26Z")
[QUOTE=Winston Smith] Try my sig on fer size. It’s a quote from someone here on the board, but I can’t recall whom, and a search revealed diddly. [/QUOTE] Wasn’t that from your world domination thread? ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-signatures-are-going-to-get-me-in-trouble/386032/10 "2006-12-29T23:17:14Z")
[QUOTE=Winston Smith] Thanks, Bos. I’ve also been using it on my corporate emails, much to the distress of my colleagues (past and present). 😃 [/QUOTE] Drat. That’s a good signature. I may either have to pilfer it for my own corporate life or come up with a doozy. ---
**Author:** ![Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tastes_of_chocolate/32/3232_2.png) [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-signatures-are-going-to-get-me-in-trouble/386032/11 "2006-12-29T23:39:17Z")
> [@](#): > > Vikings? What Vikings? We are but poor, simple farmers. The village was burning when we got here. has been used by **mrklutz** for quite a while now. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-signatures-are-going-to-get-me-in-trouble/386032/12 "2006-12-29T23:42:05Z")
Yes yes yes, this is all well and good, but it doesn’t answer either of the questions brought on by the OP. 1. Whose sig did you show to your coworkers, and 2) What’s your new nickname? ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-signatures-are-going-to-get-me-in-trouble/386032/13 "2006-12-29T23:57:49Z")
**Hal Briston** asking this is just priceless. We don’t really even have to bring up the original incident anymore. baah ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2006, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-signatures-are-going-to-get-me-in-trouble/386032/14 "2006-12-30T00:01:12Z")
I wanna know. Whose sig was this? ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2006, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-signatures-are-going-to-get-me-in-trouble/386032/15 "2006-12-30T01:02:04Z")
I doubt it was my sig ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2006, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-signatures-are-going-to-get-me-in-trouble/386032/16 "2006-12-30T02:55:20Z")
> [@](#): > > Vikings? What Vikings? We are but poor, simple farmers. The village was burning when we got here. It sounds like something that would arise in a thread that I was heavily active in. And: whose sig, what’s the nickname? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2006, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-signatures-are-going-to-get-me-in-trouble/386032/17 "2006-12-30T06:23:39Z")
The sigs aren’t the only possible concern with surfing at work - have you taken a gander at the BBQ Pit list of threads? “Fuck” is prominently featured in 3/4s of them, usually. There are those who might suggest that you shouldn’t surf the Dope at work - fuck 'em, I say! It’s an adult site; we use adult language. And we still need to know who the user was. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Aunt\_Flow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed655f/32.png) [@Aunt\_Flow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aunt_Flow)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2006, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-signatures-are-going-to-get-me-in-trouble/386032/18 "2006-12-30T06:32:32Z")
Wow…I’m sitting here reading this and thinking “There’s sigs on this board…?” I’ve never seen any. And then a light clicks and I go to my preferences. Lo and behold, there’s a section for ‘show sigs’. I now see sigs! Thanks for lighting my way! ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2006, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-signatures-are-going-to-get-me-in-trouble/386032/19 "2006-12-30T07:45:50Z")
I only recently found out on a thread that you can turn signatures off - although I don’t know why. I often find signatures funny, witty, informative and interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2006, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-signatures-are-going-to-get-me-in-trouble/386032/20 "2006-12-30T15:55:01Z")
Do I have a sig? Let’s see… :: braze myself :: [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-signatures-are-going-to-get-me-in-trouble/386032.md?page=2)