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amanda · 11-08-2002, 09:54 PM

We've had the discussion about avatars and screen names....

Now: What does your signature (if you've got one) mean to you? Why do you want that particular saying to associate with everything you write?

Also the meaning of your custom text (the bit under your screen name), if you've acquired the way to change it.

saskuoch · 11-08-2002, 10:26 PM

I saw my signature on a bus. I spent an evening asking friends if they could figure out what it was supposed to me, and no one could. So I've made it my personal motto

As for the custom text, every time I put cheese in the hall refrigerator here, someone steals it. Pisses me off to no end.

lapietra · 11-08-2002, 11:56 PM

Mine's a line from "Buckaroo Bonzai" that when I first heard it, it seemed really funny and kind of Zen (you know, "Be Here Now" kind of thing)... later I realized what it meant to me, which is that no matter where you go, who you are is always there, good or bad. No escaping it. And also, sort of comforting.
My custom line... well, I'm definitely not bland.

At least, I'd like to think not...

Frieda · 11-09-2002, 12:48 AM

okay mine´s from a Terry Pratchett book.. just read Terry Pratchett and you´ll know what i mean. you´ll be addicted forever!

Mean Girl · 11-09-2002, 01:59 AM

Jim Elliot is one of my heroes. He was a missionary in Ecuador in the 50s. The quote is a summary of Christianity.

Go ahead, call me a geek. I can take it.

amanda · 11-09-2002, 03:23 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Frieda
okay mine´s from a Terry Pratchett book.. just read Terry Pratchett and you´ll know what i mean. you´ll be addicted forever!

Oh I know, Frieda- I've been bit by the Pratchett bug also.

But why that particular quote about Thaum?

NekoPunk · 11-09-2002, 10:54 AM

well, lessee.... my sig. is a frank zappa quote, and i thought it was pretty cool. my anthro prof. quoted it one day in class talking about countries and whatnot.

the custom text is just something i say a lot. it's from some movie... i don't remember which one... but all the characters are from jersey. if you say it with a jersey accent, it sounds much better.
^_^

bealeblues · 11-09-2002, 01:13 PM

ok, my turn....

my custom text is just that-- all my friends' wives hate me... they collectively think i'm something of a bad influence on their husbands.... but the truth is, i have agreed to be the fall guy so they can blame anything we have done on me by saying that it was my idea... so i'm something of a martyr....

and my staring baseball---it's silly really..... i've had this baseball close to forever and it sits on my desk... the staff here at the office love to screw around with this baseball b/c they know it is one of the few things that will push a button with me-- well, they've always threatened to deface the baseball by drawing on it, running it through sewage, etc., but instead of defacing it directly, they drew eyes on a sticky note and stuck it to my baseball to give it a human quality... so now the baseball sits on my desk and stares at me.... i figure that if i leave the sticky note on my baseball, they will leave it alone, and so far, it's worked

beckstra · 11-09-2002, 01:28 PM

no reason.

Frieda · 11-09-2002, 01:59 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by amanda
Oh I know, Frieda- I've been bit by the Pratchett bug also.

But why that particular quote about Thaum?

well because it´s the typical Terry Pratchett-way to explain what something is.. he turns it into something ridiculous.

LadyCrow · 11-09-2002, 07:52 PM

My sig is directly from the Master Himself:

:: drum roll, please ::

Weird Al Yankovic

I've been a fan of his since "Eat It" came out in '83('84?), and I've seen him in concert 4 times (1st was in '87 when he opened up for The Monkees, and the others were when he was the headliner). I HIGHLY recommend seeing him live, 'cuz he puts on one helluva show, & is funny as hell.

Pax,
LC

red · 11-10-2002, 12:20 AM

My custom text was because I couldn't stop playing this game .
My signature is because I am an ameatur astronomer/closet astrologer and it picks me up when I'm down. It's beautiful.

dickieC · 11-10-2002, 06:04 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by nycwriters
... I'll buy dinner for the first person who gets my sig without looking it up online.

I don't have any latin, but I think it means something like "he who can read this has a smattering of education"

Is that close enough? I'm coming to NY in January...

AllegroNg · 11-10-2002, 08:04 PM

If you can read this, you are overeducated.. it used to be my quote on AIM.. very funny! ::gives nyc a flower::

amanda · 11-11-2002, 12:14 AM

Damn it! I knew it, but I'm asleep when most of you are talking.

That's what I get for living half a world away, I suppose.

11-08-2002, 09:54 PM	#1
amanda old s'cool Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 2,426	Signatures We've had the discussion about avatars and screen names.... Now: What does your signature (if you've got one) mean to you? Why do you want that particular saying to associate with everything you write? Also the meaning of your custom text (the bit under your screen name), if you've acquired the way to change it.

11-08-2002, 10:26 PM	#2
saskuoch Somebody stole my cheese Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: currently, Hong Kong Posts: 155	I saw my signature on a bus. I spent an evening asking friends if they could figure out what it was supposed to me, and no one could. So I've made it my personal motto As for the custom text, every time I put cheese in the hall refrigerator here, someone steals it. Pisses me off to no end. __________________ We are, of course, now living in what George W. Bush has called the "era of personal responsibility": if a child chooses to have parents who can't afford health care, that child will have to accept the consequences.

11-08-2002, 11:56 PM	#3
lapietra half baked Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: just ducky Posts: 12,078	Mine's a line from "Buckaroo Bonzai" that when I first heard it, it seemed really funny and kind of Zen (you know, "Be Here Now" kind of thing)... later I realized what it meant to me, which is that no matter where you go, who you are is always there, good or bad. No escaping it. And also, sort of comforting. My custom line... well, I'm definitely not bland. At least, I'd like to think not... __________________ “As long as the world is turning and spinning, we're gonna be dizzy and we're gonna make mistakes.” ~ Mel Brooks

11-09-2002, 12:48 AM	#4
Frieda in limbo Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 19,504	okay mine´s from a Terry Pratchett book.. just read Terry Pratchett and you´ll know what i mean. you´ll be addicted forever! __________________ zoek waar je wil, maar het zit in jezelf oh yeah

11-09-2002, 01:59 AM	#5
Mean Girl monkey Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: home Posts: 17	Jim Elliot is one of my heroes. He was a missionary in Ecuador in the 50s. The quote is a summary of Christianity. Go ahead, call me a geek. I can take it. __________________ He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose. - Jim Elliot

11-09-2002, 10:54 AM	#7
NekoPunk Don't dream it, be it... Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: on the mountian, TN Posts: 370	well, lessee.... my sig. is a frank zappa quote, and i thought it was pretty cool. my anthro prof. quoted it one day in class talking about countries and whatnot. the custom text is just something i say a lot. it's from some movie... i don't remember which one... but all the characters are from jersey. if you say it with a jersey accent, it sounds much better. ^_^ __________________ It's just a jump to the left... And then a step to the right... With your hands on your hips... You bring your knees in tight... But it's the pelvic thrust... That really drives you insane! Let's do the time-warp again! Let's do the time-warp again!

11-09-2002, 01:13 PM	#8
bealeblues where's my salt? Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: finally writing Posts: 6,929	ok, my turn.... my custom text is just that-- all my friends' wives hate me... they collectively think i'm something of a bad influence on their husbands.... but the truth is, i have agreed to be the fall guy so they can blame anything we have done on me by saying that it was my idea... so i'm something of a martyr.... and my staring baseball---it's silly really..... i've had this baseball close to forever and it sits on my desk... the staff here at the office love to screw around with this baseball b/c they know it is one of the few things that will push a button with me-- well, they've always threatened to deface the baseball by drawing on it, running it through sewage, etc., but instead of defacing it directly, they drew eyes on a sticky note and stuck it to my baseball to give it a human quality... so now the baseball sits on my desk and stares at me.... i figure that if i leave the sticky note on my baseball, they will leave it alone, and so far, it's worked __________________ still jackasinine, make no mistake

11-09-2002, 01:28 PM	#9
beckstra one classy broad Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: The Cornhusker State Posts: 1,229	no reason. __________________ I'd rather be making out.

11-09-2002, 07:52 PM	#11
LadyCrow WhY sO SiRiUs? Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Ta uoy erehw Posts: 1,120	My sig is directly from the Master Himself: :: drum roll, please :: Weird Al Yankovic I've been a fan of his since "Eat It" came out in '83('84?), and I've seen him in concert 4 times (1st was in '87 when he opened up for The Monkees, and the others were when he was the headliner). I HIGHLY recommend seeing him live, 'cuz he puts on one helluva show, & is funny as hell. Pax, LC __________________ "If there is a bedrock principle of the First Amendment, it is that the government may not prohibit the expression of an idea simply because society finds the idea itself offensive or disagreeable." -- Justice William J. Brennan (1906-1997) U. S. Supreme Court Justice Source: Texas vs. Johnson, 1989 ************ Illegitimi non carborundum... ************ Whatever doesn't kill you simply makes you... stranger. - Heath Ledger

11-10-2002, 12:20 AM	#12
red elite rabble Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Houston Posts: 4,147	My custom text was because I couldn't stop playing this game . My signature is because I am an ameatur astronomer/closet astrologer and it picks me up when I'm down. It's beautiful. __________________ Just because you keep talking doesn't mean you are communicating

11-10-2002, 08:04 PM	#14
AllegroNg What I Am Wearing. Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Near DC Posts: 2,573	If you can read this, you are overeducated.. it used to be my quote on AIM.. very funny! ::gives nyc a flower::

11-11-2002, 12:14 AM	#15
amanda old s'cool Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 2,426	Damn it! I knew it, but I'm asleep when most of you are talking. That's what I get for living half a world away, I suppose.

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