Ship of Fools: Best Sig

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Posted by Simon (# 1) on :

Can you wow the world in just four lines? Is there a sig out there which just blows the rest away? Tell us here. Eligible sigs are ideally current. Sigs which are not current, but which are claimed to have appeared during 2008, will need at least two shipmates to verify the claim on this thread.

When nominating on this thread, please follow the format shown in the next post. Your post should simply contain your nomination and nothing else.

Posted by Simon (# 1) on :

NOMINATION

I nominate: Shipmate's board name

For: Best Sig

Sig: Enter sig text here

My reasons for nominating: Your comments in full here

Posted by Gort (# 6855) on :

NOMINATION

I nominate: Pimple

For: Best Sig

Sig: "Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods" (Einstein?)

My reasons for nominating: Pimple borrowed it from a post I made in Purg and I hope to bask in reflected glory. Also, it summarizes my position on egotistical spiritual judgment and my one direct experience of the godhead.

Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :

NOMINATION

I nominate: Myself, Lyda*Rose

For: Best Sig

Sig: Maybe we should just stop trying to eff the ineffable. ~Timothy the Obscure

My reasons for nominating: I've really liked this line since I first read it. I had thought that Timothy had used it for his own sig, but I was mistaken. He told me that he thought he'd used it in one of the trinitarian discussions perhaps last year. So I couldn't nominate it as a quote since it might be out of the time range and we had no idea where it was anyway. But since I'm using it as my sig now, it's up for this nomination.

Timothy's a quiet guy, but he usually has some thoughts well worth reading.

Posted by marmot (# 479) on :

NOMINATION

I nominate Lyda*Rose, too, but for this sig;

quote:
This is simply a reminder that what we are called to is not our stuff. ~Brother Joseph Brown on the loss by fire of Mt. Calvary Retreat House

Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :

Thank you, marmot. [Smile]

My heart broke when I saw Mt. Calvary's smoking remains on the news. But trust those wise monks to eke some lemonade out of pitiful lemons.

Posted by Sandemaniac (# 12829) on :

Nomination:

I nominate: Honest Ron Bacardi

For Best Sig:

Sig: "Anglo-cthulhic"

Reason: The spectacular double-take I did about three posts later when Mr Brain convinced Mr & Mrs Eyeballs what they'd really just read.

AG

[ 15. December 2008, 08:48: Message edited by: Sandemaniac ]

Posted by rugasaw (# 7315) on :

I agree Anglo-Cthulhic is a great sig.

Posted by Zwingli (# 4438) on :

Anglo-Cthulic is clever, though it would work better as a title.

Posted by Zwingli (# 4438) on :

NOMINATION

I nominate: leo

For: Best Sig

Sig: "A good catholic is not one who wears vestments and hates nonconformists but one who wears Christ and loves everyone."

Posted by North East Quine (# 13049) on :

I know this isn't the sort of sig you're looking for, but I'm a complete sucker for the georgeous "Baby pictures!!!" in Bullfrog's sig line. Total heart-melt.

Posted by leo (# 1458) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Zwingli:
NOMINATION

I nominate: leo

For: Best Sig

Sig: "A good catholic is not one who wears vestments and hates nonconformists but one who wears Christ and loves everyone."

Cheers - though I have occasionally been bought to book when I have posted something that contradicts its sentiments.

Posted by Zwingli (# 4438) on :

Several times I've read it and thought that I should apply it to myself - though in reverse, if you know what I mean. Which is sort of why I nominated it - it speaks to me, even though it isn't aimed at me

[ 17. December 2008, 00:00: Message edited by: Zwingli ]

Posted by JB (# 1776) on :

NOMINATION

I Nominate: Moo

For: Best Sig

Sig: Two pints make one cavort.

Simple, funny, and completely true.

Posted by Harperchild (# 14017) on :

NOMINATION

I nominate: Rat

For: Best Sig

Sig: Ring the bells that can still ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in
(Leonard Cohen)

My reasons for nominating: This was inspirational at a time I needed inspiring. It introduced me to a Leonard Cohen song I didn't know, and provided another 'quotable quote' for my classroom wall.

Posted by Robert Armin (# 182) on :

Nomination

I nominate: Seeker 963

For: Best Sig

Sig: "Faith is not a work. It is a being present when a revelation takes place." Stephen Sykes The Story of Atonement

To me this is simple and profound. And I happen to think that Sykes is an under-rated modern theologian, but that's another story.

Posted by Jahlove (# 10290) on :

NOMINATION: Petros

For: Best Sig

Just because you don't know what's going on doesn't necessarily mean that someone else does.

Reasons: There are so many excellent ones on board but this has caught my eye recently and puts a smile on my face whenever I see it - and is, of course, so very, very true.

Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :

Nomination: Sir Kevin

For: Best sig

See below:

Posted by Chelley (# 11322) on :

NOMINATION

I nominate: Rev per Minute

For: Best Sig

Sig: "If God had meant women to play Doctor Who, then Jesus wouldn't have just chosen men to be his disciples. Or something like that." (comment on Guardian website)

My reasons for nominating: It's good on so many levels - pure amusement factor, and then the load of other levels that I really can't express adequately! [Overused]

Posted by Ye Olde Motherboarde (# 54) on :

I guess my sig is a little too much for liberals. [Snigger]

Posted by Angus McDangley (# 11091) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Chelley:
NOMINATION

I nominate: Rev per Minute

For: Best Sig

Sig: "If God had meant women to play Doctor Who, then Jesus wouldn't have just chosen men to be his disciples. Or something like that." (comment on Guardian website)

My reasons for nominating: It's good on so many levels - pure amusement factor, and then the load of other levels that I really can't express adequately!

I've always loved it as well. Seconded.

Posted by Angel Wrestler (# 13673) on :

NOMINATION

I nominate: Angloid

For:

Brian: You're all individuals!
Crowd: We're all individuals!
Lone voice: I'm not!

Posted by Angel Wrestler (# 13673) on :

I came asking for help. There's another sig I'd like to nominate but I can't remember the exact words, nor to whom it belongs.

It's something like, "If I were a bird, I would sing the song of a bird ... but I am a man so I sing praises to God."

eta: I did look for it but I got dizzy scrolling all around.

[ 25. December 2008, 01:25: Message edited by: Angel Wrestler ]

Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :

Zappa:

quote:
If, indeed, I were a nightingale, I should be singing as a nightingale; if a swan, as a swan. But as it is, I am a rational being, therefore I must be singing hymns of praise to God. (Epictetus: Diss 1.16.20).

Do I get chocolate for being helpful?

Posted by Sha_Sha (# 10880) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Zwingli:
NOMINATION

I nominate: leo

For: Best Sig

Sig: "A good catholic is not one who wears vestments and hates nonconformists but one who wears Christ and loves everyone."

Agreed, this is an awesome sig, as well as an idea that would apply to every denomination.

Posted by Angel Wrestler (# 13673) on :

quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
Zappa:

quote:
If, indeed, I were a nightingale, I should be singing as a nightingale; if a swan, as a swan. But as it is, I am a rational being, therefore I must be singing hymns of praise to God. (Epictetus: Diss 1.16.20).
Do I get chocolate for being helpful?

Thank you! And sure, you can have some chocolate ; dig in!

Posted by Spiffy (# 5267) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Ye Olde Motherboarde:
I guess my sig is a little too much for liberals.

Conversely, mine is a little too much for the conservatives.

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