Who's got the best signature?

[Neithan]

Encourage natural selection:
remove warning labels.

Best idea i've heard in a long time.

[Nilpaurion Felagund]

. . . and I've come across some note-worthy sigs.

You don't need a parachute to sky dive...
however you do need one to sky dive twice.

(Fea)

Spam spam spam spam. Lovely spam! Wonderful spam! Spam spa-a-a-a-a-am spam spa-a-a-a-a-am spam. Lovely spam! Lovely spam! Lovely spam! Lovely spam! Lovely spam! Spam spam spam spam! (Abercrombie)

Goes quite well with her avvie, too.

Honesty is the best policy, but insanity is the best defense (Glirdan)

If you think you have met Mr Right - make sure his first name isn't Always...... (Mith)

[AbercrombieOfRohan]

Why thank you Nilpaurion. Just goes to show I have faaarr too much time on my hands...

Important!: Does anybody know what, "Klaatu berada nikto" means? Also, where is it from? Who said it and to whom did he/she say it? Any help would be much appreciated.

[Gil-Galad]

We were this close to singing Spam for our play! but instead we went with Lumberjack song...

[Esgallhugwen]

"Klaatu berada nikto"

ooo....ooo....I know *waves arms frantically*

It's from a movie called Army of Darkness, I'm not particularly sure on the exact meaning, but the main character, Ash, has to say it to keep the demons or deadites at bay. Of course he always forgets the last word with terrifically funny results. I suggest you watch it, it's a cult classic!!

I believe two scenes were rumoured to have been honoured in the LOR movies,

you'll have my sword!" and "you'll have my axe!", the latter being a phrase that Gimli swears.

Are lines originally said in Army of Darkness.

The second:

The second occurs when Ash is concocting gunpowder with the help of the Wise men. One of them holds a bag of gunpowder over a candle, only to have Ash forcefully move the man's arm away to prevent the gunpowder from igniting. This same scene is repeated between Saruman and Grima wormtongue.

Here to help with my nerdiness
Eternally,
Esgallhugwen

[Neithan]

the phantom has posted. This thread is now important.

Ha ha, good old phantom. Check out the link too, his site is awsome.

[Orual]

Klaatu barada nikto? That's from The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951). The character Helen says it to Gort. It might mean something like Klaatu (the character) has collapsed, or is in trouble, but I'm not sure.

It's become something of a science fiction standby, though, and something of a joke. In Larry Shue's The Foreigner (which I'm currently in) Charlie, the main character (who is a science fiction magazine editor), shouts "Klaatu! Barada! Nikto!" to frighten the villains towards the end of the play. So kind of like "All your base are belong to us", most people don't really bother to think of what it's from or what it means.

[the phantom]

Ha ha, good old phantom. Check out the link too, his site is awsome.

Oh no! My secret siggy link has been discovered!

Heh- but seriously, thanks, Neithan. I'm glad you liked the site.

[Carnimírië]

Lhunardawen's sig gave me a laugh:

I think, therefore I get headaches

[Hookbill the Goomba]

Yea, I am a Fan of Phantom's signature. I'd vote for it in an election of best signature... I'm not sure what we would gain from such an election...

Rock on Phantom!

Carnimírië, yours shall be my philosophy for life.

[Nilpaurion Felagund]

Go Fíriel's Song! w00t!

[Mithalwen]

Heren Istarion's new one is wonderful - it is high time I reread "Le Petit Prince". A children's story that should be compulsory reading for adults

"Quand on veut un mouton, c'est la preuve qu'on existe"

[Ainaserkewen]

I think, therefore I get headaches

Ah, but lack of thinking may result in far worse consequences.

[Esgallhugwen]

Nilpaurion Felagund, thank you very much!

Carnimírië, yours is excellent, funny how I've always thought that when people are speaking do you think they'd spell that correctly if they had to write it?, hm, most interesting.

Piosenniel

~*~ So fade the Elves...Spring knows them...Summer too...Winter still are they among us…Autumn most of all…is their season, fallen as they are upon the Autumn of their days. What shall the dreamers of the earth be like when their winter come.

Spellbinding

[Encaitare]

Pio's is beautiful. I just read that recently and made sure to put little brackets around the passage, something I do when I come across something that's really beautifully written.

[Orual]

Nice, Encaitare. I always think that whenever I hear that part of the musical...also, when Michael Crawford sings his "bravi, bravi, bravissimi." What? Are there multiple Christines? I thought one was trouble enough!

Pio's is beautiful, I agree...and very fitting.

[Encaitare]

I just noticed that a couple of days ago... gosh, I thought Raoul was supposed to be cultured.

[Rilwen Gamgee]

I just happened to stumble across the link in Kitanna's signature and found it rather enthralling (for me, at least).

The contents that result of clicking on the link might change in a while, but what I read was a list of comparrisons: LotR vs. "Star Wars". Even if some of you may not like "Star Wars", most might be at least somewhat familiar with it, and the comparisons are still very interesting! She connected some characters in ways I hadn't really thought about before.

So, good job with the ingenuity.

[Ainaserkewen]

What think of my new one guys?

the phantom has posted. This thread is now important.

Gah, is there no end!? Is over-confidence the same as cleverness? If so, my nomination is clear.

[Gil-Galad]

Legendary frog...nice...


"Well thats it, all we have to do is wait for Leonard Nimoy and a bunch of hippie chicks to come save us"

[Kitanna]

Originally Posted by Gil-Galad

"Well thats it, all we have to do is wait for Leonard Nimoy and a bunch of hippie chicks to come save us"

"Plot device Mr. Frodo, plot device"

[Neithan]

Now I have to go watch One Ring to Rule Them All again.

[Lhunardawen]

Originally Posted by Ainaserkewen

Ah, but lack of thinking may result in far worse consequences.

Wasn't it said that ignorance is bliss?

Thanks for noticing the sig, by the way. I derived it from my Physics teacher who always used to say during discussions, "Does your head ache already? Good, that means you're thinking." And he's right.

[Ainaserkewen]

I'm so late on catching the Legendaryfrog thing. It seems that I'm enjoying it far too late. Oh well, the quotes still rock.

"Plot device Mr. Frodo, plot device"

Oh, and the worst was "Bless me little hobbit feet Mr. Frodo." Urge to kill...rising...

"OH MY GAWD! IT'S MELKOR!" .....chirp...chirp.... "My old college room mate!"

Oh, and Lhunardawen, don't you love quirky science teachers?

[Gil-Galad]

yea the quotes are coming back now...


"Look how happy he is sam!"

"Kill the hobbits...MEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE... kill the hobbits...MEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE"

[The Saucepan Man]

... let's get back to Downs members' signatures, shall we.

[Ainaserkewen]

I just noticed Fea's signature:

Life may not be the party you expected,
But while you are there, you may as well dance.

It brought back happy memories of the Empire who's main quote was "As long as your dancing". I don't know where Fea's comes from but thanks, you made me smile.

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Heck, Aina, I don't remember where it came from. But isn't that the way of originality, Mr. Phantom? The fine art of remembering what you heard, but forgetting where you heard it.

Fea

[the phantom]

Nice siggy, Fea, and way to say where you got it from.

The fine art of remembering what you heard, but forgetting where you heard it

That looks soooo familiar. Hmm... I'm thinking someone used to have that as a siggy.

If you people ever wondered why Fea is so great, there's your answer- she remembers all of my super-cool old siggies and lives by them.

You can sort of do the same thing with Yoda quotes.

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

she remembers all of my super-cool old siggies and lives by them.

I don't live by all of them... your sheer pessimism on looooove... I just ignore that. I'm an idealist (sometimes) and a hopeless romantic (when I don't think I'll get caught). But tp, when your signatures are worthy of my remembrance, I tend to think highly of them.

Speaking of signatures, did anyone see the news today? They dug up John Hancock's grave for some weird researchy experiment question thing (can't remember exactly what it was) and there was no body in the casket. How whacked is that?

Fea

[Gil-Galad]

Speaking of signatures, did anyone see the news today? They dug up John Hancock's grave for some weird researchy experiment question thing (can't remember exactly what it was) and there was no body in the casket. How whacked is that?

...only you Fea...only you... i can't see anyone else coming up with that...except maybe Perky, but hes never here

[The Only Real Estel]

Mithalwen's:

" British parents spent £1.9 billion on keeping their kids quiet during the summer holidays - which is ridiculous when you can get a roll of gaffer tape for 99p"

Well there's one solution.

[Esgallhugwen]

Mithalwen's:

Quote:
" British parents spent £1.9 billion on keeping their kids quiet during the summer holidays - which is ridiculous when you can get a roll of gaffer tape for 99p"

I was just about to nominate this one!
Oh and Gil-Galad 's is good too, hopefully he won't get his limbs chopped off by the falling blocks. That would be a bloody shame.

Pun fully intended.

[Son of Númenor]

Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.(The Saucepan Man)

Indeed; where is this "Weather Man" of whom I always hear talk? His perfomance has hardly been up to snuff.

~And still I see no changes. Can't a brother get a little peace? There's war on the streets and war in the Middle East~ (Lush)

A great quote as always, Lush, and all the better for being from a source probably unfamiliar to 99% of Downers.

[Evisse the Blue]

Mithalwen needs to be congratulated, like everyone who has lines of poetry in their sigs, for choosing the appropriate THREE verses that is the sig's limit, well enough so that the chosen bit does not sound awkward.

" Oh, no no no, it was too cold always......
I was much too far out all my life
And not waving but drowning."

I love this poem by Stevie Smith. Ironic and terse. Like life.

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

I smile when I see Eomer's signature, and half wish Mithalwen hadn't changed hers. They are so cute together.

Fea

[Eomer of the Rohirrim]

A nice little episode, I thought.

I am always impressed by The Barrow-wight and burrahobbit and their ability to keep the same signature. That also goes for anyone else who has done so.

As well as a hearty congratulations to all those who have thus far resisted the desire to use a sig!

[Mithalwen]

Why thank you, Evisse, I heard it on "Poetry Please" yesterday and was reminded how good it was, a quintissential communication failure

Fea, I could change back.. but it would make the whole thing a bit too self-congratulatory ....They are so cute together - whatever do you mean?

As for burrahobbit's - well I merely find it amusing that he expects to be given money.....

I feel very underserving of the generous comments re my sigs since they are so rarely original - almost all are heavily dependent on a spark from elsewhere. But that is just as well since if I were inspired, I might inflict my own poetry on you - and that would make the Vogon stuff look like "The Wasteland".....

[The Only Real Estel]

I am always impressed by The Barrow-wight and burrahobbit and their ability to keep the same signature. That also goes for anyone else who has done so.

Ditto. I don't know how they do it unless they set a password on their option to change their sig and then erase that password from their memory.

[Encaitare]

Lalwende's new one:

Lots of planets have a north

She always has delightfully random sigs.