HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: rwd4f@poe.acc.Virginia.EDU (Rob Dobson)
Subject: Sigs du jour
Organization: University of Virginia
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 14:11:00 GMT

>From ken@hprpausr.rose.hp.com Wed Sep  2 10:29:49 1992
Subject: Sorry coward trying to hide his genes
From: "Ken Tang" <ken@hprpausr.rose.hp.com>

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Seikatsu no imi wa nan desu ka.            \|  |`      | Don't buy from Toyota;
Shitte itara oshiete kuremasen ka.          | -+-      | especially, don't buy
                                           /| / \      | from Capitol Toyota in
Copyright 1992.                                        | San Jose, California.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

****Well, this ones a winner. Not only did it appear several times in the
same post, its copyrighted, has what one must assume is Ken "Poon" Tang's
personal motto, in roman letters and ascii chinese.

And, of course, the anti-advertisement.

9.27

-- 
Porpise: run, bike, swim, make cookies


"long distance runner, what you holding out for?"


****An example of a common type of .sig found on rec.music.gdead. That is,
a .sig with a quote from a dead song, chosen to make sure EVRYONE knows
you are cool and really do listen to the dead


--
***************************************************************************
conan the librarian a.k.a. kitten           /\ /\  barbara ann 
"my life's a soap opera, isn't yours?"      {=.=}
                                              ~   trumpins@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu 
"perhaps _any_ universe becomes real in proportion 
to the number of people who believe in it and spend time there." s. robinson

******S. Robinson?!? Smoky?!?! Whoever, this .sig is a winner. Border on the
top, but not the bottom. Picture of a kitty. AND a quote.

gotta love it. 9.76

-- 
Kurt Bose (as in Daisy, not Rose) *  kbos@carina.unm.edu * Make outs, not walks!
Keeper of the R.S.BB FAQ, and Junior Stathead {tm} * OK, so I AM the AntiChrist.
Be kind...don't disillusion the RBI-lovers. * Net.Agent, "Doublin" David Rossing
Less widely published as Noel Steere; less likely to rampage than Gary Huckabay.

*****PACKED WITH INFO. Too bad he cant keep it within 80 characters......

-- 
"How bad can the economy be if Michael Dukakis has a job?"-Rush Limbaugh
DA BULLS! GO BLACKHAWKS! WHITE SOX WIN, YES!


***THE WINNER. Rush quotes are bad enough, but a RUSH LIMBAUGH quote.
Oh please. This one wins for today, and is eligible for the grand prize...

-rob


Newsgroups: alt.fan.warlord
From: daniel@csgi64.dcs.leeds.ac.uk (D N Crow)
Subject: Re: Rock+Rule Soundtrack
Organization: School of Computer Studies, University of Leeds
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 13:58:23 GMT
X-Posted-From: csgi64.leeds.ac.uk
X-Posted-Through: sol.ctr.columbia.edu

In alt.cult-movies article <18ro6hINNbbj@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>, 
gal2@po.CWRU.Edu (Geoffrey A. Lowrey) writes:
> 
> 	Does anyone out ther know where the soundtrack to the 
> Animated film "Rock+Rule" cam be found?  Any leads would be
> apreciated.  Replies via E-mail prefered.
> -- 
> 	H
>       C-C-C
> 	C
> 	C          "RE-PENTANE"

Well, this is interesting. Notice how .sif fashions work? You get one
brain dead .sig and suddenly half the Usenet population seems to have that
full frontal lobotomy they've been promising themselves for ages and follow
suit. Here we have the latest in the Attack of the Mutant Killer Chemical
Formulae streak. Notice, however, that this one is actually a carefully
hidden religious sign as well. Here's what we originally saw, minus the
tab damage:

> -- 
> 	  H
>       C-C-C
>    	  C
> 	  C          "RE-PENTANE"

Clearly this bozo is not only a chemist, but also a looser Christian wannabe
as well. Crucify the lot of 'em I say, and make the world a better place.

Oh, yes, and Geoffrey (are all Christian's called Geoffrey? Or is it just
that they are all so brainwashed and enfeebled that they just seem like they
are all called Geoffrey?), WTMFIIYS.

-- 
Dan Crow
daniel@scs.leeds.ac.uk
From: dombart@muli.saar.de (John Raoul Dombart)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.warlord
Subject: Re: How to add a suffix to a bunch of files?
Keywords: shell, script, files, names
Date: 11 Sep 92 16:37:46 GMT

csquared@coos.dartmouth.edu ( @ Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH) wrote...

[er - interesting .sig nuked]

>Four e-mail addresses... yawn.  Even Internet and Bitnet?... nope, i don't care.
>Snail mail address... boring, seen it before.  The border?... lame, but so?
>
>But...  SHOE SIZE!!!!  His f*cking SHOE SIZE!!!!  You know what they say
>about the size of a man's feet....

Not to speak about the size of a manos harddisk.

Ho hum.

R.D.

----
  /\ muli - may unexpected love increase
 /..\ FTRM !
/_\/_\ dombart@muli.saar.de
Newsgroups: alt.fan.warlord
From: klm@gozer.mv.com (Kevin L. McBride)
Subject: Re: Show tips & tricks
Organization: GhostBuster Central - Southern NH Usenet Access, Nashua, NH
Date: Fri, 04 Sep 92 19:55:10 GMT

In rec.music.makers, jonb@Ingres.COM (Jon Berger) writes:

> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>    -__ __ /_   Jon Berger              "If you push something hard enough,
>   //_// //_/   jonb@ingres.com          it will fall over."
> _/ ---------                              - Fudd's First Law of Opposition


The quote on the right must be referring to the teetering BUAF on the
left.

-- 
Kevin
Newsgroups: alt.fan.warlord
From: pt@geovision.gvc.com (Paul Tomblin)
Subject: Re: DOG POEM
Reply-To: pt@geovision.gvc.com
Organization: Not officially GeoVision Systems Inc., Ottawa, Ontario
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 15:53:16 GMT

10748695@eng2.eng.monash.edu.au (WILLIAM FANG) writes:

>   \\\\\\///   William Fang
>    | \ ~ |    
>   {| @ @ |}   Mail - Internet 10748695@eng2.eng.monash.edu.au
>    |  ^  |           Email    ins739l@lindblat.cc.monash.edu.au
>    |  .  |                    ins739l@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au
>    \_____/   
>     |'''|         "Dribble...dribble...dribble..."
> ____|   |____
> |           |
Looks like Bart's mutated, and it's making him dribble.

Don't you love the start of the school season...
-- 
Paul Tomblin
I'm still waiting for the Meach to make me do it.
Xref: sparky alt.fan.warlord:6149 alt.religion.kibology:3723
From: rorschak@daimi.aau.dk (Jesper Lauridsen)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.warlord,alt.religion.kibology
Subject: Re: Bush Campaign TV Ad
Date: 4 Sep 92 21:43:28 GMT
Organization: Bandwith Wasters for a Better Future

kilroy@acme.gen.nz (earthbound misfit, I) writes:

>How can a single bullet (as claimed in the "Magic Bullet" theory) have taken
>out a structure as large and complex as Kibo's signature?

Remove the newlines - shoot from the side - get rid of the remaining fragments.
-- 
Note to those who posts about notes: I know the posting above proves 
that I'm clueless, so don't post or email me telling me that. I will
not believe you.
Newsgroups: alt.fan.warlord
From: pt@geovision.gvc.com (Paul Tomblin)
Subject: Re: K*nt Paul Dolan
Reply-To: pt@geovision.gvc.com
Organization: Not officially GeoVision Systems Inc., Ottawa, Ontario
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 15:40:51 GMT

klm@gozer.mv.com (Kevin L. McBride) writes:

>Would you like to see alt.fan.warlord split into a hierarchy of 6
>subgroups?  No, I didn't think so.  Take my advice and steer clear of
>the manic depressive man much too far from xanth.  Amuse yourself with
>the things he writes, but don't taunt him.

alt.fan.warlord.tech
alt.fan.warlord.soc
alt.fan.warlord.advocacy
alt.fan.warlord.misc
alt.fan.warlord.bait

I can't think of a 6th.

-- 
Paul Tomblin
The Meach turned me back into a frog.
From: tim@crash.canon.co.uk
Newsgroups: alt.fan.warlord
Subject: Re: What?
Date: 9 Sep 92 07:59:35 GMT
Organization: me myself and i

In alt.good.news, crawford@fermat (Randolph Crawford) newbieliy admits:
|>> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
|>> -RJ Mical   (e-mail me at rjmical@ntg.com)                       How's Annie?
|>> "I didn't do it ... I wouldn't refuse to deny that I had                 Whfg
|>>     dismissed the thought of not doing it,                          frrvat vs
|>>     but I didn't do it."  - Joe Frank                                 lbh ner
|>> Life is like a  ____ .                                       cnlvat nggragvba
|>
:
|Congrats.  Great story, and first sig I've seen with Rot-13 encoding.
                         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
All hail the innovator!

Tx. [Randy, my boy, you haven't lived]
-- 
Tim F O'Donoghue <tim@crash.canon.co.uk> <uunet!canon!tim>
Newsgroups: alt.fan.warlord
From: jac@doe.carleton.ca (James A. Cherry)
Subject: Re: Art imitates Life? Simpson's Spinal Tap episode.
Followup-To: alt.fan.warlord
Organization: Dept. of Electronics, Carleton University
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 16:01:59 GMT


Saw this .sig on alt.tv.simpsons from ctalbott@mksol.dseg.ti.com (christopher
j talbott):

>//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
>/// Chris Talbott     ///////// ctalbott@mksol.dseg.ti.com ///////
>/// Software Designer ///////// chris@ews7.dseg.ti.com     ///////
>//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
>/// "There are very few personal problems that cannot be        //
>///  solved through a suitable application of high explosives." //
>//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

"Today's top story: the world market on slashes was cornered today by Chris
Talbot, a Software Designer from Texas Instruments..."

Speaking of high explosives, this .sig sure could use some.  I mean, a .sig
like this IS indicative of personal problems, am I wrong?  Watch out for the
razor-sharp flying slashes, though...What is it with these Texas Instrument-
alists, anyway?


And speaking of the Simpsons, here's one from alt.flame, by
rpowell@seq.uncwil.edu (Richard Powell):

>******************************
>*   rpowell@seq.uncwil.edu   *
>**************************************************
>*             |  Bart Got an Erection      |     *
>* |\/\/\/|   /   Bart Didn't Use Protection \    *
>* |      |   |   Bart Got an Infection      |    *
>* | (o)(o)   \_   _________________________/     *
>* c      _)    | /                               *
>*  | '___|    <_/                                *
>*  |   /                                         *
>*  /____\       !!! DON'T BE A BONER DUDE !!!    *
>* /      \                                       *
>**************************************************

Barphic Bart...complete with way-k00l safe-sex message.  My question is, why
didn't Richard do it like this:

**************************************************
*             ______________________________     *
*            /                              \    *
* |\/\/\/|   |   Bart Got an Erection       |    *
* |      |   |   Bart Didn't Use Protection |    *
* | (o)(o)   |   Bart Got an Infection      |    *
* c      _)  \_   _________________________/     *
*  | '___|     | /                               *
*  |   /      <_/                                *
*  /____\       !!! DON'T BE A BONER DUDE !!!    *
* /      \                                       *
**************************************************

That way, he could have completed the balloon instead of having it run into
the border.  And he could have added ANOTHER LINE to his .sig!  Gotta try to
keep the .sig length up there, doesn't he know?
--
James A. Cherry                                         "Deal with it, pal!"
From: meachem@acsu.buffalo.edu (The Meach)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.warlord
Subject: Re: Verhinderung von Icons beim mwm?
Date: 10 Sep 92 19:26:13 GMT
Organization: UB

In de.comp.os.unix,bln.comp.unix, <1992Sep10.125306.29810@cs.tu-berlin.de>, 
nevs@cs.tu-berlin.de (Sven Goldt) writes:

[Had to remove the '>'s to get around the *secret* 80 column club!]

Gruss, Sven
--
*******************************************************************************
*  feel free to mail to nevs@cs.tu-berlin.de    /"/ /"| / /""                 *
*  nevs = Sven Goldt                           / / /" |/  "/                  * 
*                                             ' ' '"  " """                   * 
*  # THE MOST IMPORTANT FINANCIAL QUESTION IS:  Where is the money ? #        *
*******************************************************************************

What is it with these Krautfressers named Sven, anyway?

--jm
meach@wildflecken.rhoen.de      |      Who called whom a Krautfresser? 
Newsgroups: alt.fan.warlord
From: jac@doe.carleton.ca (James A. Cherry)
Subject: Re: bionet.bionette or bionet.women ?
Keywords: dumb
Organization: Dept. of Electronics, Carleton University
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 16:12:48 GMT

   I saw this one in alt.flame from samodena@csemail.cropsci.ncsu.edu
(S. A. Modena):

>+------------------------------------------------------------------+
>|     In person:  Steve Modena     AB4EL                           |
>|     On phone:   (919) 515-5328                                   |
>|     At e-mail:  nmodena@unity.ncsu.edu                           | 
>|                 samodena@csemail.cropsci.ncsu.edu                |
>|                 [ either email address is read each day ]        |
>|     By snail:   Crop Sci Dept, Box 7620, NCSU, Raleigh, NC 27695 |
>+------------------------------------------------------------------+
>         Lighten UP!  It's just a computer doing that to you.
>OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Standard warlords about multiple email addresses, ASCII border, phone number
in case we HAVE to reach Steve-o, and smail apply.  I liked the capital O's
along the bottom.  Looks like a whole bunch of zeroes...seems to sum up Mr.
Modena's personality fairly well, if his .sig is any indication at all.

Also, note the probable screw-up in the square brackets: "[ either email
address is read each day ]".  Doesn't he mean that BOTH are read each day?
If not, then how does he decide WHICH to read on any given day?  What is the
p.d.f., ladies and gentlemen?  Supposing I'm in a jail with UNIX in Raleigh,
North Carolina, and I'm allowed ONE email message.  How, oh how, can I decide
where to mail the Stevemeister so he can post bail for me right away?

Man!  What is it with these North Carolinians?

"Lighten UP!  It's just your .sig doing that to you."

--
James A. Cherry                                         "Deal with it, pal!"
--
James A. Cherry                                         "Deal with it, pal!"
Newsgroups: alt.fan.warlord
From: nadeau@bnr.ca (Rheal Nadeau)
Subject: Re: PROPOSAL: alt.music.marillion
Organization: Bell-Northern Research Ltd., Ottawa, Canada
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 15:28:47 GMT

When I saw that subject line, I got REAL excited.  And I wasn't
disappointed!

In alt.config,alt.rock-n-roll,alt.music.progressive,rec.music.misc,
article <Pue5qB4w164w@jaflrn.UUCP> Don Becker <grendel@jaflrn.UUCP> signs:
>
>--Don
>
>+=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=+=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=+
>| MARILLION-YES-ABWH-PINK FLOYD-PEARL JAM | "Master of time, setting sail   |
>| Don Becker:         grendel@jaflrn.uucp | over all our lands. And as we   |
>| or:         jaflrn!grendel@uunet.uu.net | look forever closer, shall we   |
>| Nothing above is to be taken as dogma.  | now bid farewell, farewell..."  |
>| FISH-QUEENSRYCHE-MINISTRY-QUEEN-NIRVANA | --Yes, "Awaken"                 |
>+=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=+=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=+

Yep, it's your standard "I don't have a life, but I got this K0o!_
record collection" sig!

                         __________  __o __o
                       __________   -\<,-\<,
                        ..........(_)/---/(_)..
         The Rhealist and The Meach . . . off to conquer new worlds!
   But which is who, and who is which?  [Is it Rheal, or is it Meachmorex?]
                  meachem@bnr.ca  -=*=-  nadeau@acsu.buffalo
                        Boys and Girls Together - Rush

Newsgroups: alt.fan.warlord
From: pt@geovision.gvc.com (Paul Tomblin)
Subject: Re: Joke about JFK (because you asked, that's why!)
Reply-To: pt@geovision.gvc.com
Organization: Not officially GeoVision Systems Inc., Ottawa, Ontario
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 16:57:46 GMT

In rec.humor, al162929@academ01.mty.itesm.mx (Luis Manuel Milan Leal) signs:


>                                                     V'uarnet
No thanks, I wear Oakleys

>            //____//  'Para subir al cielo se necesita una escalera grande'
>          //____//    'Una escalera grande, arriba y arriba, arriba y arriba'
>        //____//                                             -- La Bamba
>      //____// *************************************************************
>    //____//   Luis Manuel Milan Leal (aka) al162929@academ01.mty.itesm.mx *
>  //____//     Last seen in: Monterrey, Mexico  or playing at Copper Diku  *
>//    //       *************************************************************

"And he's .sig'ing a stairway to heaven"

-- 
Paul Tomblin
The Rhealist made me do it.  (The Meach told him to.)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.warlord
From: neilb@scs.leeds.ac.uk (Neil Bowers)
Subject: Now you can warlord in the comfort of your own home
Organization: The University of Leeds, School of Computer Studies
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 11:04:58 GMT

New from Mattel this Christmas, the A.F.W Board Game!

[imagine the advert: icky kids sitting by the fire ---
  ``Awww, do I *have* to play Schung/Evercherri/Franklin?''
  ``I want to be weemba!'']

Players must roll a 6 (six) to subscribe.

        o       You warlord a sig based solely on the inclusion of
                an amiga check --- faux pas: cancel three of your articles.

        o       You warlord a net.hero in the comp.* hierarchy.
                Take another signature.

        o       You follow-up to obvious bait, miss two days news.

        o       You warlord/flame The Meach [TM (sic)] and are subsequently
                deluged with email, unsubscribe and read 2 days of rec.humor
                before attempting to re-subscribe.

        o       You are caught posting to alt.music.rush, miss two warlords.

        o       You call out to Kibo in a warlord; go back three warlords.
                (self referential rule, rats!)

        o       someone follows-up to bait posted by you, take another sig
                (cleveland freenetters don't count).
                Mail George and claim your point.

        o       You warlord a sig which was done JUST LAST FUCKING WEEK.
                Unsubscribe.  Commit Seppuku with a blunt amiga check.

This is the initial set of rules.  All rules are mutable.

-neilb
Newsgroups: alt.fan.warlord
From: pt@geovision.gvc.com (Paul Tomblin)
Subject: Re: PROGRAM BLOAT - was Re: Ye Olde Secrete Screene Cheete Sheete .....
Reply-To: pt@geovision.gvc.com
Organization: Not officially GeoVision Systems Inc., Ottawa, Ontario
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 00:54:35 GMT

In newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.os.ms-windows.apps,comp.os.ms-windows.misc,
draper@ais.org (Patrick Draper) signs:

[First a little background:  A while back, on alt.folklore.computers, I
mentioned the rumour that some communications software would drop the
carrier if it saw the string "NO CARRIER" at the start of a line, thinking
it came from modem.  A little while later, some one from Sweden asked us to
stop including the string "NO CARRIER" in our discussions, because his comm
software _did_ have the trait.  Now, we have:]

>------------------////////////////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\------------------
>| Patrick Draper           Disclaimer:  I can't control my fingers,        |
>| draper@umcc.ais.org                   I can't control my toes! - Ramones |
>| University of Michigan Computer Club                                     |
>NO CARRIER                     We are a nation of laws, not people         |
>------------------\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\////////////////////------------------

Forgot to mention that this post has 1 line of original text with the entire
previous article (including the signature) included.

So here we have a sig designed to cause untold problems to a certain class
of people who read it.  If only we could find some way of "thanking" him...

"I can't control my followups,
 I can't control my sigs!" - The Perpetually Warlorded.

-- 
Paul Tomblin
The Rhealist made me do it.  (The Meach told him to.)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.warlord
From: nadeau@bnr.ca (Rheal Nadeau)
Subject: Re: Leg shaves
Organization: Bell-Northern Research Ltd., Ottawa, Canada
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 03:06:39 GMT

So we thought we'd used up rec.bicycles.misc, with all those bike sigs...

In article <3Hs-q9B@engin.umich.edu> Michael F. Kamprath
<kamprath@space-grant.sprl.umich.edu> writes (whole post included):

>In article <1884bdINNkkg@seven-up.East.Sun.COM> John Fox - SunExpress IR,
>jfox@hooksett.East.Sun.COM writes:
>>
>>Why shave any higher than the bottom of pair of shorts? Weight savings? :-)
>>
>>
>
>Why shave at all?  I never understood why bikers do this.
>
>========================================================================
>| Michael F. Kamprath                   | The University of Michigan   |
>|   kamprath@space-grant.sprl.umich.edu |      Aerospace Engineering   |
>|   kamprath@engin.umich.edu            |                              |
>|---------------------------------------+------------------------------+
>|       And if a man can't change the world these days,                |
>|       I still believe he can change his own destiny.                 |
>|                                 --Michael Peters (The Alarm)         |
>|                                   "The Spirit of '76"                |
>========================================================================

With any luck, they'll get a space-grant to put that sig into space.
A BIG grant!

The Rhealist - Rheal Nadeau - nadeau@bnr.ca - King Meach told her to!  (Huh?)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.warlord