The voting lines have now opened for Category 6: Best Signature. You can PM/email me with up to ten votes as to who you think has the best signature(s). Remember to rank your nominees in order of preference if voting for more than one person so I know how many points to give them. The person for whom you give 1st place to will get 10 points, regardless of how many other people you vote for. Remember you cannot vote for yourself.

I will publish periodic league tables in this thread to give everyone an idea of how things stand. A final league table will be posted on this thread when the voting lines close at 2130 BST on Sunday 16th August, when the winner will be announced depending on who's top of the league table at the end of the week. The voting lines will also open for the next category - Most Intriguing Thread Starter.

Please ensure that you stick to the same signature throughout this week, unless it's for any important reason. I'll be keeping a close eye on those signatures which receive votes .

For more details on the awards, see the main awards thread.

Car Expert

Votes have been received from: hello_cello, barry-clari, The Old Lady, kingsley13, altoclef3, HenryJ, gedall40, CrotchetyMum, petrat, fsharpminor

Hello_cello, get in now with your votes, I haven't decided yet...

Yay!

Dont forget.
VOTE HELLO_CELLO

Well done hello_cello!

Oh dear, Hello_Cello. That's a bit of a dilemma you have here.

You have a mistake in your signature. Which, of course, you can't change now 'cos that would disqualify you from the competition...

That's fine - I've allowed him to change that mistake.

As long as the bulk of the signature stays the same, then I have no problem if it is changed very slightly

Car Expert

I wanted to vote for DC's last signature, but she's changed it recently... *sigh*

Oops! Shot myself in the foot there! My new one is quite good though...

I think my newish one is OK ish.
Bev

The first 3 people to work out what my signature means in english recieve a vote.

heh

Using my trusty Walking Dictionary translator I've come up with:

You will be with me like a handprint on my heart and now whatever the way our stories end I know you have rewritten mine by my friend.

Is that right?

Car Expert

Pretty much! I don't think I qualify for a vote just for agreeing with Car Expert though!

Yes its right, i think its a votable signature,

"by BEING" my friend

First league table of the week to get everyone started - skylark and andante_in_c share the early lead.

andante_in_c = 18
skylark = 18
LooneyTunes = 13
willobie = 10
bobifier = 9
DaisyChain = 9
katyjay = 9
sbhoa = 9
maggiemay = 8
Car Expert = 7
Amber = 6
maledictis = 6
pianocelloflute = 4
Solari = 4
nickjones8 = 3
hello_cello = 2
laura-clarinet = 1
Maizie = 1

Car Expert

Oh - a vote! Thank you - though the phrase is Lord Clark's, from the very end of 'Civilisation'; probably the best TV speech I have ever heard.

It continues:

'I believe that order is better than chaos, creation better than destruction. I prefer gentleness to violence, forgiveness to vendetta. On the whole I think that knowledge is preferable to ignorance, and I am sure that human sympathy is more valuable than ideology ... '

Wow, I have votes!
Thank you

Haha me too.. thanks

Everyone vote for nickjones8!


Oops, sorry - wrong category.


Still - vote for him!

Awww, Floss...!

(Which category should I vote for myself in, then...?)

I hope I win next year if not this year.

I'm rather partial to Andante_in_C's signature, which I guess is ironic given its content...

OT, but given your sig: there used to be a band called The Weather Prophets...

Well in that case, be a m8 and vote for me!

Hey mwl, what does your signature mean?

It means that my name is Matthew, that I am proud to be an equal portion of this year's best couple, that it is my wish to prophecise about the weather, and that I am a trifle fond of Miss Ross. However, some sort of error with the technology has done the symbols over...

It's a very clever little signature, yes

Andante_in_c moves solely into the lead, 13 points ahead of skylark.

andante_in_c = 45
skylark = 32
Solari = 30
DaisyChain = 27
LooneyTunes = 27
maledictis = 19
Car Expert = 18
bobifier = 17
willobie = 15
petrat = 13
sbhoa = 13
katyjay = 11
The Old Lady = 11
Cyrilla = 10
maggiemay = 8
sarah-flute = 8
all ears = 7
Amber = 6
ancrusis = 6
Dulciana = 6
PianissiMole = 4
pianocelloflute = 4
mwl1 = 3
nickjones8 = 3
false_harmonic = 2
hello_cello = 2
gedall40 = 1
laura-clarinet = 1
Maizie = 1
violincjj = 1

Car Expert

My signature has no votes.

This is good judgement from the forum members.

Vote for interesting signatures.

Not mine.

My signature has no votes either. And after all of you flirtatious ladies asking me about my personal details too!

Reverse psychology?

No : my signature really isn't worth voting for!

Mine is.

There's still time..we have until Sunday!

No offense Daisy, but your signature doesn't really make any sense.

No offense Voltron, but neither do most of your posts!

*Smiles sweetly. *

Why thank you.

DCs sig makes perfect sense

What does it mean then?

Thanks for my four points!

*starts looking around to see who to vote for*

You could vote for me.

What part of Daisy's signature don't you understand?

I beg to differ.

The only category you're likely to win is "Troll of the year."

Sorry to disillusion you.

Don't mess with a woman, Voltron. Especially a Scottish one

Thanks Solari

I dont think im that scary though

Mine and Matthew's signatures are practically the same yet he has votes and I don't. *humph*

Yes you are.

I have just spent a very pleasant 20 minutes checking out lots of signatures - there are some very humourous/intelligent/artistic people on this forum.

Just wish I was one of them .

Who's got the clarinet which looks a bit like this (but more of it!):

Who's got the empty bottle of Bailey's beside her??

Only the one?