[Dx-qsl] Off Topic: Silly Signatures

[Ron Notarius WN3VAW]

I give up.

I use a signature quoting from a commercial featuring a certain retired
Yankee player/manager, I get yelled at for violating the company's
copyright.

I use a signature making a pun involving what a certain "driver" tube is
used for, I get yelled at for poking fun at Mothers Against Drunk Driving,
for using the wrong tube, and by someone claiming that he copyrighted the
saying 2 years ago (I've been using it for close to 20, incidently).

I use a signature celebrating the fact that for a short period of time, our
local & my wife's favorite professional baseball team (and my 2nd favorite)
was in first place, I get told how much people hate baseball, how ridiculous
it was to think they'd stay there (no kidding), and sympathy messages from
several amateurs in Chicago (at least this one wasn't all bad)

I try a signature quoting from certain recent and not so recent motion
pictures, I not only get the copyright infringement threats from would-be
lawyers, but people telling me in excrutiating detail how I got the quote
wrong (when I didn't) or arguing with me about the best quote from the
appropriate movie.

But this one takes the cake.  I've been quoting a line from one of my
favorite "silly songs," in part to honor the memory of one of the two
individuals most noted for singing the song -- and not that dang stupid
purple dinosaur who rewrote the lyrics anyway -- and while I've had some
nice comments about it, and a few people who didn't know Lonnie Donegan had
passed away, I got this evening THREE different emails from three different
amateurs (all on this reflector), complaining that the line is illogical or
nonsensical and therefore I shouldn't use it and should be ashamed of
myself.

Unbelievable.

73, ron wn3vaw

'If tin whistles are made of tin, what do they make fog horns out of?'
-- from "Does Your Chewing Gum Lose It's Flavor on the Bedpost Overnight?"
Lonnie Donegan, SK, 4 November 2002