Taglines

Shhh ... be vewwy, vewwy quiet. I'm hunting TAGLINES

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Once upon a time, in a galaxy very much like this one, people learned to send e-mail. But when they finished typing the message part of their message, oh horrors! they could only add a one-line signature. There was no room for long, creative quotations; not enough lines for fancy ASCII graphics. They had to choose a single phrase with which to end said message - something with wit and humor, something profound, or something to completely confuse the recipient. Hence, the birth of the tagline. And oh, what taglines there were to choose from!

Below, loosely grouped but otherwise in no particular order, you'll find a sampling from a decade's worth of collecting. Go on, use one today! Suitable for family viewing.

Favorites Exhortations Look! New Taglines Computers
E-Mail Sci-Fi Borg Miscellaneous
Quotes Definitions Reality (?) Ask A Stupid Question...

 

MY FAVORITES

 

"Au revoir"... it's French for "ciao". --Stargate SG-1
Some people have a way with words, while others ... erm ... thingy.
Tell a man that there are 400 billion stars and he'll believe you. Tell him a bench has wet paint and he has to touch it.
A seminar on time travel will be held two weeks ago.
Hello, coming to you live from a finite point in the space-time continuum.
This sentence has cabbage six words.
Duct tape is like the Force: it has a dark side and a light side, and it holds the universe together.
(A)bort, (F)ail, (T)oss computer across room?
Top Secret Message: please read, print, and eat.
It's as easy as 3.14159265358979323846264338327950288...
Mud thrown is ground lost.
Kermit the Frog does Spy work: "Pond, James Pond."
"I have perfect 20-20-20-20 vision." -Kolak of Twilo
Columbus had a fourth ship. It sailed over the edge.
Extra credit: Define the Universe. Give three examples.
Take care. Have fun. Bring your own banjo.
Enter any 11-digit prime number to continue.

 

NEW

 

Calm down -- it's only ones and zeros.
Once we've got the bugs ironed out, we'll be running on flat bugs.
Calculating in binary code is as easy as 01, 10, 11.
The three most dangerous things are a programmer with a soldering iron, a manager who codes, and a user who gets ideas.
Let's face the obvious. Yesterday we were nerds. Today we're the cognitive elite. Let's conquer. - Chester G. Edwards
Mountain Dew and doughnuts... because breakfast is the most important meal of the day.
"Au revoir"... it's French for "ciao". --Stargate SG-1
A day without fusion is like a day without sunshine.
"As Orville said to Wilbur, you're wright." -Abbott & Costello
"Must have duct tape... Lots of duct tape." - MacGyver
Failure is not falling down, it is not getting up again. - Mary Pickford
Meddle not in the affairs of sysadmins, for they are subtle and quick to anger.
Always follow your dreams! Except the one where you're at work in your underwear during a fire drill.
There are 10 types of people in the world: Those who understand binary, and those who don't...
(bb|[^b]{2})/ ... to be or not to be
01010001 01010100 [QT]
We're not lost. We're locationally challenged. --John M. Ford
A bad random number generator: 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 4.33e+67, 1, 1, 1...
"Scotty, beam us aboard". "Aye, sir. Will a 2x4 do?"
Music is the art of thinking with sounds.
"There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate." -Charles Dickens
If music be the food of love, there's always room for cellos.
All that glitters has a high refractive index.
Nobody has a clue, so relax already. -Kate Sherwood
'Life is a great bundle of little things.' - Oliver Wendell Holmes
'The Earth has music for those who will listen.' - William Shakespeare
'She is too fond of books and it has turned her brain.' - Louisa May Alcott

 

EXHORTATIONS

 

Build A Watch In 56,179 Easy Steps, by Chuck Forsberg
How to Boil Water in 500 Easy Steps, by Chuck Forsberg
Only the mediocre are at their best all the time.
A penny saved is ridiculous.
Never let a fool kiss you, or a kiss fool you.
Old age ceases to be a virtue when it only adds stubbornness to stupidity.
Remember, you're unique, just like everybody else.
A jest that gives pain is no jest. -Cervantes
Take my advice, I'm not using it.
Always forgive your enemies. They hate that.
What are you doing? The message is over, go away.
Shhh...be vewwy, vewwy quiet. I'm hunting TAGLINES
Women do come with instructions. Ask them.
A man is only as good as what he loves.
A man's real worth is determined by what he does when he has nothing to do.
Don't look at me in that tone of voice.
Mud thrown is ground lost.
Seven days without prayer makes one weak.
He who hesitates is not only lost, but miles from the next exit.
To talk without thinking is to shoot without aiming.
A closed mouth gathers no foot.
Via ovicipitum dura est...The way of the egghead is hard. (Adlai Stevenson)
The best things in life are free, but the expensive ones are still worth a look.
Give me ambiguity or give me something else.
Never get so busy living that you forget to make a life.
Elevator out of order. Please use the one across the street.
Metaphors be with you.
Let's try it again, this time without the "Oops".
It's no use arguing, I've made up your mind.
Carpe dentum: seize the teeth!
Stop the movie! Explosions don't go boom in a vacuum!
Bring us a shrubbery.
Now bring us a picket fence.
Don't lose your temper. Nobody else wants it.
No sense being pessimistic - it wouldn't work anyway.
When one does not know what to say, it is a time to keep silent.
Off to see the Lizard? Follow the Yellow Brick Toad!
It's as easy as Alpha, Beta, Gamma.
It behooves us to avoid archaisms.
Never use a preposition to end a sentence with.
And never start a sentence with a conjunction.
Be sure to cross every "I" and dot every "T"; we're nothing if not thorough.
It is bad manners to break your bread and roll in your soup.
Jumping to conclusions is dangerous exercise.
Friends are like Jello. There's always room for more.
Don't worry. I'm fluent in Weirdo.
Take care. Have fun. Bring your own banjo.

 

ASK A STUPID QUESTION...

 

What do you mean, my birth certificate expired?
Why is "abbreviation" such a long word?
I seem to have lost my phone number. Can I borrow yours?
If flies didn't have wings, would they be walks?
Have you seen my mind? It wandered again.
Hot water heater? Hot water needs heating?
I inherited curiosity from my cat. Why do you ask?
Did you ever stop to think and forget to start again?
Have a nice day? No thanks, I have other plans.
I'd love to, but I'm observing National Apathy Week.
I'd love to, but I have to regrout my bathroom tile.
I'd love to, but I'm giving nuisance lessons at a convenience store.
Famous last words: "What do you think *this* does?"
The answer seems to be, "A Suffusion of Yellow."
How *do* you know when you run out of invisible ink?
How *do* they get Teflon to stick to the pan?
Do I know how to copy disks? Sure! Where's your Xerox machine?
Conclusive studies have shown there are no answers.
Extra credit: Define the Universe. Give three examples.
It isn't raining rain you know, it's hailing taxicabs!
Hark! What rock through yonder window breaks?
Hark! What voice that yonder window breaks?
This is my brain..This is...WAIT! WHERE'S MY BRAIN???
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COMPUTERS

 

The programmer's national anthem is 'AAAAAAAARRRRGHHHHH!!'.
Mountain Dew and doughnuts... because breakfast is the most important meal of the day.
There are 10 types of people in the world: Those who understand binary, and those who don't...
(bb|[^b]{2})/ ... to be or not to be
01010001 01010100 [QT]
Calm down -- it's only ones and zeros.
Once we've got the bugs ironed out, we'll be running on flat bugs.
Calculating in binary code is as easy as 01, 10, 11.
The three most dangerous things are a programmer with a soldering iron, a manager who codes, and a user who gets ideas.
Let's face the obvious. Yesterday we were nerds. Today we're the cognitive elite. Let's conquer. - Chester G. Edwards
Hardware: The parts of a computer system that can be kicked.
Meddle not in the affairs of sysadmins, for they are subtle and quick to anger.
Southern DOS: Y'all reckon? (Yep/Nope)
"640K ought to be enough for anybody." -Bill Gates, 1981
I cna ytpe 300 wrods pre mniuet!!!
Keyboard not found. Think "F1" to continue.
Unable to locate coffee. Operator halted.
The trouble with computers is that they do what you tell them, not what you want.
Enter any 11-digit prime number to continue.
Press any key...no, no, no, NOT THAT ONE!!!
Air-conditioned environment: do not open Windows.
Beware of programmers carrying screwdrivers.
Programmer: a device for converting coffee into programs.
(A)bort, (R)etry, (P)retend this never happened?
Computers make very fast, very accurate mistakes.
REALITY.SYS corrupted: Re-boot universe? (Y/N)
Press CTRL+ALT+DEL now for IQ test.
Backup not found: (A)bort, (R)etry, (P)anic?
Dinner not found: (A)bort, (R)etry, (P)izza?
Point not found: (A)bort, (R)eread, (I)gnore?
(A)bort, (R)etry, (I)nfluence with a blunt object?
(A)bort, (F)ail, (T)oss computer across room?
Press any key to continue or any other key to quit.
I've looked all over, and I can't find the ANY key...
Hit any key to continue. *SMASH* Oops.
Computer, I am coming for you. I am going to unsolder you synapse by synapse...
Allwight, rho sritched mg kegtops awound?
hAS aNYONE sEEN mY cAPSLOCK kEY?
Daddy, what does this red button do?/%}NO CARRIER
What does "Hard Disk Destroyed" mean?
Back up my hard drive? I can't find the reverse switch!
This computer is user-unfriendly.
What do you mean, you don't staple diskette labels on?
Hard Disk Park? Is that a Disneyland attraction?
It works better if you plug it in and THEN turn it on...
Windows is NOT a virus. Viruses DO something.
File not found. I'll load something *I* think is interesting.
RAM DISK is NOT an installation procedure.
Apple: copyright 1767, Sir Isaac Newton.
Man, that lightning looks}%/?NO CARRIER
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E-MAIL

Cap'n! The spellchecker canna take this abuse!
What we need is a nail raeder wiht a spolling chekcer.
Spill chequers dew know work write.
I can spell - I just can't type worth a hoot.
I must stop here - my fingers are hoarse.
This message guarded by an attack llama.
Top Secret Message: please read, print, and eat.
New mail not found. Start Whine/Pout sequence? (Y/N)
Tagline - an excuse to forget your message.
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SCI-FI

Diagonally parked in a parallel universe...
"Scotty, beam us aboard". "Aye, sir. Will a 2x4 do?"
To boldly go where no sane person has any business.
My other vehicle is a Galaxy Class Starship.
No, I'm from Iowa. I only work in outer space.
Stress: doing a tight 180 degree turn at Warp 9.5.
Has anyone seen my starship?
Set phaser to "Spank."
Set phasers to "Extreme Itching."
Dances With Tribbles: stomp SQUEAK stomp SQUEAK
Sir, Romulan Warbird decloA%}/?:NO CARRIER
"Ensign Pillsbury? He's BREAD, Jim."
Cap'n! The spellchecker canna take this abuse!
Very funny, Scotty. Now beam down my clothes.
Mr. Worf, fire at Will. Hey, where'd Riker go?
Security to bridge! Commander Data is being formatted!
All right - who's been cooking hot dogs in the Warp Drive?
(Ice rocks hitting hull) "Captain, we are being hailed."
A far time ago in a galaxy long, long away....
Eddies in the space-time continuum.
* <-Tribble. o <-Jean-Luc Tribble.
Static Kling: is that a Klingon moon?
Security, please escort my other personality to the brig.
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BORG (yes, they get their own, unassimilated section!)

 

"I am Barney of Borg. Being assimilated is fun!"
"Yoda of Borg are we: Futile is resistance. Assimilate you, we will."
The do-it-yourself Borg kit. Some assimilation required.
McBorg: over 50 billion assimilated.
Borg-er King: We do it our way. Your way is irrelevant.
I am Beeblebrox of Borg. Resistance is - WHOA! BABES!
I am Bubba of Borg. Y'all fixin' to be assimilated.
Borg? Where? I don't see any/%?}NO CARRIER
I am Troi of Borg. Your chocolate will be assimilated.
I am Nurse of Borg. Shall we be assimilated today?
I am Victor of Borge. Prepare to be assimil-nined.
Borg bumper sticker: "Don't like our driving? Call 1-800-IRRELEVANT.
BorgCola: choice of the Next Generation.
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MISCELLANEOUS

 

If music be the food of love, there's always room for cellos.
Last night I played a blank tape at full blast. The mime next door went nuts.
Music is the art of thinking with sounds.
Two wrongs don't make a right...but two Wrights made an airplane!
Anything not nailed down is mine. Anything I can pry loose is not nailed down.
Lecture on the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle: I can tell you the time or the place, but not both. (Bob Thaves, Frank and Ernest)
A seminar on time travel will be held two weeks ago.
Pie are not square. Pie are round. Cornbread are square.
All the world's a stage, and I missed rehearsal.
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
I can please only one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow isn't looking good either.
My opinions have changed, but not the fact that I'm right.
Two things I hate: people that can't count.
I think, therefore I am...dangerous.
In the interest of replacing the fun here, may I just say: purple furry wombat.
Be it ever so crumbled, there's no place like Rome.
Kermit the Frog does construction: "Rivet, Rivet."
Kermit the Frog does Spy work: "Pond, James Pond."
Kermit the Frog gets money back: "Rebate, Rebate."
The madcap heiress: millions of dollars, and no sense.
I'll take a rain check, if it won't bounce.
To talk without thinking is to shoot without aiming.
Roses are red / Violets are blue / some poems rhyme.
Life is one silly thing after another. Love is two silly things after each other.
Money isn't everything. I have money and I have everything, and they're not the same thing.
A closed mouth gathers no foot.
Via ovicipitum dura est...The way of the egghead is hard. (Adlai Stevenson)
Talking about music is like dancing about architecture. (Laurie Anderson)
Duct tape is like the Force: it has a dark side and a light side, and it holds the Universe together.
I'd ask you to elaborate on this, but I think I'll just let my mind boggle.
Give me ambiguity or give me something else.
This sentence has cabbage six words.
He who hesitates is not only lost, but miles from the next exit.
Light travels faster than sound, which is why some people appear bright until they speak.
Smoking is a choice. Breathing is a necessity.
A truth that's told with bad intent, beats all the lies you can invent.
The trouble with computers is that they do what you tell them, not what you want.
Anything can happen, but it usually doesn't.
I don't have a solution, but I really admire the problem.
Life is one silly thing after another. Love is two silly things after each other.
Growing older, but not up.I like to leave messages *before* the beep.
OK, I'm weird. But I'm saving up to be eccentric.
If this is today, I must be where I am.
I'm not apathetic, but I really don't care.
On a clear night, you can see 1.4 X 10 19 miles.
I think therefore I'm single.
Looking for a good man who hates football and can cook.
Hey, it wasn't like the whole building burnt down.
Yes, I know all about "stressed": it's "desserts" spelled backwards.
You know I do this only to aggravate you.
There is no substitute for a genuine lack of preparation.
Boys will be boys, and so will a lot of middle-aged men.
I think, therefore, I have a headache.
I think, therefore I am...I think.
I have a place in the universe, but I'm never in it.
I tried to contain myself, but I escaped.
Time for culture: gone Chopin, Bach in a Minuet.
To do is to be. To be is to do. Do be do be do.
This machine is temporarily *in* service.
Mind over matter: if you don't mind, it doesn't matter.
To be or not to be - what was the question?
My job's so secret, even *I* don't know what I'm doing.
A self-addressed envelope would be addressed "Envelope".
We've missed you! We;ll aim better next time.
We're lost, but we're making good time.
I'm at the corner of WALK and DON'T WALK.
Operator, trace this call and tell me where I am!
My ship just came in. Unfortunately, it was the Titanic.
It's as easy as 3.14159265358979323846264338327950288...
If it works, rip it apart and find out why!
I lost a button hole today.
I think, therefore I have a headache.
Time and tide melts the snowman.
Where there's a will, there's a beneficiary.
Bear takes over Disneyland in Pooh d'Etat.
I wrote it down so I wouldn't *have* to remember.
Dyslexia warns without striking.
Oh, ah.
Can I yell "movie" in a crowded firehouse?
Been there. Done that. Got the T-Shirt.
I'm in shape. Round's a shape, isn't it?
I want patience, and I want it NOW!
It's 10 p.m. and time for the penguin on your telly to explode.
Welcome to the Department of Redundancy Department!
Unauthorized amphibians will be toad away.
Put your seatbelt on, I wanna try something.
Just my luck; the Children's Zoo doesn't want my kids.
Me? A skeptic? Can you prove it?
I knew that you knew that...
Diet Coke, shaken not stirred.
It could lead to...DANCING.
If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure.
If it ain't broke yet, let me have a shot at it.
I'm sorry...I forgot all about the amnesia conference.
Columbus had a fourth ship...it sailed over the edge.
My St. Bernard is out back burying a Yugo.
Proud to be an undercover CIA agent!
I got the pot of gold, but all I wanted was the rainbow.
74% of all statistics are made up on the spot.
Smoking- one of the leading causes of statistics.
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QUOTES

 

"Au revoir"... it's French for "ciao". --Stargate SG-1
"As Orville said to Wilbur, you're wright." -Abbott & Costello
"Must have duct tape... Lots of duct tape." - MacGyver'
Life is a great bundle of little things.' - Oliver Wendell Holmes
'The Earth has music for those who will listen.' - William Shakespeare
'She is too fond of books and it has turned her brain.' - Louisa May Alcott
"There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate." -Charles Dickens
Failure is not falling down, it is not getting up again. - Mary Pickford
We're not lost. We're locationally challenged. --John M. Ford
Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: "What! You, too? Thought I was the only one."
Minutus cantorum, minutus santarum, minutus carborata descendum pantorum. ("A little song, a little dance, a little seltzer down you pants")
"All for one and one for all, and alI for one am all for it." -Remember WENN
"Get out the time-fracture wickets, Hobbes! We're gonna play Calvinball!" -Calvin
In the immortal words of Socrates, "I drank WHAT?!"
Who sir, me sir? Yes sir, you sir. No sir, not I sir.
Every word is a gem...it's only the order they're put in that worries me.
One cook to another - "Do you have the thyme?"
Careful, we don't want to learn from this. -Calvin
Dad, do people ever spontaneously combust? -Calvin
"I have perfect 20-20-20-20 vision." -Kolak of Twilo
Faster. We must go faster.
Oners flysis, income beesis. Onches nobis, inob kesis.
Oh, you're an actor? Which restaurant?
I'm so hungry I could almost eat health food.
He who stick head in fruit drink get punch in nose.
Hangover - the wrath of grapes.
Have I been forgetful? Sorry, I don't remember.
I tried to daydream, but my mind kept wandering.
As my uncle used to say: All the world's a stage. You'll grow out of it.
I'm not joking. I never joke at breakfast-time.
Hello, coming to you live from a finite point in the space-time continuum.
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DEFINITIONS

 

Virtual snack cake: a Fig Newton of your imagination.
Carpe Aptenodytes! (Seize the Penguins!)
Non swinum culinare (Keep them hogs out of the kitchen)Color...it's just a pigment of your imagination.
Deja Vous: Oh no, not YOU again.
Duct tape is like the Force: it has a dark side and a light side, and it holds the universe together.
Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings.
Synonym: word you use when you can't spell the other one.
WYTYSYDG: What You Thought You Saw, You Didn't Get.
Alexander Bell's Theorem: When a body is immersed in water, the phone rings.
A sweater is a garment worn by a child when his mother feels chilly.
Climate is what we expect. Weather is what we get.
Genius is perseverence in disguise.
MilliHelen: the amount of beauty needed to launch 1 ship.
Trees moving back and forth make the wind blow.
Vegetarians eat vegetables. Beware of humanitarians.
Smoking is a choice. Breathing is a necessity.
Purranoia: the feeling that your cat is up to something.
A mistake is proof that someone tried anyhow.
Light travels faster than sound, which is why some people appear bright until they speak.
"Now" is a point in time that is already gone.
2+2=5 for extremely large values of 2.
1=2 for sufficiently large values of 1.
The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.
Nightmare - a bard who plays bagpipes and cymbals.
Vuja de - the feeling you've never been here.
Junk - stuff you throw away. Stuff - junk you keep.
Thesaurus: an ancient reptile with an excellent vocabulary.
Phobophobia: (n) the fear of fear itself.
Gravity: more than just a good idea. It's the law!
A pun is the lowest form of wit, therefore it is the foundation of all wit.
A pun is 2/3 PU...
A pun is the lowest form of humor, when you don't think of it first.
Mirthgirth: weight gained at parties.
A book is a garden you carry in your pocket.
Cogito, ergo Hormel...I think, therefore I Spam.
Veni, vedi, vegi - I came, I saw, I had a salad.
If it's done, it should be called a Built.
Me transmitte sursum, Caledoni. (Beam me up, Scotty)
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REALITY (?)

 

All that glitters has a high refractive index.
Nobody has a clue, so relax already. -Kate Sherwood
Tell a man that there are 400 billion stars and he'll believe you. Tell him a bench has wet paint and he has to touch it.
Some people have a way with words, while others ... erm ... thingy.
A closed mind gathers no intelligence.
Experience is a hard teacher: the test comes before the lesson.
Life is like a box of chocolates. It's full of nuts.
Indecision is the key to flexibility.
"I believe the technical term is ... OOPS."
Speaking for myself, and I am unanimous in this.
Blessed is he who can laugh at himself for he shall never cease to be amused.
Nothing of the above is my opinion, nor is it the opinion of anybody else. Any resemblance to an actual person's opinions is purely coincidental and not intentional.
No generalisation is true, not even this one...
If it's stupid but it works, it isn't stupid.
Last night I lay on my bed and stared at the stars above and wondered, "Where did the roof go?"
Reality is what refuses to go away when I stop believing in it.
3 things occur when you age. (1)memory goes. (2)ah, um...
2 most common elements: Hydrogen and Stupidity
Talk is cheap because supply exceeds demand.
Tried to play my shoehorn - all I got were footnotes!
The gene pool has no lifeguard.
If reality wants to get in touch, it knows where I am.
Anything can happen, but it usually doesn't. -Robert Benchley
Growing old is mandatory. Growing up is optional.
The sun comes up too early for my liking.
Hey, facts and reality have nothing to do with this.
My reality check just bounced.
There's nothing wrong with my sense of reality; I have it thoroughly serviced every fortnight.
I haven't lost my mind - it's backed up on tape somewhere.
Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most.
I do to have a good memory. It's just short.
Just ignore mem. I have no idea what I'm talking about.
A few fries short of a Happy Meal.
!enif tsuj si gnihtyrevE
The best laid plans of mice and men sometimes go a little haywire.
Tomorrow will be cancelled due to lack of interest.
It was all so different before everything changed.
Reality meter: [\.....|.......] Thought so.

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