> Nowadays I usually sign off with just my name and only use a quote if I have a final parting shot to make. I do like reading other people's, however, and it would be shame if they stopped altogether.
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> Bea "ts on a drum should not be too ha" sty

I agree, and I certainly didn't intend to make a case for stopping them altogether.

I really liked your complete-sentence-forming namequotes, by the way. I thought they were quite witty, even though they had nothing to do with the post at hand. I will still use a "Beasty-style" namequote every once in a while if it seems fitting.

Gri"ping about namequotes seems to have opened a whole new kettle of fi"sh(ny)