• Words For My Enjoyment: “Today’s Prognosis on Peace, Out”

I’ve had a similar discussion to this before — how do you sign off an email without:

1. sounding like a completely personality-less drome (e.g. the so-banal-it’s-even-banallier “Cheers”), or
2. coming off like a, well… knob?

The main cause of knobbery seems to be a result of the first one: “‘Cheers’ is boring! I’ll say something that sets me apart! Something that shows that I’m an individual and I don’t tow the party-line! Something that shows I’m funky and cool and a true individual! Something like… ‘Rock on!’ or ‘Stay funky!’ Hey! Turn up that Dave Matthews — I’m ready to ROCK!”

Yeah, we’ve all been there.

The fact is, if you want to be a real individual, you gotta put down your iPod, take a last drink of your frappuccino, and step out on the limb we call “Freaky”. (Well, “Freaky” or “Kevin”. “Freaky” is more of a nickname.)

Some possible options:

• “Eating poo,”
• “To the gates of Hell I crawl for you,”
• “Holding your scab,”
• “Yours multiplicatively,”
• “Squash and turnips! Squash and turnips! Squash and turnips!”
• “Our kidneys forever entwined,”
• “Your ottoman forever,”
• “[Exit chased by bear.]”

… Don’t know where I’m going on this one. But I think you see my point.

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