Top 100 clearly all-too-platonic e-mail sign offs

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the initial is definite more intimate, but not necessarily that kind of intimate

― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Wednesday, 27 June 2001 02:48 (twenty-five years ago)

50. Hardened regards.

― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 27 June 2001 03:17 (twenty-five years ago)

four years pass...

1. Take Care
2. Keep Smiling

― Niceguys, Monday, 18 July 2005 13:11 (twenty-one years ago)

3. Please don't touch me

― mark s (mark s), Monday, 18 July 2005 13:14 (twenty-one years ago)

4. keep on truckin

― ken c (ken c), Monday, 18 July 2005 13:14 (twenty-one years ago)

5. yours sincerely

― ken c (ken c), Monday, 18 July 2005 13:14 (twenty-one years ago)

6. Kind Regards

― ken c (ken c), Monday, 18 July 2005 13:15 (twenty-one years ago)

7. Best Wishes

― ken c (ken c), Monday, 18 July 2005 13:15 (twenty-one years ago)

8. toodles,

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Monday, 18 July 2005 13:15 (twenty-one years ago)

8. Thanks
9. OK, bye

― geyser muffler and a quarter (Dave225), Monday, 18 July 2005 13:15 (twenty-one years ago)

8. This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System.

― N_RQ, Monday, 18 July 2005 13:16 (twenty-one years ago)

9. Hermetically,

― accentmonkey (accentmonkey), Monday, 18 July 2005 13:18 (twenty-one years ago)

10. Have A Peaceful Day,

― sleep (sleep), Monday, 18 July 2005 13:19 (twenty-one years ago)

13. l8r

― ken c (ken c), Monday, 18 July 2005 13:20 (twenty-one years ago)

14. Piss off.

― nathalie's body's designed for two (stevie nixed), Monday, 18 July 2005 13:21 (twenty-one years ago)

15. No need to reply.

― nathalie's body's designed for two (stevie nixed), Monday, 18 July 2005 13:21 (twenty-one years ago)

15. Smell ya never

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Monday, 18 July 2005 13:21 (twenty-one years ago)

16. Cheers

― theophilus jones (theophilus), Monday, 18 July 2005 13:22 (twenty-one years ago)

17. Yours (in your dreams)

― nathalie's body's designed for two (stevie nixed), Monday, 18 July 2005 13:22 (twenty-one years ago)

11. c-ya

― Aaron A., Monday, 18 July 2005 13:22 (twenty-one years ago)

20. Have a great life.

― nathalie's body's designed for two (stevie nixed), Monday, 18 July 2005 13:23 (twenty-one years ago)

21. KTHXBYE

― nathalie's body's designed for two (stevie nixed), Monday, 18 July 2005 13:23 (twenty-one years ago)

22 THANKS SO MUCH

(copied from an email I just received, I hate people who WRITE IN ALL CAPS)

― nathalie's body's designed for two (stevie nixed), Monday, 18 July 2005 13:24 (twenty-one years ago)

23 Don't trust whitey

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Monday, 18 July 2005 13:25 (twenty-one years ago)

24 God loves a workin' man

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Monday, 18 July 2005 13:26 (twenty-one years ago)

24. Looking through my email archives it turns out that even "love", "love ya" and even "love you" are all fiercely and insistently platonic.

― Aaron A., Monday, 18 July 2005 13:26 (twenty-one years ago)

26. Well, back to work!

― geyser muffler and a quarter (Dave225), Monday, 18 July 2005 13:27 (twenty-one years ago)

25. Do not trouble me with issues of this nature again

― Dr. C (Dr. C), Monday, 18 July 2005 13:27 (twenty-one years ago)

(have sex) lataz

― mark s (mark s), Monday, 18 July 2005 13:27 (twenty-one years ago)

28. BTW who the hell are you?

― nathalie's body's designed for two (stevie nixed), Monday, 18 July 2005 13:28 (twenty-one years ago)

74. Yours in cheerful unweirdness

― Aaron A., Monday, 18 July 2005 13:30 (twenty-one years ago)

30. Yr motha

― nathalie's body's designed for two (stevie nixed), Monday, 18 July 2005 13:30 (twenty-one years ago)

31. Fear me.

― nathalie's body's designed for two (stevie nixed), Monday, 18 July 2005 13:30 (twenty-one years ago)

31. How did you get this e-mail address?

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Monday, 18 July 2005 13:30 (twenty-one years ago)

32. p.s. - have you called [dolt she's trying to hook you up with] yet?? :P

― Aaron A., Monday, 18 July 2005 13:34 (twenty-one years ago)

33. =^.^=

― g-kit (g-kit), Monday, 18 July 2005 13:47 (twenty-one years ago)

34. missing you already

― Ward Fowler (Ward Fowler), Monday, 18 July 2005 13:49 (twenty-one years ago)

35. In a word, I may say that he who does not estimate the base and evil, the good and noble, according to the standard of the legislator, and abstain in every possible way from the one and practise the other to the utmost of his power, does not know that in all these respects he is most foully and disgracefully abusing his soul, which is the divinest part of man; for no one, as I may say, ever considers that which is declared to be the greatest penalty of evil-doing--namely, to grow into the likeness of bad men, and growing like them to fly from the conversation of the good, and be cut off from them, and cleave to and follow after the company of the bad. And he who is joined to them must do and suffer what such men by nature do and say to one another-a suffering which is not justice but retribution; for justice and the just are noble, whereas retribution is the suffering which waits upon injustice; and whether a man escape or endure this, he is miserable-in the former case, because he is not cured; while in the latter, he perishes in order that the rest of mankind may be saved.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Monday, 18 July 2005 13:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Yours cock-blockingly.

― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Monday, 18 July 2005 13:57 (twenty-one years ago)

37. ooh and my bf says hi

― ken c (ken c), Monday, 18 July 2005 14:02 (twenty-one years ago)

38 Thank you for all the help you gave me during a very difficult time.

― k/l (Ken L), Monday, 18 July 2005 14:04 (twenty-one years ago)

39. Up your bum.

― Penelope_111 (Penelope_111), Monday, 18 July 2005 14:07 (twenty-one years ago)

40. All best,

― Douglas (Douglas), Monday, 18 July 2005 14:12 (twenty-one years ago)

41. Non-text portions of this message have been removed,

― Rock Hardy (Rock Hardy), Monday, 18 July 2005 14:16 (twenty-one years ago)

how do i know you?

was you that guy who i told to fuck off once?

― battlingspacemonkey (battlingspacemonkey), Monday, 18 July 2005 14:19 (twenty-one years ago)

37. ooh and my bf says hi

FNAAAARGHH!!

― N_Rq, Monday, 18 July 2005 14:20 (twenty-one years ago)

42. XXOO

― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Monday, 18 July 2005 14:33 (twenty-one years ago)

43. Fondly

― k/l (Ken L), Monday, 18 July 2005 14:37 (twenty-one years ago)

44. best
45. regards

― fizzle, Monday, 18 July 2005 14:56 (twenty-one years ago)

friends forever

:-)

― battlingspacemonkey (battlingspacemonkey), Monday, 18 July 2005 14:59 (twenty-one years ago)

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55. My vadge is locked for you.

― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 09:02 (twenty-one years ago)

56. Must dash as I am off to the Clap Clinic.

57. Worst. E-mail. Evah.

― Scream! Scrovula, Scream! (noodle vague), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 09:06 (twenty-one years ago)

58. Toodles

(They might fancy you, but wouldn't this put you off someone?)

― accentmonkey (accentmonkey), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 09:56 (twenty-one years ago)

59. Take Care Of Yourself (i.e. I'm sure as hell not gonna).

― Marcello Carlin, Tuesday, 19 July 2005 10:05 (twenty-one years ago)

60. I Keel You With Guns

― Scream! Scrovula, Scream! (noodle vague), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 10:06 (twenty-one years ago)

61. PS I am not wanking while I write this.

― Scream! Scrovula, Scream! (noodle vague), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 10:09 (twenty-one years ago)

62. You sicken me.

― accentmonkey (accentmonkey), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 10:19 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.anbg.gov.au/images/flags/signal/d-icon.gif
D - keep clear of me, I am manoevering with difficulty

― Rum, Sodomy and the LAN (kate), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 10:21 (twenty-one years ago)

64. Your details have been forwarded to my solicitor

― Forest Pines (ForestPines), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 10:34 (twenty-one years ago)

65. Yours dryly

― estela (estela), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 10:38 (twenty-one years ago)

66. You put the sand in my vagina.

― Forest Pines (ForestPines), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 10:41 (twenty-one years ago)

67. Did I mention I am impotent?

― Scream! Scrovula, Scream! (noodle vague), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 10:42 (twenty-one years ago)

68. May the fleas of a thousand camels infest your armpits

― Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 10:43 (twenty-one years ago)

69. Hoping you catch my crabs

― Forest Pines (ForestPines), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 10:44 (twenty-one years ago)

(actually, that's not very platonic at all, is it. Bah.)

― Forest Pines (ForestPines), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 10:45 (twenty-one years ago)

70. Mother says I'm not to talk to you again.

― Scream! Scrovula, Scream! (noodle vague), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 10:48 (twenty-one years ago)

71. My therapist keeps telling me you are imaginary

72. I know how to hurt you

73. I wish I could be your sister

― Forest Pines (ForestPines), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 10:53 (twenty-one years ago)

74. I know where you live.

― Scream! Scrovula, Scream! (noodle vague), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 10:59 (twenty-one years ago)

75. I'LL SHOW YOU THE LIFE OF THE MIND!!! I'LL SHOW YOU THE LIFE OF THE FUCKING MIND!!!!

― Scream! Scrovula, Scream! (noodle vague), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 11:01 (twenty-one years ago)

76. Do you see what I did there?

― Scream! Scrovula, Scream! (noodle vague), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 11:05 (twenty-one years ago)

77. This e-mail has been locked by a moderator.

― Scream! Scrovula, Scream! (noodle vague), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 11:06 (twenty-one years ago)

78. What's up with ILX?
79. So who's going to win the Mercury Music Prize this year, then?
80. Lt Hornblower BLOWS MY HORN
81. Sir Edward Heath RIP
82. Help me choose a computer course!
83. Help my computer recognize my external hard drive!
84. Is Cambridgeshire in East Anglia?
85. Are broken hearts for assholes?
86. "As punishment you will do 10 sit-ups"
87. I hate Lance Armstrong
88. Help me find religion!
89. I love Curtis
90. does anyone still use hotmail?

― Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 11:07 (twenty-one years ago)

91. Don't you fuckin' look at me.

― ILx Booth, Tuesday, 19 July 2005 11:08 (twenty-one years ago)

I just got a "cya hon" :(

― Scream! Scrovula, Scream! (noodle vague), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 11:08 (twenty-one years ago)

92. Noodle Vague was the drummer in Gay Dad.

― Scream! Scrovula, Scream! (noodle vague), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 11:29 (twenty-one years ago)

There's something especially chilly about "take care."

― Hurting (Hurting), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 11:54 (twenty-one years ago)

talk soon vs talk to you soon vs talk later vs talk to you later. Talk to you soon seems like it could be less platonic, "later" seems more dismissive than "soon", but all are pretty tame/unsexy.

Also:
Okay,
Name

― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 13:54 (twenty-one years ago)

I like 'take care'! Mostly because I use it all the time. Mostly on AIM, mind.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 14:06 (twenty-one years ago)

You should stop, Andrew. It's what a serial killer would say.

You take care now.

Good care.

― accentmonkey (accentmonkey), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 14:51 (twenty-one years ago)

98. gouranga!

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 15:45 (twenty-one years ago)

one month passes...

come on we're only 2 off the target!

― niceguy, Friday, 26 August 2005 10:27 (twenty-one years ago)

i received one yesterday that signed off

99) 'laterz'

― barbarianuser, Friday, 26 August 2005 10:35 (twenty-one years ago)

100 "Sorry, I tend to use this address for business only"

― JTS, Friday, 26 August 2005 10:39 (twenty-one years ago)

101. okay dokay

i think. or it could be non-platonic and cute. there's some charm to it. but mostly i think it's achingly platonic. i gave up on interpreting email sign-offs long ago, i'm out of practice.

― carly (carly), Friday, 26 August 2005 13:01 (twenty-one years ago)

I use take care lots. Sometimes with teh hott gurlz. Oops, I didn't realise it was cold and distant. :(

― Crackity (Crackity Jones), Friday, 26 August 2005 22:26 (twenty-one years ago)

15. No need to reply.

This is good for when people keep on replying to your reply, which you had intended to end the matter.

I'm fond of a number of people who sign off with just their first initial, no full stop, so I like it. It's like saying everything is up front, but being very flat.

― youn, Friday, 26 August 2005 23:04 (twenty-one years ago)

shit i received one that said, "keep smiling kiddo"

― gear (gear), Friday, 26 August 2005 23:05 (twenty-one years ago)

102. Good luck

WTF?! Good luck? With what? Platonic bastard! Shove your messages of good fortune!

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Friday, 26 August 2005 23:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Your wife till 2016,
Hillary

― M. V. (M.V.), Saturday, 27 August 2005 03:21 (twenty-one years ago)

Yours in grime blogging,

― pr00de descending a staircase (pr00de), Sunday, 28 August 2005 07:40 (twenty-one years ago)

"Take care" is platonic but still warm, I think. There's a note of concern without alarm, intimacy without the desire to exchange body fluids.

― David A. (Davant), Monday, 29 August 2005 05:17 (twenty-one years ago)

"ttyl!"

Ekh.

― Roz (Roz), Monday, 29 August 2005 11:40 (twenty-one years ago)

Um, what's not an overtly platonic-only signoff (short of "love", which seems too committed for me even though it's what she used)? Every single normal signoff seems to be listed here.

― Sundar (sundar), Tuesday, 30 August 2005 23:31 (twenty-one years ago)

"much thanks"

― Leon C. (Ex Leon), Tuesday, 30 August 2005 23:36 (twenty-one years ago)

(Wait, that sounds wrong. I didn't actually hook up with someone without intending any commitment. I just don't want to rule out the possibility of something happening.)

― Sundar (sundar), Tuesday, 30 August 2005 23:45 (twenty-one years ago)

"Best,
X

PS FUCK YOU DIE SLOW MOTHERFUCKER MY FO FO MAKE SURE ALL YOUR KIDS DON"T GROW

:)"

― LeCoq (LeCoq), Wednesday, 31 August 2005 00:05 (twenty-one years ago)

What a coincidence! That's exactly the one I used.

― Sundar (sundar), Wednesday, 31 August 2005 02:30 (twenty-one years ago)

Ow take care ow.

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Wednesday, 7 September 2005 18:51 (twenty years ago)

k.i.t.

― Jena (JenaP), Wednesday, 7 September 2005 19:39 (twenty years ago)

Many thanks
Speak soon
TTFN

― mayarooni, Wednesday, 14 September 2005 17:11 (twenty years ago)

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