Happened to me also when he first replied to me and I thought he was trying to offend... Redneck, maybe you indeed might want to consider separatin the (nice) pic a bit more clearly from the text to make clear it is a sig and not a comment, other newbies also might get it ino the wrong channel when they see it for the first time...?
Yeah it's a little hard to spot that little line above it isn't it?
No wonder people started getting all pissed off after I changed my signature. I still think it kicks ass.