The shrubbery emerged after some complaints about offensive sigs. The '1' refers to the number of shrubberies involved, rather than being a score. The game, if it's a game, is to see how many shrubberies can be crammed into a sig before it becomes offensive. So far the results are less than impressive, I admit.

In terms of offensiveness, ponds, lawns and shrubberies must be roughly equivalent. Sheep would be a nice touch. I have been considering a water feature, possibly a fountain or birdbath, for some time, but haven't had the time to work on it.

If anyone wants to develop a signature that's more bland than mine (blank sigs don't count, obv), I would welcome the challenge. 

'Pax vobiscum' refers to a rash statement (my usual mode of expression) I made about latin speaking being progressively devalued in social situations. It's a sort of apology, since some classically-educated forumites felt they were being described as misfits.