Aggies and Liberals all agree it was a tribute to Satan...
Posted on 01/21/2005 2:44:28 PM PST by RWR8189
A salute to Satan? ROTF!!!! Well, Aggies would agree, wouldn't they? ;)
Norwegians and all other countries need to stay out of our business. How absurd to think that our President and his family would be thinking of Norway during the parade. If they wanted to give a high sign they could have used the international finger wave high sign to the b@#$%%^rds.
If a 35 year old (or older) person did that sign at me I'd think it looked pretty dumb too.
I wouldn't expect them to know about the Texas Longhorns but I would expect them not to jump to that ridiculous conclusion
Well, there are lots of gestures that could be taken the wrong way in a different country. The thumb's up signal is another one.
I wonder if the Norwegians were informed the University of Texas Longhorn Band was passing by in the parade at the time. Sounds like an unbiased media over there, like ours.
Don't make that gesture in the North End of Boston or any other Italian neighborhood.
I recently saw
an old John Lennon picture
and Lennon flashed it!
I frequently cautioned my offspring about using hand-sign that might be misinterpreted. We Americans are acutely aware of 'the finger' but nearly none are aware of the 'unicus' gesture resembling the female genitals, or or the devil's horns or of the cuckold gesture or of any number of others.
Hell, we don't even differentiate amongst vulgarities, profanities and obscenities. They're all just 'swearing'. what Barbra Streisand.
The conspiracy of ignorance masquerades as common sense.
It indicates the IQ of the average Norwegian....
The folks in Michigan know what it means.
Hook'em, Horns? Really? Jeez, if Lennon did it, it really must have something to do with Old Nick.
Yeah, well I learned the hard way about the traditional "OK" sign.
Never use it in Italy.
Extreme insult.
Prompts instant road rage.
Over and above that which the Eyetalyans usually exhibit on their roads.
No surprise here. The Norwegians are also baffled by integrity, Democracy, and a market economy.
I frequently cautioned my offspring about using hand-sign that might be misinterpreted. We Americans are acutely aware of 'the finger' but nearly none are aware of the 'unicus' gesture resembling the female genitals, or or the devil's horns or of the cuckold gesture or of any number of others.
Hell, we don't even differentiate amongst vulgarities, profanities and obscenities. They're all just 'swearing'. what Barbra Streisand.
The conspiracy of ignorance masquerades as common sense.
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