Posted on 01/21/2005 3:00:54 PM PST by OKSooner
OSLO, Norway — President Bush's "Hook 'em, 'horns" salute got lost in translation in Norway, where shocked people interpreted his hand gesture during his inauguration as a salute to Satan.
That's what it means in the Nordic countries when you throw up the right hand with the index and pinky fingers raised, a gesture popular among heavy metal groups and their fans in the region.
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Hook 'em Horns! and Gig 'em!
I'm sure if one looks hard enough, you can find something evil in anything. These are just Roman columns. I have columns on my front porch that look like that but there is no evil intended.
LOL I love that picture.
I'm working on teaching my 1 year old "The Horns"
In addition to a degree in Elem. Ed. from SMU, Laura has an MA degree in Library Science from UT Austin. Further, her daughter is a UT alum and fan. I think she qualifies.
Those really smart Europeans again.
Poor souls, all their info from the outside world comes from their Arab/BBC/CNN media and OBL videos!
Judging from their support of Saddam and Sons, and the UN, their world is drunk with absurdities.
ROFLMAOADFW. Your username says it all.
The sign is so widely used by so many people that it no longer has any meaning other than the mood of the moment.
A more appropriate gesture, considering the Eurotrash Socialist (soon to be Islamized), crowd would have been the clenched fist and forearm, thrust upward with the left hand grasping the right bicep.
(Or to quote Ian Paisley - UP YOURS!)
pink was just another pretty color til the homos tried to claim ownership of it.
it was and always will be just a pretty color. a pinky and a finger will always be just that.
third finger salute, sven.
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