[teezle]

So you guys assume that people in Norway would know the sign of the Texas University Longhorns?
I suppose everyone outside the US (or even Texas, dunno) can only assume that he is making a Satan's hand gesture for fun.

[NonValueAdded]

So you guys assume that people in Norway would know the sign of the Texas University Longhorns?

No, but why do the people in Norway (and Europe) assume that President Bush knows their hand signals? Is multiculturalism a one-way street? Haven't we learned that things need to be considered in the context of the locale in which they occur?

[cyncooper]

So you guys assume that people in Norway would know the sign of the Texas University Longhorns?

No dear, we "guys" don't assume any such thing. They assumed the Bush family was flagrantly flashing a Satanic sign.

Who is stupid in this story?

[cyncooper]

BTW, to further expound on the concept here: The Europeans see the sign. To them it means something Satanic. Instead of them *assuming* that's what it means here, common sense would dictate that a smart populace would think "Oh, I wonder what it means over in the U.S.? Obviously it means something else over there."

I mean, really...DUH

[APFel]

So you guys assume that people in Norway would know the sign of the Texas University Longhorns?

No, but if your press wasn't so lazy, they could have taken five minutes out of their busy schedules of assuming things and passing it on to their readers. A small amount of research would have revealed the truth about what the gesture meant within the context in which it was made.

But NO, Euro papers get headlines along the lines of "BUSH MAKES DEVIL SIGN AT INAUGURATION".

But yes, the presidents adviser in charge of obscure European hand signals dropped the ball here. The sooner the president learns to cater to the fine folks in Norway, the better.

APf