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To: Diddle E. Squat
Shepard Smith is explaining it now.

In the Arab world it is very rude to give the 'thumbs up' signal. It's like giving the middle finger.

When they cross their legs, they never show the bottoms of their shoes because it means that ' I will trample upon you'.

" My shame come upon your mustache" means may shame come upon your family and all that you love.
34 posted on 03/21/2003 7:28:16 PM PST by Hillary's Lovely Legs (Too many people around here really need Charm School.)
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To: Hillary's Lovely Legs
In the Arab world it is very rude to give the 'thumbs up' signal. It's like giving the middle finger.

Hmmm. There's another article here in which the reporter talks about an Iraqi kid "cheering" our arrival by giving a thumbs-up to passing Marines. So he wasn't cheering at all?

MM

77 posted on 03/21/2003 8:31:23 PM PST by MississippiMan
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