the peace sign

[Willy The Londoner]

I think it really kicked in when John Travolta did it when dancing with Uma Firman in Pulp Fiction.  

Willy

[ttwjr32]

willy

i forgot about that one the movie that made
him famous again and got him workwell then i still dont know why it was
 such a big deal to my wife then??
 it was maybe the way she did it??
 i dont know but it was strange thing
 to say i never saw her before  hahaha

[Willy The Londoner]

The problem now is Ted, I cannot for the life of me remember what the titleof teh song was that they were dancing to.  I can hear the beat in my head but cannot name that tune.

Maybe will have to wait until Vince wakes up.

Willy

[ttwjr32]

same here i tried to remember it but it slips my mind  hahahah

[Paul Todd]

They say memory is the first thing to go!:icon_cheesygrin:

'You Never Can Tell (C'est La Vie)' by Chuck Berry

[ttwjr32]

thanks paul willy and i just couldnt remember
 im not to old though but my social securty card number
 is only 101  hahahaha

[JimB]

The "V" sign means Everything is good, I am the best type of thing.  My step daughter does it in every picture that is taken of her except the professional ones.  I asked her the last time I was there.  All of her friends do the same thing.

[Bee964]

willy

i forgot about that one the movie that made
him famous again and got him work
well then i still dont know why it was
 such a big deal to my wife then??
 it was maybe the way she did it??
 i dont know but it was strange thing
 to say i never saw her before  hahaha

Ted, you don't say if your tounge was hanging out..... maybe your wife saw that. :icon_cheesygrin:

[ttwjr32]

or the transfixed look on my face didnt help either  hahaa

[Bee964]

I just hope that I don't open my mouth and say something to a woman that is walking by as I'm with my lady. I tend to sometimes do that sort of thing. I have mirrored Ray Bans that I wear outside during the day. They are prescription too. Going to a mall, I would have them on, so I could say that I was not looking. My ex-wife hated those too..."I can"t tell what you're looking at!!"

I was going to give the explination of the peace sign and "V" for victory sign but it has already been given. The "up yours" sign was "invented" by the english archers to give the french to show they still had their two fingers to shoot arrows with. When the french captured archers they chopped off the first 2 fingers. This was supposed to make them incapable of shooting arrows anymore. They would not hold up their finggers in a "V" though. The first and middle finger were held together. It has evolved into just the middle finger. I saw this on the History chanel about 8 months ago. I first heard of it from my uncle Bob when I was a kid. He always did the two fingers together for the "f...you" sign.

[David5o]

DaveC,

There is a little difference, ...the ''F**k You'' is always given showing the back of your hand, while the Peace/Victory sign is showing the palm of the hand and the rest of your fingers!!

Also , normally the first is given with a nonchalant look on your face, and the second with a smile and or pride look on the face....

Small differences, but like many small things in life, ....the difference in meaning can  be ''Huge''!!! ...haha!!!

David....

[Bee964]

There are so many hand signs!!! One of my daughters showed me her hand held up, her palm facing her, wiggling all her fingers at me. I said, "what does that mean?" She said "It is a cluster of these..." and proceeded to give me "the" finger. Then she showed me the same hand sign but with both hands. I said "Yes... another cluster?" She said, wait for it.......  "It is a bouquet of these..." and held up "the" finger again. I just shook my head.

[ttwjr32]

a bouquet? now thats really pissing someone off:icon_cheesygrin:

[Bee964]

This is nothing to do with signs but it is sort of related. Have you ever heard the term, "I'm dropping the kids off at the pool right now."? It has nothing to do with children. I will leave you to it for a bit to see if anybody else has heard of this. I will tell you later what it means. I laughed when I found out!!! Hahahaha!

Dave C

[Vince G]

"I'm dropping the kids off at the pool right now." Depends who's saying it and how well you know the person. A friend of mine has a son but when she says her son or kids? she's talking about her dogs? So I'm at a loss with this.

As for other signs? Come on! I'm italian. There's the fling of the hand from under the chin, the Italian salute, the pull of the bag under the eye with the index finger, so many more. And the ever popular three fingers (index, middle and ring).