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Forest
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 Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2004 11:18 am Post subject: American hand gestures? |
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Uhm, I don't know if this is something that only americans do, but what exactly does it mean if someone says something to someone and that person replies by banging their fists together twice in mid-air in front of themselves?
I know it's not the best visual ever!
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Anna
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| Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2004 11:36 am Post subject: |
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Eh, you´ve been watching Friends, haven´t you?  |
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Forest
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| Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2004 11:47 am Post subject: |
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Heehee! Yup.....thinking about it, does it actually have any meaning? (The gesture I mean, not Friends. LOL!)
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Moralanqua
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| Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2004 12:14 pm Post subject: |
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That was Ross' 'polite' way of telling ppl and his sister to F*ck off.
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DreadLadyFreya
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I don't think it means anything. The first I ever saw of it was on Friends. Wasn't it Ross' version of giving someone "The Bird"? And how can we forget the hands clasped behind your head bringing your elbows together repeatedly?!  Still not sure what THAT was supposed to mean!  As far as Friends having any meaning . . . yes it does have meaning, it's just so subtle few can decipher it. 
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Aerin
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That episode is priceless...
Monica and Ross made it up so that thier parents would not know that they were flipping eachother off. now the elbow thing was a chandler response to the fist thing...damn I miss that show! Great for a no concerns laugh at the world
The best one though is Ross's "quiet down" gesture,
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BittenBuggy
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| Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2004 2:01 pm Post subject: |
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Merely by the title, this thread promised to be good.
Personally, I've watched one entire episode of Friends and that was it. I prefer Just Shoot Me (love David Spade) or Will and Grace, and the flouncey little gay man
Never seen the hand gesture before - to answer your question. But I dont think its a typcial 'American' thing.
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Amlee
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| Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2004 2:08 pm Post subject: |
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Hmm ok. Let's see if I can explain this with out getting banned.
Really it has been explained.
Example:
If you are in a crowd and are talking about two people that have had sex. Someone might tilt their head toward the two being talked about and "bang" his or her fist together. Hence they are "banging" each other.
I haven't seen that eppy of friends, but that is what it means around here. |
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BittenBuggy
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Amlee, I thought about that - but I have just never seen a normal person do it
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Amlee
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| LOL I know. It's been years since I have ever seen that gesture used. I thought it was a southern thing. |
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Anna
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Oh yeah, David Spade.... gotta love that man! Just Shoot Me, Joe Dirt, Tommy Boy...
I know, I know... 
Friends was a good show, though, at least in the beginning. Too much drama in the end, I think. Besides, Rachel should have ended up with Joey! I mean, who in their right mind would be able to live with Ross?! Sooo bloody annoying! But it was funny when he tried to get away with a phony british accent in front of his students! 
Damn, still
I give up... |
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