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I think everyone has those moments you just don't want to communicate with anyone, in any way. And just at that moments, it seems people want to discuss there biggest problems with you, or people want to know where a certain street is, or what time it is, or friends call you without a reason, just talking...
To avoid these kind of situations, I suggest to create a signal that's discreet but clear, a verbal and a non-verbal one. An idea for the non-verbal one is sliding your hand down your face, to end up wih your hand placed on your heart. A verbal signal can be something like a phrase that's familiar with anyone, and it has to be meaningless. Any suggestions?
(?) V sign
http://www.slipups.com/items/3184.html
It's just a messageboard, so who knows how accurate any of it is... [PotatoStew, Jun 14 2001, last modified Oct 04 2004]
(?) Other ambiguous gestures
http://www.nps.gov/...erp/340/issue10.htm
depending on where you do them [PotatoStew, Jun 14 2001, last modified Oct 04 2004]
Two fingers have nothing to do with longbows.
http://www.straight...assics/a980904.html
Now for the facts. The "one-finger salute," or at any rate sexual gestures involving the middle finger, are thousands of years old. [StarChaser, Jun 14 2001, last modified Oct 04 2004]
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Talk to yourself and look at people in a derranged way? |
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A hat with a big sign saying 'SOD OFF!'? |
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i find wearing flippers, a snorkel and a big black shiny gun whilst walking around tends to deter the most persistant people?! |
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Would the message you are trying to convey be, "yes" or "no"? |
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Why is the V sign rude to
Americans? It's not very common
here, but I don't think anyone
would find it rude. (Assuming you
mean the "Victory"
two-fingers-in-the-air sign...?) |
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The 'V' Sign only has relevance coming from an Englishman and directed Frenchwards. Something to do with the Battle of Agincourt I think. |
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It means "I can still shoot a long bow". |
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When the supremacy of the long bow was established due to a large body of skilled English archers the French took the prudent step cuting off the first two fingers off of Englishmen with an axe when they were captured. The "V sign" shows these unsevered fingers in a prominent manner. |
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See links for V sign and some other gestures. |
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Adapt the international signs used to warn of intense radioactivity or nuclear waste dumps. |
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Egnor and waugsqueke, the American 'victory' finger sign <Usually reversed, so the back of the hand is toward the viewer> means the same thing as the middle finger raised does in the US. |
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Doesn't have anything to do with longbows, though. |
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Waugsqueke, I'm American. Why do you think the multitude of anti-American rants here pisses me off so much? |
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When I see this item in the directory I think it's about a physical sign, in international territory, saying "don't bug me". |
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"GO AWAY, I'M BUSY. GO BOTHER FRANCE OR SOMETHING. (signed) SWITZERLAND." |
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UnaBubba: No, because I get sick of seeing over and over how bad the US is...Especially by people who haven't ever been here. Or all the people who keep coming...I don't have a particularly thin skin, I just don't suffer idiots lightly. |
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PeterSealy: I recognize your 'Indian' experience. During my work on the airport of Amsterdam I was confronted with the same head gesture, as I was later told it ment it's not a 'no', but it isn't a 'yes' either. It's more like a confirmation of what you just said, without giving it their meaning to it. Another thing I see is Japanese people tapping with one finger on their chin while asking something. Any ideas why? |
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