...sorry the image is less than perfect.

I found this button in the console of a car I just scored for free....another example of hand gestures with no meaning
[img]http://www.steelheader.net/photopost/data/500/907heart_003.jpg?4023[/img]


...but its still kind of cool.

Somebody left their keys in their car??

Ummmmmmm...not this time.

you know how you always here about some guy who finds a really good deal on a car totally by accident and its never you??

Well last week it was me....

I guess if you dont know what it means than its got no meaning..

I use it everyday

hang loose......

So Driftboater,

Do you use the "Horns of the Devil" sign to ward off Malocchio (The evil eye) or are you just a closet metalhead?

I can see it now, Driftboater driving along with his pickup truck full of body-gripping traps and a pack of blue tick hounds gettin' ready to blast a couple o' cougars, (no, NOT WSU students or alumni! ) crankin' a Sepultura CD at ear-bleed level!

Hey 4S,

Don't want to start another battle with you, but maybe there is a "generation gap" going on here!

Do you known what people in there early 50's use that sign for? Not knocking you this time, but when I saw it, I thought exactly what driftboater probably had thought! Maybe younger people used it to mean something else! I know what we used it for, and it sure wasn't any kind of "love" or victory gestures.

No attacks intended!

Cowlitzfisherman

No Blueticks here,, Redbones or Black and Tans and I like the conniber style trap.. Its usually an instant kill

Does ACDC count? I dont know any of that new stuff!

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The Thumb in the air stands for a "I"

The thumb and and forefinger together represent the letter "L"

The forefinger and the pinky are supposed to be a "U"
which makes a "I Love You"

When I drop my boy off to daycare we exchange this sign to eachother..

Pretty simple huh!

One to many fingers for hang loose...

The truth is, it's Beavis and Butthead's favorite hand sign.

Ok....meaningless was definitely the wrong pharase in that context.

My point was a gesture means what you want it to mean. In my case it means...

Rock On!!

I believe the gesture above is intended to represent a 'W'.

BTW...I updated my sig to reflect more clearly its sentiment.

Hey driftboater,

It appears that this symbol may mean many different things to many different generations!

When we were kids, the 2 fingers straight up ment that you were giving the Bull $hit sign (i.e. you are full of it) to some one! And it really didn't matter where your thumb was pointing!

Now, you know how wars are started by the misunderstanding of body language. I can remember watching CNN and FOX during the Iraq war, and they where telling everyone that the "thumbs up" signs were like our middle finger sign ( it was an insult not a welcome gesture). Then the next week, they were saying that we were being "welcomed" because they were giving our troops the thumps up sign.

So what does it really mean to each generation, and how in the world does it change from one generation to the next?

Cowlitzfisherman

I understand the generation gaps here.. They can be somewhat frustrating at times..

But this sign has been around a while..
Try walking up to someone using "sign" and throw that one at them.. Ya may get a funny look from them unless you know them

here are a few links..

http://shop.store.yahoo.com/bronners/ilovyousigla.html

http://www.handcraftedcollectibles.com/sign_language.htm

That is truly amazing how the market place can change things to make a profit! But I will bet you this was all done in the last 15-20 years.

Ps, if you are still droping off your kids at school, that sounds about right.

Cowlitzfisherman

I think Helen Keller used it

Driftboater is absolutely correct. It comes from the American Sign Language (ASL) and is a combination of I, L, & Y (I Love You).

You can learn more about it here:

American Sign Language Dictionary

Yup, it means I Love You in sign language.

-David

Actually I think the Iraqis were holding up their hands to show how clean they were after we liberated them and introduced them to toilet paper.

Here's my interpretation. Hang loose is only pinky finger & thumb. Devil horns used by Beavis & Butthead at a Metallica concert is only pinky finger & index finger. So I guess the real meaning is the sign language for I love you, unless you're in the Bloods or Crips. Then keep your head down or be prepared to shoot back.

In American Sign Language that mean " I Love You."

along with what KNOPFISH was saying...adding the thumb out means I love you. keep the thumb in, ROCK ON!!!!!

At the Mariners game last night it meant there was 2 outs

Knopfish and Josh are correct on the 'Rock On' & 'Hang Loose' thing. Middle finger... well that's another topic. hehe

And if you're from Texas and a Longhorn ~ with the Thumb in it's "Hook'um High!!!!!!!!"

When I was growing up it when the Thumb was out it was a Chin Rest for doing something else.