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Fellow whom I used to know turned the palm of his hand toward me, fingers close together, pointing up �

"Can you read between the lines?"

I could.

AYFKM?

Why would the Italians care you slept with Brother Barts wife?

Yes, it means cornuto. man whose wife has an affair is considered wearing/sporting antlers on his head and that sign means just that, antlers on your nogging because somebody else farks your wife.

I don't think so, this was a picture of a young man, in Canadian battle dress, with other Canadian soldiers in a certain war zone.

I seemed to recall that gesture as having something to do with Satan, but, I was not certain, hence, my query.

For some here, I certainly AM concerned over a Canadian service person in uniform, thus representing the nation for which so many of my family bled in the same uniform, making a gesture like that for a photographer.

Good grief. If your that damn concerned why don't you strap on a uniform and go show him the proper way.

I don't think anyone knows what it means. Some rock star probably did it at a concert once and 99.9 of the audience thought it was cool. The world is full of followers looking for a leader. And like others have said, it's nothing to worry about. Soon it will be something else, always has been, always will be. We were all young once.

Silly, it means he's killed that many kittens with gunfire today.

GTC

kutenay, if the young man is in a war zone, im certain that he is more concerned about shooting and being shot at, or IEDs, or the needs of the next patrol mission. lighten up. been there. the priorities are a little more urgent than whether or not the folks back home will understand what my strange )to them) hand signal means.

we used to use the horns as a "rock on!" type of gesture - as in, "keep up the good work," and NOT as in any sort of satanic belief symbol. we used to use the Hawaiian shaka thing too, for the same reason: "hang loose, brother," but also because it drove a general insane that we were doing that to each other as a way to relax and show camaraderie between units, services, and friends. that general even put out a general order condemning and forbidding its use...which led to us (the ones actually in the field instead of sitting back and eating ice cream and coffee in the safety of an air condidtioned TOC) doing it more. and every generation at war has it's own symbolisms and customs.

my point here is that the general had the wrong priorities. don't become that general.

also, why are you concerned about his hand signal and how it shows character, when you open a post with a curse?

Old guys dabbling on the internet is a scary proposition.

Seems that I remember Crossfires young stalker from Tennessee, with a picture using that sign. Can't seem to remember his name to do a search. miles

LOL

Word!!

Gotta cover that one with a pillow......'sip

Ah sucks mah thum...