I mentioned to a friend recently how odd it sometimes is to me, an American living in Europe, to hear references to American cultural phenomena that have arisen since I left the country more than 20 years ago, and of which I have no knowledge at all or only slight familiarity, such as a lot of TV shows, or making the “loser” sign on one’s forehead. Although much American pop culture is exported throughout the world and eventually makes it to Austria, the loser sign simply does not exist here. She suggested I teach such things to my daughters and start trends. Beta has, in fact, made Halloween parties fashionable in her circle of friends. But teach my children to make the loser sign? I could never do that.
I’m so proud of you.
Mig, you always, always make me laugh out loud.
Don’t forget who the trendsetter here is.
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what a cutie patootie :)
You make me think it might be ok to have kids, despite the world at large.
Now see – that’s teaching the kid the good stuff! She can’t get that in an Austrian school! Or can she? You can’t tell me – wait – they don’t have any hand gestures in Austria?
Eh, they have several, just not that particular one – most Austrians lack a certain bone in their wrist that makes it impossible.
how do you say ‘loser’ in german, anyway?
i think it should be a new trend to make an ampersand sign on your forehead.
i have joined the ranks of folks teaching their children to make hand gestures.
just good fun.
you know, i just realized, looking at Gamma’s and Kurtwood’s pics, that they both chose the moment to do a tongue gesture too.
i often wonder what damage these two coud do, if they ever got together. they seem to have similar mischief in them.