Hand wave from Damascus
Does this mean the same thing to an Arab as to an Italian? If so, Zahar has a message for Bush.
posted by Nur-al-Cubicle | 1:04 AM
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Friday, April 21, 2006
Does this mean the same thing to an Arab as to an Italian? If so, Zahar has a message for Bush.
6 Comments:
I love it!
For Arabs it means "wait" or "hold on" -- what does it mean for Italians?
It's a Neapolitan hand gesture indicating "bring it on, you stupid dickhead".
Wah! It's the old love it or leave it chestnut!
Nah anonymous callieischatty is doing the old smear that people like Nur who love their country and are unhappy with what the corrupt bunch of thugs currently in power are doing to America are unpatriotic.
Not only that but callieischatty is either too bigotted, too lazy, or too stupid, to realise that Nur isn't of Arabic extraction.
(Of course callieischatty could be all three.)
I'm a limey and I think Nur is the best reason for living.
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