FM's Operation Graduation

yeh, bring an inchytape next time you talk to me!

*waves at razz*

hey there! thanks for visiting my bloggie! :)

*waves at razz*

hey there! thanks for visiting my bloggie! :)

lol@razz. Alright mate :). I am not a *happy* guy, just always keep that in mind :P...you know what happy means :P.

No problem sid, thanks for visiting here too.

with regards
FM

Good to know that you are not "happy." I agree with your entry. Some gestures mean completely different things in different cultures. For example, thumbs up might mean "eat shit" somewhere. I'm not sure of that, but just an example. A wide open hand facing towards someone's face in our cutlture means "lanat" whereas, it may be a gesture of appreciation or admiration somewhere else. It is quite natural to smile at complete strangers in the US. Smile at one of the 51% of our population, and you're most likely to wind up with a sandal embedded in your forehead, not to mention all her "brothers" who would be honored to treat you. Simle at a stranger from the other portion of the population and you'll get an odd frown on him.

Thumbs up is negative in Greece, it means 'sit on this' (page 88, Murphy). It seems you've been rather unlucky in the business of smiling at the other portion of the population... I get 10x smiles back all the time! :)

Now check this out...

Iraqis are giving passing Americans the "thumbs up" sign, which the troops interpret as a symbol of support. But many veteran travelers insist that the gesture is a crass Middle Eastern insult. How should coalition forces take those skyward thumbs...
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It's true that "thumbs up" traditionally translates as the foulest of Iraqi insults—the most straightforward interpretation is "Up yours, pal!"

Taken from:
http://slate.msn.com/id/2080812

AoA,

Interesting post...I wonder if you can make an american jump off a cliff that way :P

So, you're an NEDian, I 'in-directly' happen to know a friend of yours: Faisal Naseem (saw his name in the team member of IEENED).

Sir, It depends who smiles :), but yeah some gestures that are a sign of goodwill in occident might bring unluckiness in the orient and vice versa. So we should know about them before using them when we are in different time and space.

Faisal: I read the whole article whose link you gave. In that it was mentioned that to take someone's life thumb in downward direction was shown by the King to the comabatants. Remember where we saw that ;)...Gladiator mate...when the King shown that to take the life of Russell Crowe. Anyways...So what do we friends mean when we show them :D...i always take them as a good job but who knows someone might mean inside "take it up into your ... " :D:D and we proudly smile at him :D.

Fallen Angel: WS
Thanks mate, No problem, you can in-directly know me as well :P.

with regards
FM

Wow...thanks for informing us...I'd take care next time...

On the contrary Faisal, it's not from personal experience. My experience of smiling to both portions has been rather delightful.

Quite logical and true too!

Btw you are also linked :)

Quite logical and true too.

Btw you are also linked :)

you will be linked soon just as soon as i get back to blogging, which is after friday morning, i hava *gulp* physics test grrr to study for plus a lab.


and as for yor post, i tend to refrain from commenting on the saudi political/social/anything to do with middle eastern politicains, apparently every time i speak, a rather depressing bitter testimonial comes out
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