Norway Sees Evil in Bush

[NYC Liberal]

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/newsreel/

OSLO, Norway - President Bush's "Hook 'em, 'horns" salute got lost in translation in Norway, where shocked people interpreted his hand gesture during his inauguration as a salute to Satan.

That's what it means in the Nordics when you throw up the right hand with the index and pinky fingers raised, a gesture popular among heavy metal groups and their fans in the region.

"Shock greeting from Bush daughter," a headline in the Norwegian Internet newspaper Nettavisen said above a photograph of Bush's daughter Jenna, smiling and showing the sign.

For Texans, the gesture is a sign of love for the University of Texas Longhorns, whose fans are known to shout out "Hook 'em, 'horns!" at sporting events.

Bush, a former Texas governor, and his family made the sign to greet the Longhorn marching band as it passed during the inaugural parade through Washington during Thursday's festivities, explained Verdens Gang, Norway's largest newspaper.

[madison2000]

1. There are a lot of other signs of his evil besides that one.

[Bouncy Ball]

2. That asshole didn't even GO to UT

and I love that he does this, for more reasons than it pisses off and confuses other people: A&M really grumbles every time he does it (and he does it frequently, it seems).

See, A&M is UT's biggest rival (really it's the other way around, UT is A&M's biggest rival, OU is UT's biggest rival). A&M has Daddy bush's presidential library. They named a frigging major road after him. So they kinda assume the son belongs to them too.

So when he goes around doing the Hook Em Horns sign, it makes their blood boil, as much as they want to fellate him constantly.

Heh, I love it.

And for anyone who doesn't know, YES it's a VERY big deal who you publically pledge your allegiance to around here. Weird, I know, but there you go.

And how funny is it that Norway thought that? We ought to tell them "Yes, they are suprisingly open about their Satan worshipping!"

[NYC]

6. Bush applied to the Univ. of Texas law school, and was rejected.

Fall 1970. I'm looking for a copy of the letter.

[NYC]

3. It means the same thing in New York as it does in Norway.

We don't have a lot of longhorn cattle running through the streets.

[bif]

4. You're kidding. Bush is a phoney?

[miss_kitty]

5. I heard yesterday also from a forgotten source that somewhere

in the world it means 'bullshit' (I think it was 'wait wait don't tell me,' and I don't know THEIR source)