Never Too Old To Learn
One afternoon, a few years ago, my oldest grandson and I were watching TV; the 3-year-old relaxed in a miniature recliner and I seated comfortably on the sofa. During a commercial he got up and walked toward me, right fist upraised, palm front, thumb folded across his fingers.
(See Fig. 1)
Fig. 1
Not being familiar with all of the new superhero signals on the current cartoons, I returned the salute and inquired, “What’s that?”
The young one slowly pointed to a previously unnoticed speck on his right thumb (See Fig. 2),
Fig. 2
and calmly informed me, “ ’at’s a booger.”
Sometimes, maybe, we look a little deeper than is absolutely necessary.
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Kind of resembles a Pinholian Salute.
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I never thought about needing my own salute, but if I had one this would surely be it.
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[Gives a Pinholian salute upon entry]
This is perfect -- I was looking for just the right illustration for my lecture tomorrow, about reading too much into a thing, and now I have found just the ice breaker I was looking for.
Thank you, Pinhole.
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(Returns salute...minus booger)
You're very welcome, PC. Glad to be of service.
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And sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.
(Who said that?)
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Sigmund Sombody-or-other. Probably no one that anybody's ever heard of.
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I wonder, Pinhole, if that isn't the reason behind some of the other salutes the mankind has come up with. Not as profound perhaps, but similar.
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Interesting idea, Montucky. This could be the germ of a future blog on the origin of symbols and greetings.
Thanks,
Pinhole
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