Norwegians confused by Bush family's ``Satanic salute''
By Associated Press
Friday, January 21, 2005
OSLO, Norway - There appears to be somewhat of a cultural divide between Texans and Norwegians.
Residents of the Scandinavian country were taken aback when they saw the First Family appear to salute Satan during the inaugural parade yesterday.
The president and his family were seen raising their right hands and extending their index and pinky fingers.
Where Bush is from, that's recognized as a salute to the University of Texas Longhorns. Fans make the sign and shout ``Hook 'em, horns!'' during athletic events.
But overseas, that same gesture is seen as a sign of the devil. And in Norway the salute is popular among death metal and black metal groups and fans.
"Either our lives become stories, or there's just no way to get through them ... this is why I left my life behind me and came to the desert - to tell stories and to make my own life a worthwhile tale in the process... So I came down here, to breathe dust and walk with the dogs - to look at a rock or a cactus and know that I am the first person to see that cactus and that rock. And to try and read the letter inside me." - adapted from Douglas Coupland's Generation X
Friday, January 21, 2005
Dubya throwing the goat??
This is totally cracking me up.
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