Wednesday, July 1, 2009

A Tribute.

My first thought, upon hearing of Michael Jackson's death: I didn't know he could do that. I seriously thought the man would never die.

My second thought: He threw out The Shocker a lot while dancing. And the more I thought about it, the more I realized how deeply ingrained this particular hand gesture is in our culture.



Of course, one always has options when throwing a sign:




But The Shocker remains tried and true because of its beautifully efficient symbolic nature in non-verbal communication. It's almost as if "When You Say Nothing at all" was written with this gesture in mind.

MJ does it.



George Takei almost does it.




Letterman does it.




Ben Stein does it.


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Chuck Norris does it.



Administrative professionals do it.




W does it.



It runs in the family.




Cheerleaders do it.




Again.




And Again.




Retired cheerleaders do it.




No wonder cheerleading is the most dangerous sport.

8 comments:

  1. i now can't get the image of ben stein giving the shocker out of my head. THANK YOU.

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  2. wat doz the schocker even mean?? kuz idk and i named my blog the shocker and idk if its bad or not!!!

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  3. does the eternal phrase "Two in the Goo One in the Poo" mean anything to you

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  4. love the shopped finger on bushes daughter.

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  5. No, it's not two FINGERS - it's two dicks!
    There was originally a film called "one in the pink and one in the stink".

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