Welcome to Lost in Translation Part II, where an innocent show of Texas pride by President Bush and his family Thursday — flashing the "Hook 'em Horns" sign as the University of Texas Longhorn Band passed by during the inaugural parade — resulted in Norwegian news media reports of devil worship at the White House...
The "Hook 'em" sign — in which the pinky and index fingers of the right hand are extended and the thumb is crossed over the folded middle fingers — represents the horns of the school's mascot.
It also bears an uncanny resemblance to a Scandinavian gesture symbolizing Satan's horns, one employed exhaustively by heavy metal bands during the '80s and '90s.
And it hasn't escaped the media's notice that Texas A&M loyalists (such as myself) are sitting back and enjoying the show. And I mean really enjoying it.
Fans and graduates of Texas A&M University, UT's longtime intra-state rival, loved it, plastering the story on maroon and white message boards across the Internet.
"I guess the entire world just figured out what we already know!" wrote OldArmyOilField, an Aggie fan on Texags.com.
"When I heard it, I just laughed and mumbled under my breath 'Yes!'" said Carri Wells, a prominent Aggie booster in San Antonio.
It's always great to watch the Orangebloods squirm. And for it to happen on an international stage, with as silly and nonsensical a scandal on this... well, you'd have thought an Aggie dreamed it up!
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Squirming? We t-sips aren't squirming. Now that our secret has been exposed we and other agents of Satan (Tinky Wink, Spongebob Squarepants, etc.) will destroy you! Bwahhahahahahahahahaha!
ReplyDeleteShoot, we don't need the Norwegian media to tell us that Bill Crider is Up To No Good. That's one's kind of a given, any way you slice it!
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