YES, BUT NOT AS MUCH AS MINDLESS NEWSPAPER SURVEYS
Do certain hand gestures irritate you?
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July 06, 2012
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No, not really. I think that it really depends on the body language and facial expression that goes along with it.
Posted by: Theresa | July 06, 2012 at 06:17 PM
I'm told that leaving one finger pointed up, while the others around it are not is considered an annoying gesture.
Posted by: Elon | July 06, 2012 at 07:19 PM
I used that particular hand gesture earlier today Elon! Although I did it while offering some helpful advice on how they may want to be re-educated before they drive a car again. I was only trying to be helpful. Hand gestures don't bother me as much as some facial expressions.
Posted by: nursecindy | July 06, 2012 at 07:24 PM
NC: My 9 year old daughter gave me her first eye roll last weekend. I think I'm in for a rough few years. :)
Posted by: Ms. Flukey | July 06, 2012 at 07:44 PM
Finger gestures are the worst.
Posted by: HogsAteMySister | July 06, 2012 at 07:48 PM
But it was funny when Chris Farley did it!!...
Actually, I've been waiting a long time for air-parentheses to catch on. Not so much the air-colon though.
Posted by: Head_Smashed_In | July 06, 2012 at 08:51 PM
None that I can "think of".
Posted by: Meanie the Blue | July 06, 2012 at 11:09 PM
It depends on the hand.
Posted by: Ralph | July 07, 2012 at 01:33 AM
NC,
I use the "International,I'm Number One" gesture quite a lot on the roads around DC.
Posted by: MikeyVA | July 07, 2012 at 07:53 AM
yeah, i gotcher finger gesschas right heah!
(i do hate air 'quotes'....)
Posted by: queensbee | July 07, 2012 at 08:12 AM
I hate the thing that little kid Danny did in that movie, bending his finger and saying " Yes, Mrs. Torrance " , but that may have just been some kind of medical problem.
Posted by: Clankie | July 07, 2012 at 08:45 AM
*snork* at "Meanie"
And I can live without air quotes, but I couldn't survive without the Time Out signal. When you deal with lots of committees - or even particularly voluble individuals - it's way necessary.
Posted by: Betsy | July 07, 2012 at 09:58 AM
The gesture Brits really hate is the one where you act like you are brushing your teeth.
Posted by: wingnut | July 07, 2012 at 09:58 AM
Not particularly irritated but there's one I like.
A cop once failed to jog when the road did and drove into my lane, forcing me off the road.
No damage done and I got back on immediately. We wound up at a stop light together about 30 feet down the road.
He looked over at me and gave a contrite shoulder shrug and a "sorry" look.
Anybody can make a mistake. An apology can be indicated by a gesture and should be accepted.
Posted by: Steve | July 07, 2012 at 10:04 AM
Air quotes have always irritated me, but "uptwinkles" and "downtwinkles" just take the cake. Political protest as kindergarten class...
Posted by: Spiny Norman | July 07, 2012 at 10:53 AM
I am irritated by a gesture seen on locally produced TV commercials, usually for auto sales or air conditioner repair. The owner ends the commercial by dramatically pointing his index finger at the camera and saying, "Schlepp IS Ford!"
Posted by: Ernie G | July 07, 2012 at 01:18 PM
Spiny - what are you talking about? (Googles it) Oh, never mind. Another reason the occupiers will make almost as little difference as the tea baggers did.
Posted by: Omniskeptic | July 07, 2012 at 01:27 PM