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Author Topic: Nov 22, 05 - HNNYAH!  (Read 4318 times)

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Nov 22, 05 - HNNYAH!
« Reply #15 on: November 24, 2005, 06:24:45 pm »
Perhaps I'm a bit slow, but this strip did not make a great deal of sense to me.  What is Showbiz attempting to convey in panel five?  What does that hand gesture mean?  Why does he look angry in panels four and five?  Is "HNNYAH!" an expression of triumph, greeting, or apology?

I need to know these things.
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Nov 22, 05 - HNNYAH!
« Reply #16 on: November 25, 2005, 04:32:16 am »
I think he was just adjusting his package as some people do, while chewing on a mouthful of gum when they walked in and the "HNNYAH!" is just trying to say something even though he has a mouthful of gum. The gesture eludes me, however.
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Nov 22, 05 - HNNYAH!
« Reply #17 on: November 25, 2005, 05:28:08 am »
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Nov 22, 05 - HNNYAH!
« Reply #18 on: November 26, 2005, 05:46:14 pm »
The hand gesture is the "hang loose" signal. It was briefly popular in the 80's and is now basically only used by Samoa Joe
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Nov 22, 05 - HNNYAH!
« Reply #19 on: November 28, 2005, 03:25:45 pm »
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The hand gesture is the "hang loose" signal. It was briefly popular in the 80's and is now basically only used by Samoa Joe


At the end of third grade, my teacher took "graduation" Polaroids of the kids in her class.  (We all wore cardboard mortarboards.)  She shot three kids in every exposure then sliced the resulting picture into thirds.  My slice was the middle slice.  In this slice I am making the "hang loose" signal.

I wasn't clutchin' on my crotch like Showbiz, though.
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Nov 22, 05 - HNNYAH!
« Reply #20 on: November 28, 2005, 06:18:04 pm »
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The hand gesture is the "hang loose" signal. It was briefly popular in the 80's and is now basically only used by Samoa Joe


That gesture is called a 'shaka' (no one seems to know why) and is by far the most common hand gesture in Hawaii.
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Nov 22, 05 - HNNYAH!
« Reply #21 on: November 28, 2005, 09:40:25 pm »
Of course, not to be confused with the already discussed "shocker," which is sometimes pronounced as "shocka."
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Nov 22, 05 - HNNYAH!
« Reply #22 on: November 29, 2005, 03:27:08 am »
I know that it is the "hang loose" gesture, but why does Showbiz use it?

I still need to know this thing.
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Nov 22, 05 - HNNYAH!
« Reply #23 on: November 29, 2005, 03:31:35 am »
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I know that it is the "hang loose" gesture, but why does Showbiz use it?

I still need to know this thing.

Maybe he was trying to say that he was free-ballin' at the time.
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