Post by Doc on Jan 4, 2008 1:45:32 GMT -5
In the famous December 22 interviews of the 4 Beatles upon the Steps of Abbey Road, at night, each Beatle is interviewed that evening. (What a pathetically redundant sentence!) When *ahem* Paul is interviewed and asked if it would bother him if they never performed live again, he says the bit about "Oh, I dunno, No. Because, if we can't hear ourselves, we can't get any better", etc., anyway, at some point he touches near his right ear with his right index finger.
Huh? Nerves? A "tell"? A calculated "gesture"? A Fraudian slip? WHat meaneth that Folderol?
At this web page:
www.answers.com/topic/hand-gesture
I found this item, not about index finger on the ear, but rather, on the side of the nose.
Finger Beside Nose
This gesture involves bringing the index finger to the side of the nose and is used in the USA and the UK to indicate that something secret is being told. It is often accompanied by a conspiratorial wink. Placing the finger beside the nose is often used by storytellers to signal that they are stretching the truth. As a variant, sometimes the finger is tapped next to the nose.
Clement Moore's version of the Santa Claus story first used the now familiar phrase, "...laying his finger aside of his nose...," in which Santa, upon discovery, made this gesture and winked before vanishing up the chimney. Another interesting reference from the Urdu poem "The Fourth Era of Āb-e ḥayāt:Part Three" is as follows: "When the Navab's gaze fell on him, he placed a finger beside his nose [as women do] and recited."
This can also be seen in "The Sting" when a non-con-artist with a grudge nearly gives away the big con.
Additionally, this can be used to indicate that one is "not it." Usually used when divvying up chores or other undesirable tasks while in a group. The last member of a group to indicate with this symbol becomes the one tasked with completing this chore.
So. beside the nose means:
The Big Con? Divvying up chores?
Beside the ear?
Huh? Nerves? A "tell"? A calculated "gesture"? A Fraudian slip? WHat meaneth that Folderol?
At this web page:
www.answers.com/topic/hand-gesture
I found this item, not about index finger on the ear, but rather, on the side of the nose.
Finger Beside Nose
This gesture involves bringing the index finger to the side of the nose and is used in the USA and the UK to indicate that something secret is being told. It is often accompanied by a conspiratorial wink. Placing the finger beside the nose is often used by storytellers to signal that they are stretching the truth. As a variant, sometimes the finger is tapped next to the nose.
Clement Moore's version of the Santa Claus story first used the now familiar phrase, "...laying his finger aside of his nose...," in which Santa, upon discovery, made this gesture and winked before vanishing up the chimney. Another interesting reference from the Urdu poem "The Fourth Era of Āb-e ḥayāt:Part Three" is as follows: "When the Navab's gaze fell on him, he placed a finger beside his nose [as women do] and recited."
This can also be seen in "The Sting" when a non-con-artist with a grudge nearly gives away the big con.
Additionally, this can be used to indicate that one is "not it." Usually used when divvying up chores or other undesirable tasks while in a group. The last member of a group to indicate with this symbol becomes the one tasked with completing this chore.
So. beside the nose means:
The Big Con? Divvying up chores?
Beside the ear?