Comments on: The Hilarious History of Our Favorite Gestures http://gremlindog.com/history-society/the-hilarious-history-of-common-gestures/ Random Ramblings and Sometimes Funny Stuff Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:21:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ThatGuy http://gremlindog.com/history-society/the-hilarious-history-of-common-gestures/comment-page-1/#comment-138 ThatGuy Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:23:43 +0000 http://gremlindog.com/?p=488#comment-138 You are incorrect about "Thumbs Up / Thumbs Down" in relation to the Romans. This is a very popular misconception. In fact, the Romans used an extended thumb to mean "death", and a covered thumb to mean "spare him". http://bernd.wechner.info/Hitchhiking/Thumb/ You are incorrect about “Thumbs Up / Thumbs Down” in relation to the Romans. This is a very popular misconception. In fact, the Romans used an extended thumb to mean “death”, and a covered thumb to mean “spare him”.

http://bernd.wechner.info/Hitchhiking/Thumb/

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