>>>>>Good luck - I've been there three times, and it's no fun at all. Holding my thumbs (Serbian equivalent of fingers crossed) for you.
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>>>>Thanks Dragan. The image of you crossing your toes is pretty funny!!
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>>>Um... you got it wrong, it's just like making a fist, but not for a punch, just squeezing the thumb in it... pretty much like a thumbs up gesture except the thumb is inside. But, hey, if you got a good giggle out of this, the better :).
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>>The one that gets me is The Shocker. I bet everyone between 16 and 22 knows exactly what it means, while old fogies like me just barely heard of it. I was watching a college football game the other night and every time they would do one of those crowd shots it was the same thing. The students, male and female alike, would flash The Shocker as soon as they realized the camera was on them. This must have been what it was like with the peace sign about 40 years ago -- young people knew what it meant and older people wondered what the hell it meant.
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>OK, you got my attention now - so, what does it mean and how does it look?

The ring and middle fingers tucked under and held down by the thumb, the index finger and pinky extended straight out.