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Connecting with todays youth… …yer doin it white and nerdy



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Connecting with todays youth… …yer doin it white and nerdy

(George Bush)

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  1. chimmeychango says:

    isnt that the sign for E the entertainment network?

  2. sad panda says:

    it’s the shocker.

  3. Pamela says:

    The Shocker has a thumb out too, doesn’t it?

  4. OldManMontgomery says:

    So, meeting with people – youth – who are mostly white and decently dressed is ‘nerdy’?

    That’s a rather racist presumption and opinion.

    But it is the (Republican) President and First Lady of the United States, so being denigrative and racist is not only allowed, it’s obligatory.

  5. LeeGer says:

    And what does that mean if someone holds his fingers like that? Never really understood that.

  6. T! says:

    Considering there are about 14 African American people in that image out of around 38 people, and a number of people that probably aren’t Caucasian at all, I fail to see how this is at all “white and nerdy.”

    Funny fail.

    Caption fail.

    Racism fail.

    Get this trash off of the front page.

  7. ICDK says:

    Oh, it’ so nice to see the Crips and the Bloods getting along!

  8. Curtis says:

    its actually not “the shocker” its a sign used by the University of Houston, kind of like Texas’ “Hook ‘em” sign. This one fails hardcore…

    • pittypat says:

      LOL, sounds more like a hardcore failure
      on the part of U of H.

      • Curtis says:

        Except it actually has meaning… So… you fail.

        • pittypat says:

          To quote the great Nashville Bill:
          Wow, so they’re into double penetration. Cool!

          • Curtis says:

            To educate you, if you wish to be educated:

            Cougar Hand Sign
            In Texas, all of the major universities have adopted a hand sign which signifies to all other Texans where your loyalties lie. The Cougar Hand Sign is no different. Although the original hand sign was the “V” for Victory until 1965, events conspired and a new hand sign was adopted. The inaugural football game between University of Houston and University of Texas during the 1953 campaign witnessed the birth of a blood rivalry between the state’s two largest universities at that time. However, it also led to the adoption of another Cougar Hand Sign. During her transport from Houston to Austin, one of the fingers on Shasta’s paw was severed when the cage door was closed. As the University of Texas partisans and players caught wind of the accident, they mimicked the animal by bending their thumb over the ring finger against their palm. This gesture implied that the Cougars were invalids. The Cougars would go on to lose the game 28-7.

            The cougar faithful, still mindful of the stinging defeat suffered 15 years earlier, never forgot the taunting that they received. The next time the two teams faced off (1968… a whole 15 years later), UH tied UT 20-20. At that point, the students thought there might be a bit of magic in that sign, and the hand sign was adopted replacing the “V”.

            In 1976, the Cougars first football season in the Southwest Conference, the Coogs & Horns met for the third time ever. The Coogs put a beating on the Longhorns that they have yet to forget 30-0 (a.k.a.the “Dad’s Day Massacre”) in front of the largest crowd to assemble in Memorial Stadium at that time. That victory ended the Longhorns famed winning streak, and the embarrassment also signaled the end of legendary UT Coach Darryl K. Royal’s career. After that victory, the Cougar Hand Sign became firmly entrenched.

            *Important Note: Only one hand is to be held aloft when making the Cougar Hand Sign.

            • pittypat says:

              Hey Mr. Huffy, I was just trying to be playful. Sheesh!
              And I don’t give a rat’s ass about your stupid little football team.

            • eddiepscetti says:

              And you felt inclined to give us all this drivel because? It’s not like people here actually follow football in Tejas (well, some of the people here may, but I doubt it’s a majority) so most of us could care less who uses what hand sign.

            • shweezer says:

              no one cares, and no one is going to read all of what you wrote. sry. someone had to tell you…

            • Colonel Sandurz says:

              And to the 6.5 billion outside of Texas (and most in Texas as well) it is , and will always be, The Shocker.

            • Enry says:

              Wow, that’s so interesting, I never realized thIT’S STILL THE SHOCKER DOUCHEBAG, GET OVER YOURSELF. Sheesh… what a **doouuucchee**

            • Charlie Foxtrot says:

              Nah, it’s just because they are trying to use gang-westside slang, but being fans of “W” they couldn’t get it right. That and no one really cares about texas football.

            • absolutmeliss says:

              srsly? as in Uni of Houston? ehhh…I’m transferring there next semester X|
              I am not making that sign while there.

            • rhorho says:

              As one of the few people here who has actually lived in Houston (Home of “Coug High,” let me apologize, on behalf of all of the nice Texans out there, for the rudeness shown here.

            • Tessie says:

              So, they’re into double penetration OR they’re rooting for their football team?
              Can’t it be both?

              • Jane St.Clair says:

                Curtis says no. Football signs are serious business apparently. The fate of the world depends on no one thinking their football team likes double stuffing.

                • Maxwell Silverhammer says:

                  Indeed… the fate of the world, and short of a group of meddling kids, I’ll get away it too!
                  MWUAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

            • cybely says:

              LOL

              Dude, whatever meaning it has in Texas doesn’t matter. In the REST of the USA, it’s an extremely graphic and inappropriate hand gesture which conveys a specific sexual act. GET OVER IT

            • eddiepscetti says:

              Wow, Matthew, I thought you like me?
              -
              I guess that comment changes the dynamics a bit.

              • Uncle Fester says:

                MF (strangely apposite initials) had his SOH surgically removed a long time…

                • rhorho says:

                  LOL–Early in his PK posting (Day 1?), my notice of his ironic initials led to his first flaming of me directly. I wasted a lot of time trying to lead him into the realm of non-troll status.
                  -
                  Despite all, he still manages to caps shout, say dull, blind things about his uni, and otherwise present himself as a roadblock to reason. He had been on probation with me, but I have been too nice. That sh!t ends now.
                  *sharpens and oils troll poker*

                  • Maxwell Silverhammer says:

                    I think we’ve learned something here… most of those people in Texas
                    take themselves, and their football team WAY too seriously.
                    And also Matt… could you maybe make a habit of NOT defending the
                    random “You guys are so stupid for not knowing barely known regional
                    information” trolls that pop up? I mean seriously. You strike me as
                    the type who would say “You know… Rodney King WAS being beligerent
                    to those police….”

                    • rhorho says:

                      Max, I’m a native Texan. Please don’t think we’re all like Matt. He’s a disgrace!
                      *lowers Lone Star flag to half staff*

                      • FaileV says:

                        yeah i lived in texas for a long time, my sister still lives in houstan, and the coug handsign or whatever was not the first thing I thought of while seeing this >.>
                        Also i’m with Rho. not everyone in Texas is that rude or football crazed

                      • rhorho says:

                        Thank you FaileV!
                        *beams; raises Lone Star back to full staff*
                        *directs hand signal to Mattpuke FistHandy*

                  • cybely says:

                    *hands rhorho a cattle prod*

                    Here, try this. The zapping noise is so much more satisfying.

                    • rhorho says:

                      Wow, cybely, this is great! Modifying this design a bit, I’m thinking we could have different settings…
                      1. Shock
                      2. Awe
                      3. Electric UT Branding Iron™
                      .
                      *hugs*

            • rhorho says:

              Diagnosis confirmed.
              Go play with your fingers, Troll.

              • Matthew Fitzhenry says:

                Ok? I never “trolled” unprovoked, but I suppose if you twist things to how you want to see them, then I am. I defended him because he provided an explanation contrary to the “shocker” and he was unnecessarily ridiculed. Some said something to the effect of ” thank you for wasting my time douche” and phrases of the like. I read and re-read his post, and it was simply informative. Who is the troll? It isn’t me.

                • eddiepscetti says:

                  The problem is, Matthew, curtis provided WAY to much information that wasn’t really relevant. Then you decided to fling a ‘f*ck you’ out there and things snowballed from there. Also, which was pointed out further along, this could be the hand sign for ASU. So which is it? And really, why are you all of a sudden so defensive?
                  -
                  And for the record, curtis threw out the ‘troll’ comment first.

                  • Matthew Fitzhenry says:

                    contempt for the regulars that believe they are the moderators of this site, that’s the root of my defensiveness. He was swarmed for providing an alternative view of what this means. It could be the sign for ASU, I don’t know, but I do know for sure that it is also the sign for UH, and he provided some background information.
                    and Rho, Really? I am a disgrace to the state of Texas because I am perceived (yes, only perceived, you are not the ultimate authority on what is trolling) to troll on a website dedicated to LOL? And after my first posting (which I apologized for, a nice little detail you left out of your tantrum) I never really trolled. I think you may be referring to some board where (can’t remember which) I said something to Jane, AGREEING with her, but it was a satiric rebuttal to her which was actually meant to support her, you endlessly flamed me for that. For someone who is so quick to call someone a troll, you seem to do it a ton yourself

    • Nashville Bill says:

      Not doubting that U of Houston has this sign, my friends.

      It just also happens to, oh, I dunno … be the shocker. Really. :)

      So, yeah – I wanna party with these guys. Esp. the female ones.

  9. Tessie says:

    Greetings from the Shop Teachers of America.

  10. Or it could be a meeting of the Rahm Emanuel fan club … kind of (they’re off by a finger, but what the hey)

  11. ubr says:

    Two in the pink one in the stink!

  12. LouZha says:

    I luv how poor lil curtis cant handle that his lil football group has The Shocker as its lil secret handshake thingy.

  13. caprisunandcheezits says:

    Cougar sign bull shit or not… never in my wildest dreams did I think a picture of the president doing the shocker would grace my screen. This is waaay too good. Curtis- really? A whole paragraph? You know its the shocker…

  14. Alcari says:

    They see me mowin’ my front lawn
    I know they’re all thinkin’ I’m so
    White and nerdy

  15. sad panda says:

    the best part is, curtis is wrong. it’s not a texas football team, it’s an arizona track team. just google “george bush arizona state.” it’s the first hit. yeah, that’s right — there’s george bush doing the shocker on the white house web page.

  16. Mao says:

    HAHAHAHA

    I love it when a load of white people do something when they don’t know what they’re doing.

    Anyone of any other ethnicity in there is just doing it for the lulz

  17. professor_soccer says:

    Yeah, WHITE. Let’s do the math. There 37 people with W, and 15 are black. So 41% black. The general population is like 15% black.

    But this is Bush, so therefore, he must be racist.

    No, the person who posted this and the website people who select it are typically liberal and biased so allowed it.

    Don’t bother to check facts or, dare I say, the TRUTH. !!!

    • Mythgeek says:

      …Are you for real? It’s a Weird Al reference, not an implication that Bush is racist or a blatant overlooking of the facts. Comprehension fail.

      • Maxwell Silverhammer says:

        And reading fail, considering that this point has already been presented earlier in the thread and everyone already reemed that person for their fail.
        So professor_soccer, perhaps its best you have your Doctrate in soccer… and not in reading comprehension, otherwise America’s youth would be screwed.

    • Steve says:

      professor_soccer – Now that you have electricity and an internet connection I need to direct you to some pop culture you may have missed out on while you were in the dark ages…

      White and Nerdy – Weird Al
      Also, you should watch a video called Rollin’ Wit Saggat (for pure comedic value)

      That should give you a good start to understanding this LoL.

  18. bubz says:

    It is the ASU track team. And that’s the sun devil pitchfork you morons. Index and middle finger are together for the shocker.

    http://campus.asu.edu/files/2003_Basketball_Fans_Pitchfork.JPG

  19. Annie Adorable says:

    Hey, did anyone notice that George and the rest of those individuals from various multicultural backgrounds are representing THE SHOCKER?

    (ducking thrown objects)

    Football aside, ITS A SHOCKER. Double-dee-doo! C’mon people, don’t be daft!
    Guys who really know how to do a shocker correctly are THE BEST. And not any of them are Repugnant-icans. Ech!

    • The Pirate King says:

      C’mon, a lot of strait-laced, fundie types are totally freaky in the sack! Trust me, go down to BJU and talk to some of those hotties.

  20. ema says:

    Well, he IS white and nerdy, so how ELSE would he be doing it? Big deal.

  21. ema says:

    This is it? All we get is one stinking lol for the day?! There’s usually two on Saturday.

  22. amandastar26 says:

    It’s a play on Weird Al’s song, and the fact that W has a goofy look on his face, not some racist or political statement. Whoever said “overanalysis fail,” you’re so right. Lighten up. =)

  23. RoyBatty says:

    Out of all the great ideas for a picture that has been up for about, what, a month THIS is what they went with?????

    Even my idea was better than this and there were others IMHO that were better than mine.

    Again – just how and who is deciding what goes up? Notice, there is no FAQ that addresses who or how lolz are decided upon.

    • rhorho says:

      *cough*sore loser*cough*

    • lowly grunt says:

      I think they may be gearing up for a change in deciding front page lolz, at least I hope so. The link for “See All Captions” is sorta new like within the past couple weeks. Personally, I think this was done to quiet the vocal among posters here that “conservative” lolz never make it to the voting page.

      Could be that the “See All Captions” feature is the first phase in a new way to do voting.
      I would applaud it because the current system stinks.

  24. Ozone says:

    Idiots. who thought of Wikipeding (?) it first?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pitchfork_(hand_gesture)

    I totally wish this was the shocker though.

    • Annie Adorable says:

      “Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name”

      WikiFail. Oh, and if you call some people idiots, and prove that you yourself are severely cognitively lacking, what, prey tell, does that make you?

      “Better to remain silent and thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt…” attributed variously to Mark Twain, George Eliot, Confuscious

      So, now that we know it’s a SHOCKER, who wants to give me one? This whole thread has made me SO HOT!

  25. Dave says:

    do they even know what some of those symbols imply?

  26. April says:

    I can’t believe No One in that crowd, or the photographers, or organizers, told him…I’m no bushite, but that’s just cruel.

  27. alex says:

    there all Matt Hardy fans!

  28. BuickGirl1986 says:

    Dude it looks like the v1 sign to me. Go Matt Hardy.

  29. Sundevil says:

    That is my fellow friends the ASU pitchfork. We are the Sundevils and therefore use the pitchfork as our finger symbol. I love how despite the fact that the index and middle finger are apart everyone automatically assumes ‘OMG! It’s the shocker!!’ Research can be your best friend.

    • Jeff says:

      “Research can be your best friend.” No, I think actually knowing it before hand is it. Exactly how does one research a hand sign? You need to know what it is called to be able to put it into Google. I even entered the names of the fingers involved and up came a bunch of unrelated crap.

    • Uncle Fester says:

      Honi soit que mal y pense…

      However, ‘The Pitchfork’ isn’t funny, ‘the Shocker’ is…

  30. Barockeva says:

    Take the internet to make something simple and innocent and turn it dirty.

    • Uncle Fester says:

      But… that, and grotesque homosexual camping in full drag are two of the mainstays of British humour…

      Woman walks into a bar
      She says to the bartender, ‘I’d like an Innuendo’
      So he gave her one…

    • jules says:

      I wouldn’t go so far as to blame this one on the internet. Even those without it can recognize the shocker (whether you want to call it that or not).

  31. Matt Hardy says:

    Thank you for your support bush!

  32. ThinklePeep says:

    Until I read the, er, stimulating commentary above, I thought it was some sort of wood-working group pic.

  33. Britt says:

    Why are they all giving the shocker?????

  34. brandi says:

    holy shit! the shocker!! lololol

  35. Gretchen says:

    Hah, that’s a SHOCKER. (get it, cause they’re all doing the shocker, and I’m not really surprised that Bush didn’t know what it was? Oh, I kill myself.) …

    Maybe it’s a play off of his name. It’s so Shockingly Bush. I wonder if he’d be shocked if he knew. I’ll stop now.

  36. Gretchen says:

    And to the Sundevil who’s “school finger symbol” happens to look a lot like the “shocker”… WHY DOES YOUR SCHOOL HAVE A “FINGER SYMBOL”? You should seriously reconsider the usefulness of even having one. Isn’t it a little gang-y?

    Although it’s good for a laugh.

  37. iPwn says:

    Is it just me or did anyone else seriously facepalm and giggle a little when they saw this?

  38. sedohr says:

    you all fail. it’s the sun devil pitchforks. this picture was in the ASU school paper

  39. hol says:

    wait is that George Bush in the upper left corner?

  40. Nullo says:

    You saying there’s something wrong with white and nerdy?

  41. Aw, it was a very quality post. Theoretically Id prefer to write like this too – spending time and real effort to create a really good post but so what can I only say I procrastinate alot and never appear to go done. My kind regards, Adelaida.


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