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| 24 NOV 2005 at 11:03pm |
HelenGuild Master
Posts : 3436
Joined: 12 OCT 2002
Location: US
Status : Offline | LOL!
Petter, Did she maybe not realize what she was doing?
Or do you think she did it on purpose? Pretty funny either way!
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| 25 NOV 2005 at 10:49pm |
| Deleted User | Originally Posted By Goddess of Darkness (24 NOV 2005 11:03pm)
Petter, Did she maybe not realize what she was doing? Or do you think she did it on purpose!
Now that is the big question! Could she possibly not have been aware of the meaning of that gesture? Even in 1968 I find it a little hard to believe. Could it have been a deliberate mocking of the whole situation? After all, she was just at the start of her career as a pop star and here she was in the middle of this cheesy children's show... :
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| 25 NOV 2005 at 11:19pm |
gailSchattenjger
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Joined: 19 JAN 2004
Status : Offline | That was the last thing I was expecting to see on a children's show. It was well known in '68. [smiley=rofl.gif]
Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, wine in the other screaming, "WOO HOO what a ride!!!
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| 26 NOV 2005 at 12:45am |
Chris.Schattenjger
Posts : 1842
Joined: 8 MAR 2005
Status : Online | Isn't she the one whose father was in the Gestapo?
What's the song about?
...not to be confused with Keira Knightley
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| 26 NOV 2005 at 2:31am |
| Deleted User | Originally Posted By Chris. (26 NOV 2005 12:45am)
Isn't she the one whose father was in the Gestapo?
I don't know. Never heard that story about Abba...
What's the song about?
She sings:
Long live the finger
Man's best friend
The finger should be held high
Long live it
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| 26 NOV 2005 at 5:38am |
| Deleted User | In the US, when we hold up a finger to indicate the number one, we use our index finger, just as Saddam is doing here while ordering one guinness:
[img]http://home.comcast.net/~chrissherwood/onlinestorage/1GuinessPlease.JPG[/img]
But in some European countries, they indicate the number one by holding up a thumb. I was like "hey, thumbs up dude, okay!!" until I figured that out.
So, you know, this could be a similar difference in cultural counting.
Eh?
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| 26 NOV 2005 at 1:18pm |
| Deleted User | Saddam ordering one guinness? [smiley=laughing.gif]
There's no cultural differences here though. That finger means what it has always meant, and it's not something nice...
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| 28 NOV 2005 at 9:02pm |
Friday the 14thSchattenjger
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Joined: 5 NOV 2002
Status : Online | Just to make it clear Petter: I wasn't the one calling in "06 Busringning".
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| 28 NOV 2005 at 9:32pm |
| Deleted User | Originally Posted By Friday the 14th (28 NOV 2005 9:02pm)
Just to make it clear Petter: I wasn't the one calling in "06 Busringning".
[smiley=rofl.gif][smiley=rofl.gif][smiley=rofl.gif]
What a damn shame everyone here who doesn't speak Swedish can't get the humor of that one! Well, maybe a description would give a good idea but it couldn't possibly be as funny as the real thing...
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| 28 NOV 2005 at 10:50pm |
| Deleted User | Just had a look at the videos added this week. The #1 one had me laughing to tears! Again, not nearly as funny if you can't understand Swedish though...
THIS one however can be enjoyed equally by everyone. It's the first music video made by the guy who produced Madonna's "Ray of Light" video and also made videos for Rolling Stones, Metallica, Prodigy, U2 etc. Obviously production standards have increased over time. :
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