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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNo, Prince Harry did not make the sign of the devil when meeting Melania.
This is incorrect:
Link to tweet
What you think of as the "sign of the devil" was originally invented by the Metal-singer Ronnie Dio.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_James_Dio
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sign_of_the_horns#Heavy_metal_culture
He got the sign in turn from a gesture that is meant to WARD OFF evil magic.
So there you have it. Prince Harry did not make the sign of the devil when he met Melania. He tried to protect himself from evil.
DK504
(3,847 posts)Resting his hand on suit jacket isn't a sign of anything. The only thing we can tell by that picture is how unportable he was standing there.
Not Ruth
(3,613 posts)articulation, means?????
muriel_volestrangler
(101,414 posts)What I would say is that this "sign of the devil" or "ward off evil with this sign" stuff is very uncharacteristic for the British upper class (Britain in general, in fact), so there's really no point in reading anything into it.
MLAA
(17,375 posts)Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)I mean, she is a republican.
blogslut
(38,023 posts)I'd be more worried that he's got an ulcer.
nolabear
(42,005 posts)We have truly lost our collective minds.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)This kind of thing makes us look like loons.
yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)Drahthaardogs
(6,843 posts)And the horn Italians wear is not a pepper. It's made to ward off malocchio as well. The corno protects you, the mano cornuto ( horned hand) gives it right back. Prince Harry was essentially putting Melania's evil back upon herself
Great isn't it! 😁
fierywoman
(7,707 posts)Drahthaardogs
(6,843 posts)I mean, you could.not even joke about it in front of them. My dad still touches his balls when he passes a cemetery.
God forbid a bird fly into the house
My mother freaks.
fierywoman
(7,707 posts)"Pian'-piano,
la gente vanno lontano"
??
I keep thinking of it every time a small act of civil disobedience seems to hit the right chord.
Drahthaardogs
(6,843 posts)Chi va piano va sano e va lontano.
fierywoman
(7,707 posts)These days I often think of "zucca vuota fa tanto rumore" !
Drahthaardogs
(6,843 posts)But like it
fierywoman
(7,707 posts)Drahthaardogs
(6,843 posts)The less beneficial ( gourd vs a proper squash) complain the most?
fierywoman
(7,707 posts)his comment was that phrase -- which immediately moved me from being depressed about the idiot ex to laughing hysterically! I think he was pointing to his head as he was saying "zucca." I think of the deplorables this way -- can't understand them otherwise.
maveric
(16,448 posts)My Nonna gave me a horn and a St. Christopher's medal to protect me from the evils of the 60s-70s. They didn't work out very well.
HockeyMom
(14,337 posts)My Nonna used to clip two clothes pins together and hang them on the clothes line between apartment buildings in Manhattan. I often wondered what the neighbors thought, if they even knew.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)Here I thought it was "I love you". Damned British satanists!
HipChick
(25,485 posts)camera angle
SaintLouisBlues
(1,244 posts)JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,384 posts)Yet.
Skittles
(153,310 posts)her face is starting to look like a squinting pillow with all that filler
rusty fender
(3,428 posts)undercover bird
Edited to add: Mel's choice of suit was unfortunate
Ms. Toad
(34,130 posts)The edge of his jacket is covering his 3rd and 4th fingers. All fingers are fully extended, it is just that two are inside the jacket - and two are outside.
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)if I'm not mistaken. It's documented that she's a republican (even married to the faithless & deceitful republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief). So there's that.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Whatever, it was jerk-level inappropriate.
Most kids learn this stuff long before the military, of course, but this kid's in his 30s now and should have reached adult brain development.
samnsara
(17,665 posts)..in other words 'I'd do her'...Oh that Harry!
samnsara
(17,665 posts)...were interesting.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)Thanks for the warning Prince Harry.