tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post3099986384041333392..comments2024-03-26T22:05:12.894+00:00Comments on Bear Alley: Robot Archie's message to the worldStevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12010426017572710283noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-24096338294375992152012-11-29T23:29:25.359+00:002012-11-29T23:29:25.359+00:00I think this depends on whether you think Archie i...I think this depends on whether you think Archie is holding up his right or left hand. If it's his right, with his thumb facing left, it's a V for Victory pair of fingers. If it's his left hand, palm facing the signaller, its a more Anglo-Saxon V sign.<br /><br />But you could just as easily say he's counting to three.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12010426017572710283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-83980774183347813622012-11-28T22:21:01.646+00:002012-11-28T22:21:01.646+00:00Surely having it that way around means "peace...Surely having it that way around means "peace"?<br />And I thought the offensive version dates back to Agincourt, or is that a historical faux-pas along the lines of "Fornication Under Consent of the King"?Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14722956860700640056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-41693165054160393902012-11-28T10:15:31.537+00:002012-11-28T10:15:31.537+00:00The infamous Harvey Smith sign was in 1971. Until ...The infamous Harvey Smith sign was in 1971. Until then surely the 'innocent' Churchilllian gesture with the hand held up with the palm facing outwards was the prevalent 'V' hand gesture so possibly as the Robot Archie artwork presumably hails from the 60's clears the artists of any deliberate skullduggery. Mike Wnoreply@blogger.com