Are some signals just plain stupid?

[Charles2]

Stupidest signal I ever saw was as follows:

Using the right index finger, point to either eye, then to the left nipple, then to the right buttock.

These motions signal the phrase ------ wait for it ------ "I left it behind"

Cheers
Charles

 

[The Chairman]

That's not stupid... that's CLASSIC! I use that all the time!

 

[victorzamora]

That's not stupid... that's CLASSIC! I use that all the time!

I've seen "right-tit down" and "left-tit on the boat."

 

[The Chairman]

I love it! I'll have to add the write it to the repertoire!

 

[Akimbo]

I've seen "right-tit down" and "left-tit on the boat."

Hmm, I wonder if Google has an English to German translator for that?

 

[scagrotto]

It still should be noted that it is only "a" possible indicator and not the only indicator.

That's an excellent point. Somebody should write that in a post somewhere.

 

[shoredivr]

This is possibly one of the silliest posts I've read on the MOF topic... and that says a lot.To repeat for the eleventy-thousandth time:A mask on a diver's forehead IS NOT A SIGNAL.The words SIGNAL and SIGN mean two different things. They are not interchangeable.Panicked divers whose masks end up on their forehead DO NOT put them there as some specifically conscious "signal" of distress. NO ONE teaches that panicked divers should somehow remember to place their masks on the forehead in order to alert others that they are in distress.NO ONE says to themselves "OK, I'm in distress... what do I do first? Oh yeah... I need to put my mask on my forehead in order to signal to others that I'm in distress!" A mask on diver's forehead IS NOT a universal or absolute sign of distress. It is neither necessary nor sufficient to make that determination.HOWEVER...Rejecting gear - spitting the reg, ripping the mask off, and YES even shoving it up off the face and onto the forehead - is often an unconscious, involuntary, reflexive reaction to distress. Accordingly, in conjunction with other indicators, a mask on a diver's forehead may be one possible sign of distress

At first I thought he's slow on the uptake but at this point I think he's just yanking your chain.

 

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[gypsyjim]

One sign I loved was from a young couple I met in Belize.
They were watching a group of divers, totally out of their element, with gear everywhere, and arguing.
She caught her husband's eye, then put all the fingers on her left hand together in a cluster, put her thumb and forefinger of her right hand in a circle, and repeatedly thrust the cluster through that hole.
Her husband spit out his regulator, laughing. I've used that signal since, myself.

 

[Neilwood]

One sign I loved was from a young couple I met in Belize.
They were watching a group of divers, totally out of their element, with gear everywhere, and arguing.
She caught her husband's eye, then put all the fingers on her left hand together in a cluster, put her thumb and forefinger of her right hand in a circle, and repeatedly thrust the cluster through that hole.
Her husband spit out his regulator, laughing. I've used that signal since, myself.

Thanks for that one - coffee, please meet keyboard and screen!