Two “Thumbs” Up

On Tuesday night at knitting, two of my good friends shared a juicy piece of gossip with me.  It happened to be about…me.  I happen to be an odd dichotomy of innate intellect and class combined with deliberate profanity and gaucheness(I know those analogies aren’t quite right and gauche + ness = not a real word, but you get the idea).  Anyway,  my hand gestures have earned me two nickname thingies. 

The first is “Two Thumbs Up” because I give my rude hand gestures in tandem(similar to the ole’ double guns).   The Yarn Bearer then said “Yeah, “The Julia Sandwhich”.  Apparently, both names stuck.

I learned this juicy little tidbit when my friend Jennifer(owner of Wild Fibre in Savannah and know to us as The Yarn Pusher), said something about me, which I didn’t hear, so our friend Sandy said in a fake warning tone, “Julia didn’t hear you or you might get the two thumbs up”.  Of course I looked around because I heard my name.  All the regulars, who were in the know, started snickering and looking guiltily down(you all know how it is…when you are laughing about someone and are trying to cover it up).  

My loyal pals Tracy and Kayla, who were, might I add, also snickering and looking at the floor trying to be inconspicuous, then clued me in.  Probably because when I looked around, and saw everyone having a private joke, I leaned over, and conspiritorially asked Tracy, “What’s so funny?”.  The dupe always makes a private joke hysterical when they are in the midst of it and innocently ask that question.

This cracks me up and I  totally love it.  Apparently the name originated because when my friends say something at our Stitch ‘n Bitch about me or my work, or to me, that I want to feign offense about(we all tease each other, usually with a semi-straight face), I give them an emphatic,  two-handed flip-off, including a mock-shocked, mouth agape facial expression, as if I am horrified and offended,  and if I am standing, I bend my knees, and wave the rude gestures at them repeatedly for a few seconds. 

This is done in fun, since I happen to think rude hand gestures are VERY funny when done for the entertainment factor .  Also, I only favor my most-bestest-favoritest friends with this gesture, a gesture of friendship, if you will(with the exception of the occasional crappy driver, who deserves a SERIOUS flipping off). 

I would love to hear from anyone who includes this in their shtick, since we are obviously kindred spirits.  Because most of you are probably fellow Ravelers,  my ravelry name is kniteralyspeaking(yeah yeah, I know it’s misspelled, but the other L makes it have too many letters). 

KNIT ON, ROCK ON, FLIP ‘EM LIKE YA MEAN IT!