18 thoughts on “Shocking White House photo”

  1. I know it looks like the shocker but it’s actually supposed to be like the pitch fork like the scum *ahem* the sun devils mascot. They couldn’t come up with a better way other than to mock the shocker.

    yours truly,

    Arizona Fan (BEAR DOWN!)

  2. The “pitchfork,” which is used at Arizona State University where the mascot, Sparky the Sun Devil carries his pitchfork.[citation needed]
    The University of Houston’s “Cougar Paw,” in which the index finger and the middle finger are separated.

  3. I know that it looks like the shocker….but my sis-in-law’s christian school uses that as it’s symbol too-“W” for Warriors……so that’s a little shocking!

  4. considering the pointing and middle finger are very far apart… I think this is supposed to be a “W”

    If that was a shocker… lol

  5. Quote from Wikipedia page (linked in post)

    “Arizona State University students also use a variation of the shocker but with the index and middle fingers spaced apart to resemble a pitchfork, a reference to the Arizona State Sun Devils. [4] United States President George W. Bush made the gesture with Arizona State’s track and field team.[5]”

    Quote from Whitehouse.gov

    ” President George W. Bush poses with members of the Arizona State University Men’s and Women’s Track Team Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2008, during a photo opportunity with 2008 NCAA Sports Champions at the White House. White House photo by Eric Draper”

  6. If it were a “W”, wouldn’t you just hold up the first three fingers? Why hold the third one down. Three in a row looks more like a W.

    Solomon,
    You think I read what I post or link to? LOL. I skimmed over the link and didn’t see that. Thanks for the verification. … But it still looks like the shocker.

  7. Did school mascots and athletes all fail basic sign language?
    thumb & pinky down makes the ‘W’. they are making a “V” and “I” or a “shocker”. No matter what they think they’re doing, they’re doing it wrong.

  8. It doesn’t look like the shocker… in the shocker you hold the fingers closer together. It looks like any of a myriad of gangsigns and sports signs and so on. But the shocker… nah.

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