Terrorist Alert

A few days ago Barack Obama was in St. Paul giving his victory speech. Just prior to going on stage he and Michelle were seen exchanging a little "dap," a kind of knuckle/fish hand touching. Most people saw it as an endearing sign of affection between spouses.

But, luckily, a person at Fox News recognized it for what it could be: a terrorist "fist Jab."

Don't laugh. We're well aware that Rachel Ray caused a major firestorm a while back when she wore a "Muslim terrorist" neck scarf in a Dunkin' Donuts commercial. As of today we still don't know which ones are the terrorists, Rachel or Dunkin' Donuts. But, thank goodness, the ad's been pulled.

Now I must confess that, many years ago, our family had a secret sign. My Real Husband developed it. He put the back of his hand under his chin, fingers facing out, and waved his fingers. We would return the sign.

Sometimes when he was sitting on a dais or was at a podium with thousands of people in the room, he would barely brush his hand to his chin, and fingers barely fluttered, but we knew the sign, and would return it.

We still do it sometimes in his memory.

So if you should see me at an airport leaving an SUV full of gorgeous kids and their parents and we're all wiggling our fingers under our chins, please know, we're not terrorists.

But, still, I always suspected there was something up with Carol Bernett doing the ear pulling all those years!


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