Peace

The other day someone mentioned to me that Japanese people in Florida are always flashing peace signs when ever their photo is taken. I was at work and I was asking people why this is the case and before I could even get the question out one of my American Chinese co-workers said and I paraphrase "You mean the ubiquitous Asian peace sign. We all do it." My Indian co-worker then said ... hey wait Indians are Asian too and we don't do it. Which was funny since she is always feigning offense when we forget that India is part of Asia. Any way I decided to do a little research and here is what I found.

The V sign might have arisen from inspirational and unflappable ice skater who performed in the 1972 Olympics at Sapporo. It indeed is not just Japanese (Asian peace sign Flickr set). I guess there is also the side ways gangster peace sign. Nuff said.