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To: epicure who wrote (227)	8/28/2006 4:17:05 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 441

I think that the occasional rude gesture can be appropriate, under the circumstances, especially if done in a jocular, good-natured way. A way of reducing conflict rather than increasing it. My husband and I make jocular rude gestures to each other -- my favorites are hissing like a cat, and sticking my hand on top of my head and raising my fingers in imitation of a crested or spined lizard raising the spines on its head as a warning signal. He's more likely to give me the middle finger with a flourish of some type. With other members of the family, I am more likely to make growling noises, and they growl back. My mother and I were just growling at each other last night, joking growls, "grrrrrrr!" We're feeling rather stressed these days.