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JOKING GESTURE

IF YOU SQUEEZE A GIRL'S KNEE AND SHE LAUGHS, SHE HAS A
BOYFRIEND.

Submitter comment: MY FATHER USED TO DO THIS TO ME WHEN I WAS LITTLE. IT WAS
A TEASING JOKE OF HIS THAT HE USED TO DO TO MY SISTERS,
OUR FRIENDS AND MYSELF.

Where learned: MISSOURI ; SAINT LOUIS

Subject headings:

Observation
PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Athletic sport and exercise Gymnastics
CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank
CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion
SPEECH -- Gesture

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