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  • So, I'm trying to picture this. Are the hand palm-out? Palm-up?

    June 24, 2008

  • Like you are about 8-10 inches from putting your thumbs in your ears (palms forward). Kind of like a "Ta-da" flourish.

    June 24, 2008

  • I've never seen it. It must one of those things that happens to other people, like you-know-what-jam.

    June 24, 2008

  • Ah, yes, I forgot to mention that jazz hands only can be understood by people with gnarly feet, like dancers. Oh, and also by people with un-sanitized feet, like everyone-else-in-the-world-except-yarb.

    My bad. ;-)

    June 24, 2008