Stop! Or My Mom Will Be Encouraging

March 18, 2013 9:16 AM

Real tough guys don't need guns, they just need a positive, can-do attitude.
posted by griphus (35 comments total)

I guess you could say I'm ....


...under their thumb.
posted by The Whelk at 9:25 AM on March 18, 2013 [1 favorite]

This is fantastic. Two thumbs up (no ammo).
posted by barnacles at 9:28 AM on March 18, 2013

Perfect.
posted by Sokka shot first at 9:37 AM on March 18, 2013

"You got it, dude!"

"No, YOU got it, dude!!!"
posted by Sys Rq at 9:37 AM on March 18, 2013 [1 favorite]

Taken 2: "I will find you. And I will tell you you did a really good job."
posted by cortex at 9:46 AM on March 18, 2013 [16 favorites]

So for all those years the Cunningham family was under constant threat and we did nothing but laugh! Chuck tried to warn us, but Fonzie thumbed him away.
posted by robocop is bleeding at 9:53 AM on March 18, 2013 [4 favorites]

Han expressed approval first!
posted by Kabanos at 9:55 AM on March 18, 2013 [8 favorites]

So for all those years the Cunningham family was under constant threat and we did nothing but laugh! Chuck tried to warn us, but Fonzie thumbed him away.

Out to the cornfields of 1950s Milwaukee. "It's good that you're jumping the shark, Fonz. A real good thing. "
posted by MCMikeNamara at 9:57 AM on March 18, 2013 [4 favorites]

Who's got at least one thumb and a good attitude? This guy.
posted by The corpse in the library at 10:20 AM on March 18, 2013 [3 favorites]

Awwww, the Texas Chainsaw Massacre guy's got a border terrier! Best dog!
posted by phunniemee at 10:24 AM on March 18, 2013

pistols thumbs at dawn
posted by griphus at 10:27 AM on March 18, 2013

Yeah, yeah, it's all fun and games with the thumbs up. Then you move on to winking and doing that head cocking thing. From there it's just a small step to "double pointing pistol fingers" gestures and saying things like "you're the man." At that point, really, is shooting so bad?
posted by GenjiandProust at 10:51 AM on March 18, 2013 [6 favorites]

This just underscores the need for serious thumb control laws.
posted by secret about box at 11:59 AM on March 18, 2013 [2 favorites]

It's all fun and games until somebody thumb-gouges out an eye.
posted by nicebookrack at 12:25 PM on March 18, 2013

Awesome.
posted by Apropos of Something at 12:40 PM on March 18, 2013

I Like this!
posted by iamkimiam at 1:13 PM on March 18, 2013

This is very fine.
posted by LobsterMitten at 1:20 PM on March 18, 2013

I am the only person I know who routinely makes the "thumbs up" sign. I love this. It's very validating.
posted by domo at 2:07 PM on March 18, 2013 [1 favorite]

Thumbs up is very useful in restraunt settings when the server asks how everything is and your mouth is full of food.
posted by The Whelk at 2:18 PM on March 18, 2013 [4 favorites]

Duck hunting would be less interesting though.
posted by arcticseal at 3:49 PM on March 18, 2013

This is surprisingly good.
posted by Charlemagne In Sweatpants at 4:16 PM on March 18, 2013

Ayyyyyyyyyyyy!
posted by jonp72 at 5:41 PM on March 18, 2013

Does this make Siskel & Ebert two tough guys?
posted by oneswellfoop at 7:16 PM on March 18, 2013 [2 favorites]

After looking at this site, I find that thumbs look freakishly odd. Thumbs? What's wrong with you?
posted by medusa at 7:43 PM on March 18, 2013 [1 favorite]

Doesn't do it for me. I give it a thumbs down...
posted by michellenoel at 8:20 PM on March 18, 2013

Well this settles it.


/notreally
posted by louche mustachio at 8:36 PM on March 18, 2013

Somebody needs to replace the finger-guns in the Spaced finger-gun shootout with real guns.
posted by Charlemagne In Sweatpants at 9:02 PM on March 18, 2013

Oh, thank God there's a second page, because I couldn't believe there wasn't a Dirty Harry yet.

"This is a thumb, the most positive handpart in the world..."
posted by TheSecretDecoderRing at 11:06 PM on March 18, 2013 [2 favorites]

I can't stop cracking up at John Rambo's INTENSE. APPROVAL.
posted by jason_steakums at 11:15 PM on March 18, 2013 [4 favorites]

Out of curiosity I looked for the original Rambo screenshot, and it looks like this was the version that was used for the thumbs. It's kinda funny clicking between them as separate tabs.
posted by TheSecretDecoderRing at 11:29 PM on March 18, 2013 [2 favorites]

Now, Fonzie needs a gun.
posted by I'm Doing the Dishes at 8:42 AM on March 19, 2013

Out of curiosity I looked for the original Rambo screenshot, and it looks like this was the version that was used for the thumbs. It's kinda funny clicking between them as separate tabs.

A GIF of this experience for the lazy.
posted by MCMikeNamara at 8:58 AM on March 19, 2013 [2 favorites]

Justing Timberlake doing it wrong.
posted by Kabanos at 9:01 AM on March 19, 2013

Genius is never fully appreciated in its own time...
posted by TheSecretDecoderRing at 3:03 PM on March 19, 2013

I parsed the URL as 'Thumbs and a Mo'.
This could be improved with 'shopped-on mustaches.
posted by Gordafarin at 2:17 PM on March 20, 2013