Last night Stefan and I watched an TV episode of White Collar–actually we watched four episodes, because we are sort of obsessed like that–one particular episode involved a State Department family. The son had committed a crime and was being held in prison in Burma. In a video clip from prison, he was spelling a message using secret hand signals.
One of the characters said, "In case of danger, diplomats' kids are trained to use hand signals."
I looked at Stefan and we laughed. "In case of danger, have you been trained to use hand signals?" I asked him. He pounded his heart twice and flashed a peace sign–the peace out gesture.
"Okay, what's that one gonna mean?" I asked.
"I'm in trouble! Come and freakin' get me!" said Stef.
Diplomat's kid flashing the well known "My-mom-brought-me-all-the-way-to-Romania-and-then-she-took-my-picture-by-a-rock" secret signal.
twenty-something years of "what have you been up to?" 
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4 responses to “i thought everything on tv was true!”
We use “the signal” from Team America World Police. It had just come out when Mike was in training and it stuck with us.
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Hey, no one ever showed me any signals!
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Husband and I are obsessed with that show too! We also looked at each other and laughed when we watched that particular “State” episode. Its funny how State families and their SA’s are portrayed on TV.
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That’s too funny!!!
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