It baffles me as no one would point to their crotch when asking where the loo is!!!!
2006-09-18 03:28:00 · 12 answers · asked by perfect_beauty_2000 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
Good question. It may just be a natural reflex. Like crossing your legs when you have to pee or covering your mouth when you see something shocking.
2006-09-18 03:31:47 · answer #1 · answered by exploringplanetearth 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nah it's just sorta internationally recognised as a gesture that's the same as asking the other person "What's the time?" And partly because we wear watches on our wrists. Well uh as for asking where the loo is, I think we need some more decent stuff rather than you know what. =)
2006-09-18 03:34:21 · answer #2 · answered by sweetSPEED 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Once, men carried pocketwatches and considered newfangled wristwatches to be effeminate and delicate, but, in the 1920's, wristwatches became more popular than pocketwatches. By now, few people carry pocketwatches, and it is so well-known that one wears a watch on his wrist that it became a habit to point to the watch. The two things you mention are not the same. There are no taboos or vulgar connotations about watches.
2006-09-18 04:04:34 · answer #3 · answered by miyuki & kyojin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ans fer 2 points
2006-09-18 19:48:52 · answer #4 · answered by funkyscorpion 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not many people carry pocket watches anymore.
2006-09-18 03:40:04 · answer #5 · answered by kman1830 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Guess it's just the inernational symbol for morons.
Time taking for dummies!!!!!
2006-09-18 04:05:25 · answer #6 · answered by des 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Universal signal. No matter where you are, or what langauge you speak, anyone can understand that symbol.
2006-09-18 05:44:43 · answer #7 · answered by belle 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
or like pointing in your mouth when your hungry - its called a hand gesture!
2006-09-18 03:32:44 · answer #8 · answered by foshomofo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Obviously that is where their watch should be and they are just showing you that they have forgotten it today!
2006-09-18 03:33:43 · answer #9 · answered by kittycymraeg 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's just habit.
2006-09-18 03:31:07 · answer #10 · answered by sugarbabe180 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋