Heh heh heh. When I saw this on the news, the thought passed my mind that it must in some universe be rude, or at least ripe for parody.

Are there any PA System members who are fluent in sign language and could comment on the Minister's accuracy of signage?

made me laugh too

Megan, what he's using is a 'name sign'. It's like a nickname everyone has that stops you having to fingerspell every name. My daughter's is the sign for 'book' repeated three times. I haven't seen the name sign for Mehrts before but that looks pretty good.

Rude sign language is very, very rude.

did you nickname your daughter chicken Emma?

Yeah... not so much with the aural puns, sign language...