The Penguin

So a very common pose is The Penguin. Arms held to the sides with hands tilted out in what is meant to convey professional model elegance and poise. Comes off more with a college fashion show level awkwardness. I've chuckled at The Penguin for months, until I came across The Chimp (bottom picture). Yikes! A simple inversion of the gesture makes us look like circus monkeys wearing human clothes. So in conclusion, hats off to The Penguin - your faux grace and elegance is far better than the alternative, and again makes me appreciate professional modeling.