And they're expanding -- you could clap on that, that was -- (laughter.) They're actually expanding to hire another 40 jobs because of that.

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And they began to clap out the rhythm that remained confusing to our non-Latin ears: clap clap!

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Now he needs another thunder-clap.

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Patrons clap and stomp, adding high-pitched yodels to the rhythm.

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Eleanor Roosevelt, in a very rare lapse of judgment, was upset that during the discussion of the Four Freedoms and Lend-Lease, the Republicans did not clap and sat on their hands.

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Mladic gestured, briefly, toward the public gallery, offering a sarcastic slow hand clap, and holding up a book he had with him - apparently a history of the Bosnian Serrb Army that he once commanded so notoriously.

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No-one too surprising, you had to be sure they would clap at the end.

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Catch sunset torch lightings, hula shows and conch-blowing ceremonies plus crowds of tourists and locals who clap as the sun disappears and casts a glow over Diamond Head.

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In Tokyo Disneyland, even adult visitors will sing, clap and dance along to the internationally themed live shows, such as the Latin-American vibes of Minnie Oh!

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If the super clap explodes, it will take its place alongside those and other superbugs that are out-adapting our best attempts to stop them.

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