The History of the Middle Finger

[bazcom]

> > Who said History isn't interesting? Give this a read.
>
>
> > The History of the Middle Finger
>
> > Well, now......here's something I never knew before, and now that I
> > know it, I feel compelled to send it on to my more intelligent
> > friends in the hope that they, too, will feel edified. Isn't
> > history more fun when you know something about it?
>
> > Before the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, the French, anticipating
> > victory over the English, proposed to cut off the middle finger of
> > all captured English soldiers.
> >
> >
> > Without the middle finger it would be impossible to draw the
> > renowned English longbow and therefore they would be incapable of
> > fighting in the future.
>
> > This famous English longbow was made of the native English Yew
> > tree, and the act of drawing the longbow was known as "plucking the
> > yew" (or "pluck yew").
> >
> >
> > Much to the bewilderment of the French, the English won a major
> > upset and began mocking the French by waving their middle fingers
> > at the defeated French, saying : "?See, we can still pluck yew! "
>
> > Since 'pluck yew' is rather difficult to say, the difficult
> > consonant cluster at the beginning has gradually changed to a
> > labiodentals fricative F', and thus the words often used in
> > conjunction with the one-finger-salute!
> >
> > It is also because of the pheasant feathers on the arrows used
> > with the longbow that the symbolic gesture is known as "giving the
> > bird."
> >
> >
> > IT IS STILL AN APPROPRIATE SALUTE TO THE FRENCH TODAY!
> >
> >
> > And yew thought yew knew every plucking thing.

[System]

hmmm... i thought that was how the TWO fingers up 'salute' was created? because they needed both main fingers to fire, not just one?

i dunno... guess i'm wrong

also thats where the phrase "out of the blue" came from- the brits arrows falling from the sky

[SAV_117]

hmmm... i thought that was how the TWO fingers up 'salute' was created? because they needed both main fingers to fire, not just one?

i dunno... guess i'm wrong

also thats where the phrase "out of the blue" came from- the brits arrows falling from the sky

nah thats what i thought as well the two main fingers were the ones they cut

[fuzzy2308]

hmmm... i thought that was how the TWO fingers up 'salute' was created? because they needed both main fingers to fire, not just one?

i dunno... guess i'm wrong

also thats where the phrase "out of the blue" came from- the brits arrows falling from the sky

i tink the same

[HRVATSKI_VOJNIK]

yeah, they cut off both fingers,

the middle finger history dates back to the roman empire where it was an insult major towards the gay's at the time (middle thing as the dck and fingers next to it to represent balls)

so imagine walking down the street and everyone showing it to you and having no rights because of it

[NORTI]

except its all bullshit