BigPapaDean Posted August 13, 2013 Member ID: 1128 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 78 Topic Count: 1210 Topics Per Day: 0.22 Content Count: 6553 Content Per Day: 1.18 Reputation: 4430 Achievement Points: 63653 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 6 Joined: 02/13/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 18 Birthday: 10/21/1954 Device: Windows Posted August 13, 2013 THIS IS TRUE!!!!The History of the Middle FingerWell, 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. ) RustyRifle and daMike 2 Awards
RustyRifle Posted August 13, 2013 Member ID: 3572 Group: Fallen Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 147 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 832 Content Per Day: 0.18 Reputation: 592 Achievement Points: 7645 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 2 Joined: 07/22/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 29, 2017 Birthday: 05/28/1975 Posted August 13, 2013 well everyday we learn something new
little_old_man Posted August 13, 2013 Member ID: 1194 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 40 Topic Count: 436 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 6692 Content Per Day: 1.21 Reputation: 11691 Achievement Points: 53094 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 76 Joined: 02/27/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 16, 2023 Birthday: 04/15/1960 Posted August 13, 2013 Sorry Dean, that would be a myth. http://www.snopes.com/language/apocryph/pluckyew.asp Awards
BigPapaDean Posted August 13, 2013 Member ID: 1128 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 78 Topic Count: 1210 Topics Per Day: 0.22 Content Count: 6553 Content Per Day: 1.18 Reputation: 4430 Achievement Points: 63653 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 6 Joined: 02/13/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 18 Birthday: 10/21/1954 Device: Windows Author Posted August 13, 2013 it's still funny! lol!!! Awards
HarryWeezer Posted August 13, 2013 Member ID: 20166 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 40 Topic Count: 611 Topics Per Day: 0.14 Content Count: 7655 Content Per Day: 1.81 Reputation: 7232 Achievement Points: 53682 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 36 Joined: 10/04/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 26 Birthday: 10/16/1946 Device: Windows Posted August 13, 2013 Great story, but flipping the bird has a much more ancient history. Here's the real, er, poop, from Wikipedia: The middle finger gesture was used in ancient Greece as a symbol of anal intercourse in a manner meant to degrade, intimidate and threaten the individual receiving the gesture. It represented the phallus, with the fingers next to the middle finger representing testicles. In ancient Greek comedy, the finger was a gesture of insult toward another person, referring to a male who submits to anal penetration. Awards
YellowSnow Posted August 13, 2013 Member ID: 14 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 37 Topic Count: 90 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 1148 Content Per Day: 0.20 Reputation: 744 Achievement Points: 8230 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 25, 2021 Birthday: 03/30/1969 Posted August 13, 2013 Some funny shit here Papa. lmao! Awards
daMike Posted August 13, 2013 Member ID: 1011 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 5 Topic Count: 16 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 532 Content Per Day: 0.10 Reputation: 318 Achievement Points: 3254 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 17, 2024 Birthday: 02/10/1962 Device: Windows Posted August 13, 2013 Personally - i don´t need to know more of that sjit Awards
TBB Posted August 13, 2013 Member ID: 989 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 25 Topic Count: 290 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 20377 Content Per Day: 3.64 Reputation: 22448 Achievement Points: 147309 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 389 Joined: 01/07/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: 21 minutes ago Birthday: 01/27/1946 Device: Windows Posted August 13, 2013 I knew that Awards
JohnnyDos Posted August 13, 2013 Member ID: 77 Group: Fallen Members Followers: 111 Topic Count: 1018 Topics Per Day: 0.18 Content Count: 7527 Content Per Day: 1.32 Reputation: 9175 Achievement Points: 69486 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 47 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 8, 2020 Posted August 13, 2013 I knew that You probably had first hand experience.LOL
TBB Posted August 13, 2013 Member ID: 989 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 25 Topic Count: 290 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 20377 Content Per Day: 3.64 Reputation: 22448 Achievement Points: 147309 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 389 Joined: 01/07/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: 21 minutes ago Birthday: 01/27/1946 Device: Windows Posted August 13, 2013 I knew that You probably had first hand experience.LOL That's right - you gatta problem wid dat?? or my Joisey accent boy???? lol Awards
WickedsInferno Posted August 20, 2013 Member ID: 19681 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 1 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 21 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 6 Achievement Points: 123 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/20/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 26, 2013 Posted August 20, 2013 Middle finger to the police?
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