BigPapaDean Posted August 13, 2013 Member ID: 1128 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 78 Topic Count: 1199 Topics Per Day: 0.23 Content Count: 6528 Content Per Day: 1.25 Reputation: 4407 Achievement Points: 63435 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 5 Joined: 02/13/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: 6 hours ago Birthday: 10/21/1954 Device: Windows Share 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. ) daMike and RustyRifle 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... 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: 0.19 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 Share Posted August 13, 2013 well everyday we learn something new Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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: 1.29 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 Share Posted August 13, 2013 Sorry Dean, that would be a myth. http://www.snopes.com/language/apocryph/pluckyew.asp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
BigPapaDean Posted August 13, 2013 Member ID: 1128 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 78 Topic Count: 1199 Topics Per Day: 0.23 Content Count: 6528 Content Per Day: 1.25 Reputation: 4407 Achievement Points: 63435 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 5 Joined: 02/13/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: 6 hours ago Birthday: 10/21/1954 Device: Windows Author Share Posted August 13, 2013 it's still funny! lol!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
HarryWeezer Posted August 13, 2013 Member ID: 20166 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 40 Topic Count: 611 Topics Per Day: 0.16 Content Count: 7653 Content Per Day: 1.98 Reputation: 7228 Achievement Points: 53668 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 36 Joined: 10/04/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: Yesterday at 02:23 PM Birthday: 10/16/1946 Device: Windows Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... 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: 0.21 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 Share Posted August 13, 2013 Some funny shit here Papa. lmao! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... 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 15, 2023 Birthday: 02/10/1962 Device: Windows Share Posted August 13, 2013 Personally - i don´t need to know more of that sjit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
TBB Posted August 13, 2013 Member ID: 989 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 25 Topic Count: 268 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 18194 Content Per Day: 3.47 Reputation: 20234 Achievement Points: 133343 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 267 Joined: 01/07/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: 14 hours ago Birthday: 01/27/1946 Device: Windows Share Posted August 13, 2013 I knew that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
JohnnyDos Posted August 13, 2013 Member ID: 77 Group: Fallen Members Followers: 111 Topic Count: 1018 Topics Per Day: 0.19 Content Count: 7527 Content Per Day: 1.40 Reputation: 9175 Achievement Points: 69486 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 47 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 8, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2013 I knew that You probably had first hand experience.LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBB Posted August 13, 2013 Member ID: 989 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 25 Topic Count: 268 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 18194 Content Per Day: 3.47 Reputation: 20234 Achievement Points: 133343 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 267 Joined: 01/07/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: 14 hours ago Birthday: 01/27/1946 Device: Windows Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... 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: 0.01 Reputation: 6 Achievement Points: 123 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/20/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Middle finger to the police? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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