Posted: 8/25/2014 2:40:44 PM EDT
| Sitting here pondering lifes little mysteries. How did it come about raising the middle finger became a way to express your displeasure to someone? |
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I was told in days of old when battles were fought with bows and arrows, they would cut off the middle finger of captured enemies so they can no longer draw their bows. When the battle was fought they would raise their middle finger to show the enemy they still have theirs. This is what I told a LOOOOOONG time ago... dont know if it is true but it sounds good to me. |
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Phallic symbolisim since ancient Greece.
I was told in days of old when battles were fought with bows and arrows, they would cut off the middle finger of captured enemies so they can no longer draw their bows. Thought that was the peace (or V for victory) symbol. |
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I was told in days of old when battles were fought with bows and arrows, they would cut off the middle finger of captured enemies so they can no longer draw their bows. When the battle was fought they would raise their middle finger to show the enemy they still have theirs. This is what I told a LOOOOOONG time ago... dont know if it is true but it sounds good to me. Close, but it was English Bowmen, the scourge of the battle field, their bows made from Yew wood. In the war with the French, the French king ordered the middle finger to be cut off of any archer, you need this finger to hold the arrow before you let it fly, so he could not 'pluck yew' again. In one battle all the Bowmen held up their middle finger and shouted 'Pluck Yew' to show that they were ready to kill the french. |
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I was told in days of old when battles were fought with bows and arrows, they would cut off the middle finger of captured enemies so they can no longer draw their bows. When the battle was fought they would raise their middle finger to show the enemy they still have theirs. This is what I told a LOOOOOONG time ago... dont know if it is true but it sounds good to me. I was taught this as well. Specifically during the battles of the English and French. IDK if true though, I only have taken one history class since high school. |
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Quoted: Close, but it was English Bowmen, the scourge of the battle field, their bows made from Yew wood. In the war with the French, the French king ordered the middle finger to be cut off of any archer, you need this finger to hold the arrow before you let it fly, so he could not 'pluck yew' again. In one battle all the Bowmen held up their middle finger and shouted 'Pluck Yew' to show that they were ready to kill the french. Quoted: Quoted: I was told in days of old when battles were fought with bows and arrows, they would cut off the middle finger of captured enemies so they can no longer draw their bows. When the battle was fought they would raise their middle finger to show the enemy they still have theirs. This is what I told a LOOOOOONG time ago... dont know if it is true but it sounds good to me. Close, but it was English Bowmen, the scourge of the battle field, their bows made from Yew wood. In the war with the French, the French king ordered the middle finger to be cut off of any archer, you need this finger to hold the arrow before you let it fly, so he could not 'pluck yew' again. In one battle all the Bowmen held up their middle finger and shouted 'Pluck Yew' to show that they were ready to kill the french.  |
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I'm not sure but a coupla years back I called the wife and told her everything was OK, but she had to come pick me up at the hospital. She asked "what happened? I said "I cut off my finger" She said"The whole finger?" I said "No, the one next to it"  The next time you talk about your whole finger, drop the "W".
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Whatever happened to this one? This was a favorite when I was a kid. (I had Italian neighbors.) In countries where Spanish, Portuguese, or French are spoken, and especially on the Iberian peninsula and in Latin America, a gesture called the bras d'honneur involving raising a fist and slapping the biceps on the same arm as the fist used, sometimes called the Iberian slap or Iberian finger, is equivalent to the finger. Italy, Poland, and countries under the influence of Russian culture, such as Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine, also see the bras d'honneur as equivalent to the finger, but the majority of young people in these countries use the finger as an insult, which is associated with the Western culture. |
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The next time you talk about your whole finger, drop the "W".
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I'm not sure but a coupla years back I called the wife and told her everything was OK, but she had to come pick me up at the hospital. She asked "what happened? I said "I cut off my finger" She said"The whole finger?" I said "No, the one next to it" The next time you talk about your whole finger, drop the "W".
I disagree. In the context of the joke she asked if I cut off the "whole" finger. I'm the one who took it to the naughty place, not her. ;) |
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Phallic symbolisim since ancient Greece. Thought that was the peace (or V for victory) symbol. Quoted:
Phallic symbolisim since ancient Greece. I was told in days of old when battles were fought with bows and arrows, they would cut off the middle finger of captured enemies so they can no longer draw their bows. Thought that was the peace (or V for victory) symbol. The bold. |
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Whatever happened to this one? This was a favorite when I was a kid. (I had Italian neighbors.) Quoted:
Whatever happened to this one? This was a favorite when I was a kid. (I had Italian neighbors.) In countries where Spanish, Portuguese, or French are spoken, and especially on the Iberian peninsula and in Latin America, a gesture called the bras d'honneur involving raising a fist and slapping the biceps on the same arm as the fist used, sometimes called the Iberian slap or Iberian finger, is equivalent to the finger. Italy, Poland, and countries under the influence of Russian culture, such as Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine, also see the bras d'honneur as equivalent to the finger, but the majority of young people in these countries use the finger as an insult, which is associated with the Western culture. I still use it on occasion, but only for important stuff... like when I'm in traffic. |
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And there it is! Thank you my good man!
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I was told in days of old when battles were fought with bows and arrows, they would cut off the middle finger of captured enemies so they can no longer draw their bows. When the battle was fought they would raise their middle finger to show the enemy they still have theirs. This is what I told a LOOOOOONG time ago... dont know if it is true but it sounds good to me. Close, but it was English Bowmen, the scourge of the battle field, their bows made from Yew wood. In the war with the French, the French king ordered the middle finger to be cut off of any archer, you need this finger to hold the arrow before you let it fly, so he could not 'pluck yew' again. In one battle all the Bowmen held up their middle finger and shouted 'Pluck Yew' to show that they were ready to kill the french.
It's a good story, but it's not true. The earliest examples of the word otherwise are from Scottish, which suggests a Scandinavian origin, perhaps from a word akin to Norwegian dialectal fukka "copulate," or Swedish dialectal focka "copulate, strike, push," and fock "penis." Etymology Online |
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I guess Churchill did this gester to finger fuck Hitler and Mussolini at the same time https://someoffenseintended.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/winston-churchill3.jpg That is Fuck both of you |
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Ditto, in for smart people. Quoted:
I was told in days of old when battles were fought with bows and arrows, they would cut off the middle finger of captured enemies so they can no longer draw their bows. When the battle was fought they would raise their middle finger to show the enemy they still have theirs. This is what I told a LOOOOOONG time ago... dont know if it is true but it sounds good to me. |