The History Of the Middle Finger

[NewHampster]

Probably posted before but I love it. I copied from a freeper blog.

http://loser-blue.bloghi.com/2007/03/26/history-of-giving-someone-the-finger.html
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 longbow and therefore they would be incapable of fighting in the future. This famous English longbow was made of native English Yew tree, and the act of Drawing the longbow was known as "plucking the yew" (or "pluck yew").

Much to be 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!

[Deja Q]

1. Why does the child have red on the right side of its face?

Sunburn?
Rosacea?
Herpes?

[NewHampster]

2. Ice cream, Cotton Candy

Don't know

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

3. Slapped by his left-handed freeper father?

[pokerfan]

4. Funny

Pluck yew! :rofl: