Middle finger..

[cool4345]

Didn't the middle finger mean a racial term? Now all i see it being used for is for a completly retarded "fuck you" sign, even though that's the finger next to that one. i've noticed this quite a lot recently.

[Doberman]

the middle finger means nothing.

[paintballr]

don't know, don't care, don't do it around your parents. if you really care try wikipedia.

[Strength]

Look at me using my resources instead of asking the BBS oh.

[freakin-sweet]

no the middle finger never meant anything racial and i beleive it was started during the revolutionary war

[MiniPetar]

Longbows require the middle fingers to use so enemys cut them off but the remaining people who weren't ever captured flipped them off to insult them...

[MCU]

No, it never meant anything racist, all it meant was I AM STONE COLD STEVE AUSTIN, AND IM GONNA OPEN A CAN OF WHOOP ASS ON YOU

[STEM]

At 7/11/08 12:53 PM, Strength wrote: Look at me using my resources instead of asking the BBS oh.

In Iran, and several other middle eastern countries, the "thumbs up" gesture means the same as "the finger" in western countries which can result in misunderstandings.

LOL, no wonder we're hated there.

[SymbolCymbal]

hahah the fangul/... my grandpararents would do this to eachother all the time along with the bent elbow inslult.. i had no idea they were documented ..this is great.. gotta love italian old people

[Sk8erGirl14]

At 7/11/08 12:53 PM, paintballr wrote: don't know, don't care, don't do it around your parents. if you really care try wikipedia.

I cuss around my parents. I cuss AT them at times when they piss me off.

[NoneZop]

No, it means "Fuck you."
So...

[Lochie]

The middle finger was used for in the revolutionary war, back in medieval days, one of the countrys, when they caught their enemy, would cut off their middle finger. So when the enemy ran into battle they would flip off their opponent to show them they have never been captured, thus being a hard warrior to defeat. :D

[bob389]

i use the finger a lot but i don't know what it means.

[totaln00b]

At 7/11/08 12:53 PM, Strength wrote: Look at me using my resources instead of asking the BBS oh.

Wait whut!?

Your a genius!

[elgrabadula]

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[AlphaCentauri]

I prefer biting my thumb at you, sir.

[Spikrodd]

At 7/11/08 02:41 PM, AlphaCentauri wrote: I prefer biting my thumb at you, sir.

lol intellegent win

[Rideo]

At 7/11/08 01:28 PM, Night-Mare wrote: The middle finger was used for in the revolutionary war

That's not true. It's just an urban legend.

[Spikrodd]

At 7/11/08 02:41 PM, AlphaCentauri wrote: I prefer biting my thumb at you, sir.

lol intellegent win

[MeatMachine]

The middle finger comes from the V sign, which originated during the Hundred Year's War. That's how the British longbowmen taunted the French knights, showing them that they still had their bow fingers readily attached.

[Vrael]

At 7/11/08 01:26 PM, STEM wrote:

In Iran, and several other middle eastern countries, the "thumbs up" gesture means the same as "the finger" in western countries which can result in misunderstandings.


LOL, no wonder we're hated there.

I think Bedn would definitely be Executed there

[omgdeletedmeow69]

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[paintballr]

At 7/11/08 01:27 PM, Sk8erGirl14 wrote:

At 7/11/08 12:53 PM, paintballr wrote: don't know, don't care, don't do it around your parents. if you really care try wikipedia.

I cuss around my parents. I cuss AT them at times when they piss me off.

well, i can too but my parents get mad when i flip them off. i NEVER cuss at them cause that just leads to bad shit, and it's disrespectful

[CapnCrunchDaPimp]

I like to refer to it as the bad hand signal when I'm driving.

[Chibiwolf]

I just see the middle finger as "Fuck you" and thats all. Its meant to piss someone off. Well if its not i have been using it wrong.

[sumidiotdude]

Beware the double deuce!

Strong Bad's favorite style of 'the bird'.

[Mastersurgeon]

Its traced back to ancient rome a greece.

[JohnnyWang]

The longbowman theory is way off.

THe origin is much older; in ancient Rome, they thought all parts of the body are coonected to eachother by energy links, or something, and that the middle finger was connected this way to the genitalia. So flipping someone off would be the equivelant of wagging your member at someone.

[theRoyalFlush]

At 7/11/08 02:41 PM, AlphaCentauri wrote: I prefer biting my thumb at you, sir.

yes? and i fart in your general direction

[VideoGamesRule]

I've heard that in sign language it means erected penis...