on a lighter note...

[Dr Ray]

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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.
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 they 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 hanged 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.'
And yew thought yew knew every plucking thing.

Lol

 

[Hogpatrol]

 

[Hogpatrol]

 

[spike.t]

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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.
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 they 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 hanged 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.'
And yew thought yew knew every plucking thing.

Yup....and good to know I am classified as intelligent...

 

[Randy F]

Actually I had one of these.

 

[Randy F]

 

[nztimb]

Actually I had one of these.


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I still do

 

[Pheroze]

Actually I had one of these.


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Me too! Still traumatized by that alarm

 

[spike.t]

 

[JimP]

Actually I had one of these.


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42 years old and still going strong. In all those years it hasn't lost or gained a second. The only time that it has been shut off is a few moves and power outages.

 

[Randy F]

42 years old and still going strong. In all those years it hasn't lost or gained a second. The only time that it has been shut off is a few moves and power outages.View attachment 434032

I know! Those things are bullet proof aren’t they?

 

[Vashper]

 

[Big5]

 

[nztimb]

Me too! Still traumatized by that alarm

For some reason I am able to wake up before the alarm so almost never hear it on the once or twice a year it may be set.

 

[Wyatt Smith]

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Knowing someone is better than trusting them. Because you know what they will do, there’s no need for trust.

 

[Randy F]

 

[David AK 53]

42 years old and still going strong. In all those years it hasn't lost or gained a second. The only time that it has been shut off is a few moves and power outages.View attachment 434032

Still using ours; going on 45 years!

 

[Newboomer]

Actually I had one of these.


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I still do and use it regularly.

 

[cpr0312]

 

[cpr0312]