2006-07-06 13:42:31 · 9 answers · asked by ? 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
Matt is the winner, being the closest. To include with your answer, they showed their middle fingers as a gesture of the "ha! you didn't get me".
2006-07-06 13:52:35 · update #1
The french and british or some european countries were fighting a war, the leader from one side said to shoot off the middle fingers of the soldiers from the other side so they couldnt use their cross bows, after each barrage the side with the cross bows would show the other guys there middle fingers.
2006-07-06 13:47:22 · answer #1 · answered by matt 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Hmmm...
Might be from farming in the good ol days,
i heard perhaps it was an agriculture
gesture as they would say, f<#ck the land,
to put holes into the ground for seeding.
I'am not sure if this goes back 10,000 years
but i remember hearing something like that
on one of the Pacifica Radio Stations ( KPFK: LA )
many years ago ... too bad i can't remember
the whole idea about the origin of the middle finger.
Also maybe what Matt says might be the answer.
i remember hearing something like that but
i can't remember if it was suppose to be a comedy
skit .. long time ago ...
O, well .. Somebody must know that answer ...
2006-07-06 17:52:05 · answer #2 · answered by ♪σρսϟ яэχ♪ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe it was some gesture the Scottish used while trying to keep there country centuries ago. But I can't remember the exact meaning. Am I close?
2006-07-06 13:47:05 · answer #3 · answered by MzzChaos 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The origins of "Giving the middle finger" goes back thousands of years.
2006-07-06 13:50:44 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you give yourself the finger you may notice that with the folded fingers on either side it some what resembles an erect prick & balls, most people find this to be an insult.
2006-07-06 15:59:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
british isles, punishment for poaching would be to lose a finger, limiting the ability to shoot arrows, also applied to the welsh longbowmen in mercenary service to the Crown in wars against the Frogs, er, French
fly it high and upright means, bastich, I can still shoot ya
2006-07-06 13:50:34 · answer #6 · answered by WelshDruidQuygg 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did you watch Dane Cook? LOL
2006-07-06 17:50:55 · answer #7 · answered by Marki 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Beats me!
2006-07-06 13:48:12 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
its sign language for "go to hell" its relly stupid so dont ever do it
2006-07-06 13:46:30 · answer #9 · answered by ~mormon~gurl~ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋