Website review: List Of The Day: Obscene Gestures O...
13andbored discovered this in Weblogs
•3 reviews since Mar 25, 2008
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13andbored discovered 6 months ago
A thumb-up has rude connotations in many countries, from the Middle East to Latin America, according to this blog. They say it invites the recipient to "sit on my (ahem)". Word of advice, apparently: don't thumb a ride in Sardinia.
- dynamic-polarity rated 5 months ago
Victory?
or
Up yours?
or F*ck Off?
Ask George Bush Sr...
Edit: I just got a note from Clogiron, who related to me the significance of Churchill's famous V-sign. I guess it just goes to prove that there is , indeed, cultural igorance about the meaning of gestures. Here's the story of the V-sign...it's very cool...
This salute dates back to the English Longbowman who fought the French during the Hundred Years War (1337 - 1453). The French hated the English archers who used the Longbow with such devastating effect. Any English archers who were caught by the French had their Index and middle fingers chopped off from their right hand- a terrible penalty for an archer. This led to the practice of the English archers,especially in siege situations, taunting their French enemy with their continued presence by raising their two fingers in the `Two-Fingered Salute' meaning "You haven't cut off my fingers !"
Give 'em hell Winston!
- mirroroftwilight rated 5 months ago
- Hilarious. xD
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