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 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 began mocking the French by waving it 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!

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.'

IT IS STILL AN APPROPRIATE SALUTE TO THE FRENCH TODAY!

And yew thought yew knew every plucking thing!!

Well if this post was meant to start an intelligent dialog, it missed by a mile. The fact that some might find it funny, is not all that surprising, but it is surprising coming from someone that wants respectful discussion.

I don't know any atheist that would take such a lame thing to court. I certainly don't need a religious holiday considering I don't belong to one and prefer not to.

there are over 50 women that will disagree with you there. haha

Meanie face.

As a woman, I have every right to say something about it.

Oh la la! GG2 est tres belle. Elle est tres bonne. Elle paraît délicieux!

Ou et mancandyness..... il paraît ca va.....

Je suis aussi