Time to lighten up - Laughter is good medicine Part II
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SD51555
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I wish more would join in. Can’t have too much funny.
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tooln
5 year old buck +
Figured this would be a good as place as any to post. Saw it on FB.
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 changed to a labiodentalfricative '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. Didn't yew!
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 changed to a labiodentalfricative '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. Didn't yew!
Howboutthemdawgs
5 year old buck +
Someone explain to me the older guy shooting the gun.
Bill Loser
5 year old buck +
Same!
Catscratch
5 year old buck +
Google "Panama protest shooting".
SD51555
5 year old buck +
Thanks Cat. The rule is, the one who posts it cannot explain it. Kinda like fight club.
Catscratch
5 year old buck +
It's not good if the joke teller has to explain it. Always glad to be a wingman!!!
b116757
5 year old buck +
American lawyer, 77, shoots dead two Panama climate change activists
Kenneth Darlington, 77, was seen on camera walking up to climate change protesters blocking a road in Panama, taking out a handgun and opening fire. Two protesters died.
www.dailymail.co.uk
hillrunner
5 year old buck +
Nice set!
