[1823] in Humor
HUMOR FOLLOWUP: Agincourt Revisited
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (abennett@MIT.EDU)
Thu Jan 16 10:30:26 1997
From: <abennett@MIT.EDU>
To: humor@MIT.EDU
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 10:24:31 EST
This sounds a lot more plausable. In Britain, the "peace sign" means
radically different things, depending ojn whether you turn the palm
of your hand towards the recipient or away...
(And BTW, the word f*ck is derived from an old english/middle english word
for plowing. And that's the truth :P )
-Drew
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Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 10:24:45 -0500 (EST)
From: LMCCOOPER@aol.com
Message-Id: <970115102445_1343869231@emout04.mail.aol.com>
To: abennett@MIT.EDU
Subject: Fwd: HUMOR: Where did that gesture come from?
Well, here's a critique. Normally I don't forward them, but this guy is
really into that stuff..so I thought you'd like to hear his side of it...:-!
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From: mburniston@accesscomm.net (Martin Burniston)
To: LMCCOOPER@aol.com
Date: 97-01-15 10:00:33 EST
Lynn Dahling!
In reply to the e-mail on "the gesture", I must make comment and correct the
writer's statement that "the gesture" is the middle finger.
A bow is drawn with the fore finger and the middle finger. "The gesture"
was not a single finger but the two-fingered salute used by the British to
show their love of their fellow travellers in life. "The gesture" can be
traced back to the battle of Agincourt, and for the same reason as stated in
the e-mail, but must be accepted as being the good-old British "V" sign(not
to be mistaken for the victory or peace sign!)
Love ya
Martin
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