Why does this mean, well you know what it means?
Is it the same pretty much throughout the world?
The middle finger is such a great jesture. How else can you show your displeasure with another person over a distance, w/o having to say a word. The act speaks for it self. You dont even have to look at the person, just flip the old bird in the general direction. Such a versiatle jesture is very under used in todays world. Especally when driving. When there is some lame guy driving his beat up pinto down the freeway at 45 mph in the left lane, besure to give him the bird as you go buy. How else is he going to know hes being an ass? Someone has to inform him on is error in freeway conduct. Speaking of that, there sould be a way to get a “dumba$$” labeling system. If you see someone do something completely stupid, there needs to be some way to brand this person as a dumba$$"
C3-24/7 “I’ve got the goods if you’ve got the cash; what you want fool?”
Hell I don’t know why the finger means what it does, but I agree with kinoons in that I am sure glad that it does mean what it does. I must flip people off like 20 times a day.
I do know that in other countries it is sometimes very different.
For example, in South America if you make the okay sign by making a circle with your thumb and forefinger it means “fuck your mother.”
And if you hold up your pinkie in France it means the same a flipping someone off here in the states.
So don’t tell your waiter that everything is “okay” if your mouth is full in Venezuela. He might kick your ass.
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Last week, at work, I picked up a new pair of vinyl-coated gloves, and each glove had the middle finger stuck to the ring finger. I finally decided they were intended to keep deaf people from being rude. You could sign “I love you,” but not “F-you.”
–Nott, the large
Haven’t you ever diddled your partner? Your middle finger is the longest one, and it’s the one I always lead off with (sometimes I’ll two-finger). I always thought it was self-evident.
I didn’t read the SD link – so this may or may not be repeating what was in it …
The symbolism of the “finger” is an erect penis with the fist as scrotum … meaning
" I F*** YOU!!!"
I think Desmond Morris had something to say on this in his book “Body Language” (guessing on title).
Incidentally, a particular juicy reply to a woman ah* is Steve’s Martin’s gesture of the pointed finger back and forth through the “o” shaped index finger and thumb of the opposite hand. Means the same thing…
THe middle finger to Romans was the finger of Jupiter - thus the phallus. This is the basis of chiromancy.
Can only say I wrote Playboy this in '75, they wrote back & said they didn’t know.