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Originally posted by damien_s_lucifer:
Damn. Remind me never to make the peace sign in England!Stupid Brits... can't spell, can't understand simple sign language...
Look, it's easy. Two fingers up, fingernails pointing away from you = FUCK OFF
Two fingers up, fingernails pointing towards you = I LOVE YOU MAN
The fuck off sign stems from when we were fighting the French. We used longbows and they used slow-ass crossbows, consequently we pissed all over them. If a frenchman captured an english archer, they would cut off those two fingers (used to draw back the bowstring).
In retaliation, before every battle, the french would raise their fingers in a "Ha-ha, i got my fingers and you won't soon" type pisstake manouver.
HTH
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"just pressin y0 butt0ns f00" -- miNus