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Does anyone know the story about how we got the "middle finger" sign? I think I remember my AP History teacher telling us something about how it originated in the Hundred Years' War or something...well, it was some war where they used longbows, anyway! And you have to operate those bows with your middle finger, right? Well, the French or the English or whoever would cut off the middle fingers of the enemies they captured, so they would be useless at using ammunition. So whenever there was a victory, the winners would wave their middle fingers 'cause they still had them! Or something like that.
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