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To: SmoothSail who wrote (167990)	10/14/2008 3:24:48 PM
From: SmoothSail	Respond to of 225578

Don't know how valid this is, but it makes a good story: 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. Isn't history more fun when you know something about it? 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 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 labiodentals fricative F', and thus the words are 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.....

To: SmoothSail who wrote (167990)	10/14/2008 3:25:36 PM
From: PatiBob	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 225578

I'm so sorry!! I hope we aren't fighting with our insurance company that long. But I do agree with you about them throwing something at you thinking it'll stick and you'll just walk away wanting to get it all over with. You are paying for certain things when you pay your premiums. Our homeowners policy specifically says "replacement cost on home and contents". We pay a high premium for that and have only filed a few claims in 30 years with this insurance company.