Weird Expressions

thane321 wrote:

Angatar wrote:You were almost 3 hours too late.

capn qwerty wrote:"That's what he/she said."

I mean, seriously, why?

ohh, the irony

I lol'd massively. Congrats to you Thane.

A flying shit...

=?

dragoon9105 wrote:
i wonder who was the first person to use the middle finger? i mean what was he just so pissed off one day that he flip someone off yelling "You know what the **** this means!" ".....I think"

I believe that one originated from medieval archers who, when they were captured, would have their index and middle finger (the fingers used to pull back the bowstring) off to prevent them from returning to the fight if they were rescued. Therefore, archers would hold up their index and middle finger to their enemy as a sow of defiance.

lol


I could picture it now

tiny tim wrote:

dragoon9105 wrote:
i wonder who was the first person to use the middle finger? i mean what was he just so pissed off one day that he flip someone off yelling "You know what the **** this means!" ".....I think"

I believe that one originated from medieval archers who, when they were captured, would have their index and middle finger (the fingers used to pull back the bowstring) off to prevent them from returning to the fight if they were rescued. Therefore, archers would hold up their index and middle finger to their enemy as a sow of defiance.

Dammit! I was about to say that!

Early bird catches the worm.

No. you just type faster.

You posted two minutes after me...

dragoon9105 wrote:
i wonder who was the first person to use the middle finger? i mean what was he just so pissed off one day that he flip someone off yelling "You know what the **** this means!" ".....I think"

it had to do with the fact a punishment for a certain act in europe back in the day was to cut off the middle finger.

so people started putting just their middle finger up at the police to show that they hadn't been caught yet.

KristallNacht wrote:

dragoon9105 wrote:
i wonder who was the first person to use the middle finger? i mean what was he just so pissed off one day that he flip someone off yelling "You know what the **** this means!" ".....I think"

it had to do with the fact a punishment for a certain act in europe back in the day was to cut off the middle finger.

so people started putting just their middle finger up at the police to show that they hadn't been caught yet.

Longbowmen at the battle of agincourt: the french cut englishmen's middle fingers off so they couldn't use them. Also; french got sniper pwnz0red medieval style

noir wrote:

KristallNacht wrote:

dragoon9105 wrote:
i wonder who was the first person to use the middle finger? i mean what was he just so pissed off one day that he flip someone off yelling "You know what the **** this means!" ".....I think"

it had to do with the fact a punishment for a certain act in europe back in the day was to cut off the middle finger.

so people started putting just their middle finger up at the police to show that they hadn't been caught yet.

Longbowmen at the battle of agincourt: the french cut englishmen's middle fingers off so they couldn't use them. Also; french got sniper pwnz0red medieval style

That was the Vs, and QI said it was a myth anyway.

Cheese wrote:

thane321 wrote:

Angatar wrote:You were almost 3 hours too late.

capn qwerty wrote:"That's what he/she said."

I mean, seriously, why?

ohh, the irony

I lol'd massively. Congrats to you Thane.

tiny tim wrote:Early bird catches the worm.

but the second mouse gets the cheese in the trap

Cheese wrote:

noir wrote:

KristallNacht wrote:

dragoon9105 wrote:
i wonder who was the first person to use the middle finger? i mean what was he just so pissed off one day that he flip someone off yelling "You know what the **** this means!" ".....I think"

it had to do with the fact a punishment for a certain act in europe back in the day was to cut off the middle finger.

so people started putting just their middle finger up at the police to show that they hadn't been caught yet.

Longbowmen at the battle of agincourt: the french cut englishmen's middle fingers off so they couldn't use them. Also; french got sniper pwnz0red medieval style

That was the Vs, and QI said it was a myth anyway.

Shhhh it's a badass myth; like most of them

dragoon9105 wrote:in other words those words mean nothing other than the worth of a bulls shit

Thats how it originated

i wonder who was the first person to use the middle finger? i mean what was he just so pissed off one day that he flip someone off yelling "You know what the **** this means!" ".....I think"

Or better yet... F you wouldn't that be a complement? I mean sex is always nice

to the middle finger part, it happened as a result of the hundreds years war

because the english bowmen were the deadliest thing in the war (besides joan of arc) whenever the french would capture one instead of leaving them in jail they would cut off there middle fingers so that they could no longer use a bow(thats how you aim and hold an arrow in place)


so after the war the french would make it a habit to whenever they saw an old longbowmen (noticed by lack of middle finger) the french would the retired men their middle finger and since they did not know much English grammar they would say to the man "pluck you" (thats what they could no longer do to a bow that used to be their way of life, their job, their profession, their pride)

that is how it originated and if you asked me i would say the original meaning is much more messed up and insulting than the current one

EDIT: damn you noir

We got so many *insert something* you could shake a stick at it

I never get this...

"what the hell?" is a shortened version of "what in the hell?"

as in its something so odd that what you are seeing must have been spawned in hell

"Going out" is the wierdiest one, i mean people don't actually say this to people do they? I certainly don't.

And it's weird... How?

Makes sense to me.