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Re: Middle finger

Posted by R. Berg on August 01, 2001

In Reply to: Middle finger posted by pepper on August 01, 2001

: What is the origin of choice to use that finger to insult somebody.

The Urban Legends site (link below; if link is missing,* go to http://www.urbanlegends.com/misc/middle_finger.html) has a history of this gesture.

*And missing links have been known to turn up around here.