In a message dated 10/25/2007 11:34:38 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Possibly apochryphally, it was meant to be a sign from English archers to their enemies (usually a French army) that they still had their two "loosing" fingers, the ones that hold the bowstring and arrow for firing. It was, apparently, the custom of said enemies to remove those fingers if the archers were captured.
Over the centuries, it transmogrified in meaning to become something that signified "go forth and multiply". =============== This raises an interesting question. Remember standing next to someone as a kid and someone else taking your photo? And you raising your hand up and putting up a V sign (palm forward) behind/over your friend's head while they didn't know it? I wonder where that originated? Or what it meant originally? A modified cuckold sign? Saying they were a devil, and those are horns? Or bunny ears? I always thought it was the second. But interesting how similar signs, or actually the same sign, can mean different things. Marnie aka Doe :-) --------------------------------------------- Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored. ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
