Arch --
You 'da man.
I give Latin lessons, you give us the history of one mankind's most
satisfying retorts to unresolved conflict. This enriching knowledge was so
invigorating that I plan to use this term today at the appropriate moment!
It may have medical value as a stress reliever!
(At least mine).
Its just a shame that we don't get CEUs! It doesn't get any better than
this.
Carry on....
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
*CEU = Continuing Education Units
This is a professional (licensing) requirement for the
4-5 of us on the list who are still *contributing*
to Social Security and have not taken our retirement options.
Mark -- Still a pre Geezer
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gmcmotorhome
> [mailto
wner-gmcmotorhome]On Behalf Of Gcbr
> Sent: Thursday, January 28, 1999 10:18 PM
> To: gmcmotorhome
> Subject: Re: GMC: Humor
>
>
> Mark
>
> I thought you might like to see what I get as humor on my other lists.
>
> The following courtesy of our dept. PIO:
>
> Before the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, the French,
> anticipating victory
> over the English, proposed cutting 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, those with the
> severed digit
> would be incapable of fighting in the future.
> This weapon, the English longbow, was made of the native
> English Yew
> tree, hence the act of drawing the bow was known as "plucking
> the Yew" (or,
> in short, "pluck Yew").
> Much to the bewilderment of the French, the English won a
> major upset.
> Having got wind of the French intent regarding their middle
> digits, the
> English victors began mocking the French by waving their
> middle fingers at
> the defeated French while saying: "See, we can still pluck
> Yew! Pluck Yew!"
> Over the years, some folk etymologies have grown up around
> this symbolic
> gesture. For some, "Pluck Yew" can be difficult to say.
> Similarly, some
> found it difficult to say "pleasant mother pheasant plucker,"
> which is who
> people went to for the feathers used on arrows for the
> longbows. In both
> cases, the phrases had difficult consonant clusters at the
> beginning that
> gradually changed to the labiodental fricative, "F," and thus
> the words
> often used in conjunction with the one-finger salute are
> mistakenly thought
> to have something to with an intimate encounter. It is also
> because of the
> pheasant feathers on the arrows that the symbolic gesture is known as
> "giving the bird."
>
> Thought you might like to know.
>
> Take Care
> Arch
>
You 'da man.
I give Latin lessons, you give us the history of one mankind's most
satisfying retorts to unresolved conflict. This enriching knowledge was so
invigorating that I plan to use this term today at the appropriate moment!
It may have medical value as a stress reliever!
(At least mine).
Its just a shame that we don't get CEUs! It doesn't get any better than
this.
Carry on....
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
*CEU = Continuing Education Units
This is a professional (licensing) requirement for the
4-5 of us on the list who are still *contributing*
to Social Security and have not taken our retirement options.
Mark -- Still a pre Geezer
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gmcmotorhome
> [mailto
wner-gmcmotorhome]On Behalf Of Gcbr> Sent: Thursday, January 28, 1999 10:18 PM
> To: gmcmotorhome
> Subject: Re: GMC: Humor
>
>
> Mark
>
> I thought you might like to see what I get as humor on my other lists.
>
> The following courtesy of our dept. PIO:
>
> Before the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, the French,
> anticipating victory
> over the English, proposed cutting 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, those with the
> severed digit
> would be incapable of fighting in the future.
> This weapon, the English longbow, was made of the native
> English Yew
> tree, hence the act of drawing the bow was known as "plucking
> the Yew" (or,
> in short, "pluck Yew").
> Much to the bewilderment of the French, the English won a
> major upset.
> Having got wind of the French intent regarding their middle
> digits, the
> English victors began mocking the French by waving their
> middle fingers at
> the defeated French while saying: "See, we can still pluck
> Yew! Pluck Yew!"
> Over the years, some folk etymologies have grown up around
> this symbolic
> gesture. For some, "Pluck Yew" can be difficult to say.
> Similarly, some
> found it difficult to say "pleasant mother pheasant plucker,"
> which is who
> people went to for the feathers used on arrows for the
> longbows. In both
> cases, the phrases had difficult consonant clusters at the
> beginning that
> gradually changed to the labiodental fricative, "F," and thus
> the words
> often used in conjunction with the one-finger salute are
> mistakenly thought
> to have something to with an intimate encounter. It is also
> because of the
> pheasant feathers on the arrows that the symbolic gesture is known as
> "giving the bird."
>
> Thought you might like to know.
>
> Take Care
> Arch
>
