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"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 be incapable of fighting in the future.

This famous weapon was made of the native English Yew tree, and the act of drawing the longbow was known as

Oso, sorry to rain on your parade, but you need the index and middle fingers to draw the long-bow. However the rest is kinda correct. We use the V-sign seen from the other side as a traditional insult to the French.
I believe the Americans developed the bird. But I don't know how. And Germans use a raised little finger, again I don't know the origins of that one.

Ozzy

Uh, Ozzy, it is a joke. LOL




Laugh dammit!!!!

Its actually real Oso!!! Which makes it even funnier, especially as none of the drivers around here know what the two fingered salute means