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thefoxboy 
"Four your eyes only."
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 Posted - 02/17/2006 : 05:03:13
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Originally posted by GHcool
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Originally posted by Evil Giraffe
It's a sign from God ... sorta.
I suppose that means something dirty in Europe or something.
In the United States, two extended fingers usually means "peace" (though the palm faces the viewer for the "peace sign").
Yep, the opposite way is to give someone the "forks" which is basically saying F-Off. |
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Falken 
"Intestinal Fourtitude."
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Posted - 02/17/2006 : 05:08:52
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I've heard that in some places, the thumb's up sign means "Up your ass" or something...  
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Evil Giraffe 
"Guess who's back?"
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Posted - 02/17/2006 : 08:50:57
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Originally posted by thefoxboy
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Originally posted by GHcool
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Originally posted by Evil Giraffe
It's a sign from God ... sorta.
I suppose that means something dirty in Europe or something.
In the United States, two extended fingers usually means "peace" (though the palm faces the viewer for the "peace sign").
Yep, the opposite way is to give someone the "forks" which is basically saying F-Off.
Ah, let me explain this peculiarly British hand gesture...
Way back when, the French and the English were at war. And I mean way, way back. Way, way, way back. If you want specifics, about 1000 years ago � so technically not England and France, but go with it.
When the French would try to storm English castles, their troops would be cut down by English archers firing from the battlements. Whenever the French captured an English Archer, they would cut the Index and middle fingers of the archer�s hands off to prevent them from drawing back the bow.
So, in defiance, as the French approached, The English archers would stick two fingers up at the French in a �nyah-nah-nah-nyah-nah � we�ve-still-got-our-fingers� gesture before raining down arrow-y death on them.
This gesture�s meaning has changed slightly through the centuries, but still denotes defiance (illustrated splendidly by the punk youth of the 70s). It used to be considered quite rude, but has been superseded the ubiquitous single finger salute (as ably demonstrated by Stalean), and now enjoys a kind of homely, friendly, jocular life being thrown willy-nilly between friends.
The Peace sign is a much newer gesture. It seems to have originated from WWII through Winston Churchill � though researchers are unsure to whether it meant �V for Victory� or �where is my cigar?�.
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TitanPa 
"Here four more"
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Posted - 02/17/2006 : 15:18:25
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Back in the day when I picked up women in bars. I waited for the extended pinky and thumb sign from the ladies. It meant. "Call me". I hardly ever saw it....lol
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duh 
"catpurrs"
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Posted - 02/17/2006 : 18:04:50
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Here we go, with an historical marker near Bird-In-Hand, Pennsylvania. |
Edited by - duh on 02/18/2006 05:04:06 |
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Chris C
"Four words, never backwards."
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Posted - 02/17/2006 : 20:22:48
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Originally posted by Falken
We have a great bunch so far!  
Kudos!
Falken
Got to work this morning and discovered a whole load more had arrived by e-mail overnight. Damn. Too late to change now. |
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TitanPa
"Here four more"
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Posted - 02/18/2006 : 15:01:43
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Originally posted by bird in duh hand
Here we go, with an historical marker near Bird-In-Hand, Pennsylvania.
I was going to go with a "Welcome to Intercourse, PA" sign. But i thought it was too easy....lol
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turrell
"Ohhhh Ohhhh Ohhhh Ohhhh "
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Posted - 02/18/2006 : 16:40:14
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Originally posted by TitanPa
I was going to go with a "Welcome to Intercourse, PA" sign. But i thought it was too easy....lol
You really need to find a Drive-thru sign in Intercourse PA for full comedic affect... |
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MguyX 
"X marks the spot"
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Posted - 02/19/2006 : 04:15:23
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It occurred to me that some folks may be missing the finer details of various avatars. So be advised that there are plug-ins that allow you to zoom in (enlarge) the avatars.
Try IEZoomer, for example.
This has been a public service announcement. |
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zeike 
"High Concept Cinema Poet"
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Posted - 02/20/2006 : 00:46:47
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Forgive the pun!
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duh
"catpurrs"
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Posted - 02/20/2006 : 06:13:26
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Originally posted by MguyX
It occurred to me that some folks may be missing the finer details of various avatars. So be advised that there are plug-ins that allow you to zoom in (enlarge) the avatars.
Try IEZoomer, for example.
This has been a public service announcement.
I do it the geek way --MSIE: right click on image, select "properties" then copy the url and paste it into a new browser window to see it fullsize. OR right click on the avatar, then select print image then select preview image -- view it fullsize then cancel printing.
Firefox: right click and select view image.
MguyX's avatar.
Zeike's avatar. |
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silly
"That rabbit's DYNAMITE."
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Posted - 02/20/2006 : 17:32:36
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Originally posted by bird in duh hand
I do it the geek way --MSIE: right click on image, select "properties" then copy the url and paste it into a new browser window to see it fullsize. OR right click on the avatar, then select print image then select preview image -- view it fullsize then cancel printing.
Firefox: right click and select view image.
In Opera you touch the "plus" button on the numeric keypad and it zooms the entire page. Or press the "minus" and it shrinks it. Press the "*" and it goes back to normal.
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Cheese_Ed
"The Provolone Ranger"
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Posted - 02/21/2006 : 02:59:13
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Sorry I'm late.
Gallery is open:
http://www.walktrotlope.com/net/fwfr/THEMESlist.asp
I got stuck in Seattle for an extra day, Bill Gates said my company was priceless and refused to let me fly back commercially, insisted I take his private jet today.
Please try to get your avs posted while I try to catch up with the rest of the universe. |
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Cheese_Ed
"The Provolone Ranger"
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Wheelz
"FWFR%u2019ing like it%u2019s 1999"
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Posted - 02/21/2006 : 14:26:54
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Had a tough time narrowing this field down to three.
But I did what I had to do and signed over my votes to Cheese_Ed.
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Avatar Contest - - Signs
