The ultimate portable #braai

The ultimate portable #braai

The history of the Bird aka middle finger ! For those of us who love useless information.

I don't know if this is historically correct. I'll check but if it isn't, it is still a nice story.

History of the middle finger The History of the Bird aka Middle Finger Well, now......here's something I never knew before, and now that I know it, I feel compelled to send it on to my more intelligent friends in the hope that they, too, will feel edified. Isn't history more fun when you know something about it? 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 they would be incapable of fighting in the future. This famous English longbow was made of the native English Yew tree, and the act of drawing the longbow was known as "plucking the yew" (or "pluck yew"). Much to the bewilderment of the French, the English won a major upset and began mocking the French by waving their middle fingers at the defeated French, saying, See, we can still pluck yew! Since 'pluck yew' is rather difficult to say, the difficult consonant cluster at the beginning has gradually changed to a labiodentals fricative F', and thus the words often used in conjunction with the one-finger-salute! It is also because of the pheasant feathers on the arrows used with the longbow that the symbolic gesture is known as "giving the bird." IT IS STILL AN APPROPRIATE SALUTE TO THE FRENCH TODAY! And yew thought yew knew every plucking thing

The Day I Lost Control

The day I lost control

 

First photo of Panjo the escaped tiger spotted

First photo of Panjo the escaped tiger spotted
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Mothers Day

Happy Mothers Day

locals check out the outdoor marketing for the FIFA 2010 World Cup in North West Province

locals check out the outdoor marketing for the FIFA 2010 World Cup in South Africa's North West Province

taken on the road to Sun City 

Fwd: Thought for the day

A lion won't cheat on its harem, but

... A Tiger Wood!!

SA's got talent (fwd)

a rare talent indeed, wonder if he'd be able to still do it after he drinks the rest of the bottle ? 

;-)

 

Small talk #fail