Peter and the Finger

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 181924

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Janette <jnferr at ...> wrote:

> montims:
> Holding up your index and middle fingers with your palm facing you is very
> offensive, especially if you make jabbing motions up and down;  with the
> palm facing out is the victory sign.  To this Brit at least...

Geoff:
Precisely. Look at pictures of Churchill in the Second World War. I 
sometimes jokingly refer to the rude version as a "reversed oscillating 
Victory sign".
:-)