From: Russell McMahon Subject: [OT]; Longbow Construction >Interestingly, the impolite traditional English two fingered "salute" >reportedly comes from this period. The French purposed to cut off the two >bow-string drawing fingers of any English bowman captured and the two >fingered salute was both an indication that the bowman was still capable and >a challenge to fight (or so they say). http://www.roninpub.com/art-pluck-yew.html http://www.snopes.com/language/apocryph/pluckyew.htm Scott -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics