"PLUCK YEW" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LoL

[hdfree]

Giving the Finger

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 "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! "PLUCK YEW!"

Since 'pluck yew' is rather difficult to say, the difficult consonant
cluster at the beginning has gradually changed to a labiodental fricative
'F', and thus the words often used in conjunction with the one-finger-salute
are mistakenly thought to have something to do with an intimate encounter.

It is also because of the pheasant feathers on the arrows used w/ the
longbow that the symbolic gesture is known as "giving the bird."

And yew thought yew knew everything !

[xxSPRINGTIMExx]

:cool:hmm interesting:beaten:

[muratore]

Wrong (http://www.snopes.com/language/apocryph/pluckyew.asp)

[almurray]

"Me husband is a keeper,
He's a very busy man,
I try to understand him
And I help him all I can,

But sometimes of an evening
I feel a trifle dim,
All alone and plucking pheasants
When I'd rather pluck with him.

I'm not the pheasant plucker,
I'm the pheasant plucker's mate
And I'm only plucking pheasants
Cos the pheasant plucker's late.

I'm not good at plucking pheasants,
Pheasant plucking I get stuck,
Though some peasants find it pleasant
I'd much rather pluck a duck,

Oh, but plucking geese is gorgeous,
I can pluck a goose with ease
But plucking pheasants is sheer torture,
For they haven't any grease.

I'm not the pheasant plucker,
He has gone out on the tiles,
He only plucked one pheasant
And I'm sitting here with piles.

You have to pluck them fresh,
If they're fresh it's not unpleasant,
I knew a man in Dunstable,
Could pluck a frozen pheasant.

They say the village constable
Has pheasant plucking sessions
With the vicar of a Sunday
Twixt the first and second lessons.

I'm not the pheasant plucker,
I'm the pheasant plucker's son,
And I'm only plucking pheasants
Till the pheasant plucker's come.

My good friend Godfrey's most adept,
He's really got the knack,
He likes to have a pheasant plucked
Before he hits the sack.

I try and lend a helping hand,
I gather up the feathers,
It's really all this pheasant plucking
Keeps us pair together!

I'm not the pheasant plucker,
I'm the pheasant plucker's friend,
And I'm only plucking pheasants
As a means unto an end.

Me husband's in the woods all day,
A-banging with his gun,
If he could hear me heartfelt cries,
Then surely he would run,

For I've fluff in all me crannies
And there's feathers up me nose,
And I'm itchin' in the kitchin'
From me head down to me toes.

I'm not the pheasant plucker,
I'm the pheasant plucker's wife,
And when we pluck together
It's a pheasant plucking life!"

[FOURDEAD36]

:eek::eek: ,,l,, :D:wave:

[1CanadianGirl]

So many views ....This is too funny.... :D:wave:

[hdfree]

Do you need a middle finger to PLUCK a pheasant ????? :confused::D

[almurray]

Do you need a middle finger to PLUCK a pheasant ????? :confused::D


Giving the Finger



It is also because of the pheasant feathers on the arrows used w/ the
longbow that the symbolic gesture is known as "giving the bird."

And yew thought yew knew everything !

There was the link....Pheasant plucking = Pheasant feathers:rolleyes:

.....and dont be so grumpy

[natsdad]

I heard this story ages ago but it wasn't to do with the middle finger (American gesture) it was the first finger and middle finger which we like to make the 'V' sign with. Either way despite being a nice story it's not true. This doesn't stop English people reassuring themselves that they still have all their fingers by regularly flicking the V sign to people... especially the French.:P:rolleyes:

[RobPalmer]

I is gittens so smarts playing on this hear sites.

[tazdog2]

ROFLMAO! you all got way to much time on your hands!

[hdfree]

There was the link....Pheasant plucking = Pheasant feathers:rolleyes:

.....and dont be so grumpy

LOL ~ I'm not grumpy, just looking for some PLUCKING tips !!!

Geeze, a little help would be nice..... I'm NOT a plucker and I want to do it right ....... :D

Taz ~ this is what happens when you are an OMF and Retired ! LOL
Keep working brother !!!!! Retire and all ya do is ride and try to pluck pheasant !!!!!!!!!!! LOL