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Old 08-02-2005, 04:00 AM
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Old 08-02-2005, 07:27 AM
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And all this time I thought that was what we were supposed to do. USMCRD was just the other side of a chain link fence from USNTC, San Diego, and proper, snappy, cross fence ?salutes? were rendered on a regular basis. But of course when we went to the rifle range at Camp Pendleton and being out numbered a billion to one, it was not prudent to render such traditional honors lest we be skinned and eaten, or something worse.

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Yes, very bad move indeed.

Soon to be given counsel and remedial handling.
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Those one finger salutes don't go over very well with those guys in the Smokey Bear hats......
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In Basic Training at Ft. Benning in 1968 we had a recruit that "borrowed" a D.I.'s smokey bear hat.

When confronted by the D.I. the boot stated that he intended to return the hat.

The D.I. asked him when he intended to return the hat.

The boot replied, "When I got tired of it."

Wrong answer. :re:
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You grow up in Boston, you think that's the way your supposed to wave, particularly if your in a car.

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Just wondering...

How long has that "gesture" been around?

I'm having mental images of John Parker and his people flipping off Major Pitcairn on Lexington Green.

Maybe just wishful thinking, but hey, it would make history more interesting.
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Old 08-02-2005, 08:24 PM
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During the Hundred Years War a hell of a lot of French Knights lost their lives to English (actually Welch) long bow men. As a result the King of France paid a reward for the first two fingers cut off a bowman?s right hand, showing that that SOB wasn?t going to shoot any more French men. As an act of defiance, at the beginning and at the end of battles the bowmen would thrust the first two fingers of their right hand skyward. This also took on a vulgar connotation. The English would yell thing, such as what they might do with those fingers to the French noblemen?s wives.

We?re American, Americans always shorten things. Our language and out actions are often more concise that the original. Thus we flip just one finger and it can be done with either hand. So yes, people probably did get flipped off at Lexington and Concord.

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Wish I could teach my grandson to do that and get him on the back of the Harley. ! Opa the archer
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