Speaking of Birds

“Full finger strait up, like high noon or a full finger at the 10 or 2 postion, you know tilted.

or do you do the finger and half index finger look or the most difficult of all a full finger and 2 half fingers.

Does it depend on your mood as to what bird your will display?”

“I don't generally give it...but if I feel the need (usually in Tarabull's company) I prefer the "inflate the finger through the thumb" move. And of course I only do it while backpacking and there's no mud to sling at her or cliffs to push her over.

I don't think I've ever seen this topic covered.”

“Well Sass, I'm only bringing it up because the other day while I got caught behind a school bus while trying to speed thru what seemed like a mile long school zone. I got the bird from one of those troublemakers that sit in the back of the bus, we'll know the type and before I could pass them the whole back side of the bus and its windows where filled with fledging fingers and smiles!!!”

“we are getting desperate for new topics?

lol BR, what did you do to them?”

“He mooned 'em. =)”

“I think the real issue is how long to maintain the bird. I don't think flashing it is acceptable. I mean, why bother. It should be proudly maintained for 5 plus seconds. Make eye contact. I am a kind and gentle NRA member so I don't ever salute this way but I feel kind of cheated when I get a half a$$ flip off.”

“I`ve been known to give the feather a time, or plenty, when the motherpluckers weren`t even worth a whole bird:)

I do `em full up and streight out,.. all fingers not used tucked in tight so there`s no confusion as to my meaining!

Now I think it`s rude to flip anyone off so, I only do `er when I want `em to pull over and get their full attention!LOL

I don`t have time to teach everyone what they should have learned growing up, but now and again I will make an excepiton and spend the time it takes to beat some smarts into `em:)

I always leave `em with,.. have a good day now hear? Hope I run across you again real soon when I got more time to play,...

Did I forget to say I don`t play well with others? Oh well, by now you`ve guessed as much!LOL”

“"Fledglings", eh? LOL

Me? I usually go for the whole arm.

Jeeez, I never tried to moon somebody and drive at the same time --- that's TALENT.”

“ever try driving naked?”

“I'll have to save this thread for my Interpersonal Communication class. I do a lesson on gestures as part of nonverbal communication and show a film called "A World of Gestures" from UC Santa Cruz that has foreign students explaining how they gesture for different purposes in their cultures. It has a section on obscene gestures that everyone enjoys. It also shows the professor's son at different ages giving the bird to show how it is a learned form of communication and that we get better at expressive gestures as our motor and cognitive skills develop.

In Iran, the "thumbs up" gesture means the same as the middle finger here. No wonder we can't get along with them. All our presidents keep giving the thumbs up as they get on and off Air Force One -- the Iranians keep reading "F### You!"”

“thanks for the visual Vyx!

I've been working on an informal dissertation on the finger for quite a while.

I believe that the average human goes through a learning process in life. In about the 3rd grade when a human learns about the power of the finger they begin to utilize this special sign language. Because of the newness of the gesture the individual and the under developed bird muscles the new "flipper" tends to tuck all other fingers as tightly as possible. This "3rd grade" finger is primitive and vulgar because of the absence of other fingers, it is also considered almost funny by experienced "flippers".
As the "flipper" grows and matures and develops a certain mastery of their hands a metamorphosis occurs. A relaxation of the surrounding fingers begins to occur. During the Junior High School years the fingers are placed higher on the middle finger so that just the upper 2 bones of the phalange stand isolated. Although a relaxation causes this new more mature display the fingers are held rigid and defiantly. At this point of development the "flipper" feels this is the only correct way to express this certain distinct emotion. As the "flipper" continues to mature this rigid stance begins to mellow. Experiments lead the "flipper" to realize that it's not the posture of the gesture, it is the thought and motivation behind it. As a seasoned flipper can utilize different finger positions, differing amounts of time, even inverting the salute or other variations where the meaning is never lost.”

“O my own, my beautiful, my blue-eyed!
To be young once more and bite my thumb
At the world and all its cares with you, I’d
Give no inconsiderable sum.

Charles Stuart Calverley (1831–1884)”

“Daaaaaaaaaaaaang. You mean Briar Rabbit can moon while driving, and while passing no less? Now that's impressive!”

“yes, i tend to bite my thumb more often than throw the bird... that has too many implications with it

"do you bite your thumb at me sir?"
"yes i bite my thumb at you sir"”

“I had to stop doing that after I accidentally gave my professor one the first day of school in the parking lot.

Imagine my surprise later sitting there in Calculus class...”

“Um... I meant that You're number 1 Mister Professorman!”

“I never give the finger. It's naughty. Instead, I throw feces.”

“Phaedrus is Mr. Peepers!”

“Umm who?”

“he's the missing link monkeyboy guy on Saturday Night Live! very funny stuff”

“That's COOL! I didn't ever see it, but it sounds REALLY FRICKIN COOL!!!!”

“he tends to hump legs and statues and spit large mouthfuls of chewed apple into the gueststars face... did that with Cameron Diaz a few weeks ago... thought I was gonna pee myself... same episode she was singing about "Stinky bearded Clam" I got an ab workout from that episode!”

“I don't fly the bird often, but when I do it is with a vigorous pumping motion of the forearm at the elbow joint. This is accompanied by a profane screaming of curse words and insults that would make a biker blush.

Thank you.”

“I gotta start watching that!

Bacpac, I'm shocked. You are going to lose your "diamond in a minute"
tightness rating, if you keep it up.”

“Donman, you've got me going. I have to see this Peepers! I'm stoked!!!!”

“it is an awesome skit! anyways.... I'M LEAVING! I'll be back on later”

“I remember fondly the presentation in which one's "digit" was pointed towards the ground, and with the words, "What, can't hear me? I'll turn it up." The then the digit is rotated sky-wards. ;-}”

“Full finger straight up.
Right handed though. I got my left hade tore up at work a few years ago and it don't close all the way.”

“TMI, WD. I guess that answers the age old question. When you are no longer the King of your Castle, upon which side does your Jack stand.”

“http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4619764.stm

A parrot owner was alerted to his girlfriend's infidelity when his talkative pet let the cat out of the bag by squawking "I love you Gary".
Suzy Collins had been meeting ex-work colleague "Gary" for four months in the Leeds flat she shared with her partner Chris Taylor, according to reports.”

“i was awakened around 4:30 am to the screams of a woman.

So I go otside and try to see if I can hear or see anything.

my heart was pumping and I was now fully awake. I heard the screams again. then the sound of splashing water. Oh crap they are drowning her.

so here I am in the middle of the night in my PJ'S hold my cell phone ready to call the police.
then i heard another scream, then another, then more. more splashing of the water.

oh did i mention i live across the street from a 200 acre park?

I HATE BIRDS. I HATE BIRDS

mother freakin loud birds sound like a female screaming

i love the migration, but every season there is a new adventure. i wanted to kill this bird but then id have to arrest mysefl :(”

“Lol! What kind of bird was it?”

“geese. freakin geese.

at least i think it was. but it was dark and i was not going into the park to look LOL”

“LOL...years ago my father was trying to walk down a sidewalk by a pond and a GOOSE intercepted him and it was a HOOT....heck when I went walking that way the Goose comes up...then he gets a free flight of 20 yds via the BOOT EXPRESS.

One of my friends had a Parrot that must have had insomnia becuase at 3AM he would start giving us a rundown of the day.”

“then he gets a free flight of 20 yds via the BOOT EXPRESS.

LOL thanks for the coffee that came out of my nose!

our birds have sex between 9 and 10 am everyday.

LOL and the dog sits there watching and barks. i love animals!”

“Sounds like your dog is jealous.”

“maybe thats why she humps everything even when she has been spay!”

“Did anyone see the new species of bird they found in Whereever? I think it is incumbent we get some recipies for cooking it (LOL)>”

“**

your evil!”

“i got goosed on a run in ohio one morning. i was clipping along minding my own business when i got a feeling like something was up so I looked over my shoulder and here was this monster bearing down on me... landed next to me and started to snap at my legs and make an evil hissing sound. it did not appreciate the fact that i did not back down nor the swift kick i gave it... but it did not relent right away. the damn thing was serious about messing me up but it backed down. there were some people eating lunch at a nearby picnic table laughing their a**es off at me.”

“LOL that is the kind of calls i get all the time.”