On 4/12/06, Howard Brazee <howard at brazee.net> wrote: > On 1:48 PM Joy Nicholson wrote: > > With the risk of re-opening a new flame war, this thread makes me wish > > we had subject labels for this mailing list. I've probably deleted > > half the messages, because "giving the finger" just looks way too much > > like spam. > > Spam for what? Certainly not erectile dysfunction drugs. Ahem. Certain advertisers sometimes pretend that they have images of individuals, presumably attractive, performing certain acts. These acts might well involve a finger, perhaps being inserted into, well, certain possible locations. Alternatively, political spam might suggest "giving the finger" to a least favorite political individual and/or party. And finally, certain individuals who specialize in medical fraud might request aid on behalf of some poor waif whom they pretend has had a digit amputed. "Little Timmy had his poor little finger cut off. Won't you help us give him one, so that he can play baseball again?"