The Finger, Candy Corn, Socks, and Humminbird

 Did You Know? The History

 of the Middle Finger...

Well, now...,.. here's something 

I never knew

 before, and now that I know it,

 I feel compelled

 to share with my intelligent 

friends in the hopes 

that they too, will feel blessed

in having gained

 more knowledge. History is 

way more fun

 when you know more fun facts 

about it, don’t you agree?

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 they would be

 incapable of fighting

 in the future. This famous English

 longbow 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!
Over the decades Americans have 

since changed

 up the words , the 'pluck yew' 

is now "f**K you"

 and the words often used in 

conjunction with the

 one-finger-salute! It is also

 because of the pheasant

 feathers on the arrows used

 with the longbow that

 the symbolic gesture is known 

as 'giving the bird.'

 And yew thought yew knew every

 plucking thing.

Well, now isn't that plucking interesting?

Do you eat candy corn?

I love it, but only a couple

pieces at a time, its rich 

and sweet. Making you 

pucker. 

They also make the ones

shaped like pumpkins, I don't 

care for them, and yes, they are

the same but its a bigger

bite at one time, unless

you nibble....and lets get

real, who nibbles on candy?

Day three after surgery, 

the best day so far.

I did, however, sit in

the floor and

went through my socks. 

This is a large three

drawer storage container. I just

have way to many socks to take

of space in my drawers. The pic

above are my "winter" daily

socks. Yes, I only wear socks

in the winter.

This is also a deep drawer.

The pic below are just

for my thick fuzzy socks.

And there was yet one more

drawer that I failed to take

a pic of. It contains my holiday 

theme socks. Valentines, 

Halloween (about six pair),

Christmas and even St. Paddy's 

Day! 

I also have my mask, and winter

gloves in that drawer.

I have to ask, who really

needs 15 pairs of gloves?

I did weed through the 

socks and got rid of some.

The gloves, nope. 

Back to day 3...or really

day 2. I felt pretty

tired on day 2 and really

did not do anything but rest.

I am still struggling with feeling

tired, being put to sleep takes

a while to get out of my system.

As far as pain, day 2, evening, 

I was feeling pain all over.

Was afraid that the surgery set

my fibro off in a flare, but

I don't think it is a bad one.

I went to be early that night, 

but was waken around 1:30 am, 

where I passed a rather good

size (considering where they 

travel from) rock. That, I think

was what was making me 

feel so rough on day 2.

I have not passed anymore like

that, so apparently do did an amazing 

job busting that stuff to dust.

Took my last antibiotic this

morn, hope that does not become

a problem. 

I noticed a different behavior to my

male hummingbird on Sat.

Instead of sitting on top of the

bracket the feeders hang from,

he has started sitting on the porch

rail, facing the window, like he 

is looking in.

When I spotted him yesterday

morn, I thought that was odd but

prob just one of those things.

But he did it all day and here it

is Sunday, and he is still looking 

in. LOL.

That is okay. I know that they

are being fed well and before long

it will be winter, and they will be 

gone till next yr. 

Sat. evening the strangest, nicest

thing happened. Will share that with 

you on tomorrows post.

Pam