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Coffee 5:51 Sun Feb 8
Demise of the V-sign?

It seems to have been taken over in most places by the single digit salute. The V-sign has always had a sense of emphatic, defiant Britishness about it and I'm sorry to see that go.

Is this just another facet of globalisation, a surrender to the inevitable march towards uniformality? Is it a condition of the UK's participation in the European Union? Or is it simply easier to raise one finger than two?

Capitol Man 7:08 Wed Feb 11
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You're getting a angloisafion of America going on too. It's all merging into one.

Coffee 5:03 Wed Feb 11
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Saul Bollox 6:39 Tue Feb 10

People of your age were saying that 25 years ago, and 50 years ago...

Saul Bollox 6:39 Tue Feb 10
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It's the shit culture of America polluting the world via it's crass Hollywood films and pop videos.

Much as I detest people who use American words,
phrases or in this case gestures, there is fuck all can be done about it, as a generation of fuckwitted youth arise in our midst.

yngwies Cat 5:40 Tue Feb 10
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1901 - First V sign ever recorded on Film, plus a punch up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I64ewblmTUY

baggy trousers 5:57 Tue Feb 10
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http://www.fansnetwork.co.uk/images/news/13195.jpg

Coffee 5:37 Tue Feb 10
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Typical Moscow Secondary behaviour.

Exiled In Surrey 7:53 Mon Feb 9
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Fucking predictive text *Russ*

Exiled In Surrey 7:52 Mon Feb 9
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Sounds like my school Russia.

Russ of the BML 10:31 Mon Feb 9
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As a kid there was a thing going round my school where you would stick your tongue through a V sign. Proper nawty my school.

yngwies Cat 10:31 Mon Feb 9
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I think more people use the curled thumb/index finger combo wanker wave. County dogs ect.

Eddie B 10:18 Mon Feb 9
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Gave a few good old anglo saxon V signs to the granny shagger yesterday.

On The Ball 9:54 Mon Feb 9
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The pitch invader at UP yesterday gave quite a few!

Joke Whole 4:09 Sun Feb 8
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Numerically one digit too many to calculate, comprehend and understand for those educated under New Labour's education enhancements. By the time they do, the moment is lost.


Thanks Blair.

Northern Sold 3:25 Sun Feb 8
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AGINCOURT!!

Problem Child 3:19 Sun Feb 8
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Do it regularly to my German colleagues at work. Not sure they really understand what I'm doing... I think they think I'm sort of waving at them.

A Mick has started in the kitchen though. He gets it alright.

gph 2:55 Sun Feb 8
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I first saw a West Ham fan doing the one-fingered version in our first season in the Premiership.

Coincidence?

I think not...

Monk~koknee 2:44 Sun Feb 8
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Good point it should be given protected UNESCO heritage status.

Exiled In Surrey 2:42 Sun Feb 8
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I like the idea of bringing the v-sign back into common use replacing the single finger. I think it could replace some uses of the Nescafé wave as well.

*dashing out now to flick a few v signs at Sunday shoppers*

62Hammer 1:49 Sun Feb 8
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A female Everton fan aimed a very enthusiastic double-V sign at Gerrard yesterday, after his free kick was saved. Very impressive.

Northern Sold 1:47 Sun Feb 8
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HARVEY SMITH, 1971:
'It was a straightforward V for victory. Churchill used it throughout the war,' protested the man dubbed 'Heathcliff on horseback' in 1971. But the gesture made in the direction of the judges after winning the British Show Jumping Derby inspired them to strip him of the title, and the £2,000 first prize


Ha Ha... good old Harv

Far Cough 1:44 Sun Feb 8
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Harvey Smith got into a lot of trouble for that didn't he?

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