Does anyone (other than myself) know where "flipping the bird" comes from?
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In a battle between England and France (don't remember which one, there have been so many - but around 1100 sometime), the French threatened to cut off the middle finger of all of the captured English archers.  (the middle finger is very important to pulling the bowstring.  without it, one can not get a good hold on the string and can not exert the force needed to pull 150 lbs to fire the arrow)\n\nWhen the battle began, the English archers showed them their middle finger as a response.\n\nI saw something about it on the History Channel a few months ago.
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Morris Day and The Time, they do the bird dance. You would have to find the video, from 1984 the song is called The Bird on the album Ice Cream Castles
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I'm not entirely sure, but I think it originated with the Rolling Stones as they described their backstage parties for an interview of somesort. The saying has pretty much been adopted by every rock group and wannabe rocker eversince as a way of answering why they're in the music buisness.
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To be honest Id never heard of this (knew the song) until now.\n\nIts what they say, learn something new every day.\n\nJust got to work out if its a good thing to learn lol\n\nCheck the link for some possible material ideas.
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According to the USGA museum:\n\nIn American slang of the 19th Century, the term "bird" was applied to anything particularly great. "Bird" was the "cool" of the 1800s in the U.S.\n\nSo on the golf course, a great shot - one that led to an under-par score - came to be known as a "bird," which was then transformed into "birdie." The term birdie was in worldwide use by the 1910s, and it's believed it debuted in the U.S. in 1899.\n\nAn "eagle" simply followed "birdie," being added to the lexicon in keeping with the avian image of birdie. And "albatross" later came along for the same reason.
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Lol, I don't think its  "I rock the abimony" it's "Rock then bend my knees" ...by Monica feat. Dem Franchise Boys "Everytime the beat drops"  lol. Or you might be talking about a totally diff. song. But i think its the one sang by Monica that you're talking about, if not then i apologize *cheers*
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The only info I could find is this, the full lyric, I hope it might be useful\n\nhttp://www.crapville.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3262&TPN=2\n\n(Is the second post)
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something to do with big bird
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The author is unknown. One of those dear souls who wrote a song loved over the centuries and s/he goes totally unadorned for the creativity and talent.\n\nHere is what I found:\n\nWho wrote it? No one knows. But it’s been around for a long time. Although I couldn’t speak to its author, I could start with two facts. First, the twelve days are the period between the differing celebrations of Christmas—December 25 (in the Western church) and January 6 (in the Eastern church).\n\nSecond, people living when it was written commonly wrote, painted, and thought using symbols to express what they meant. All those birds and people are probably much more than they seem. (It certainly isn’t a coded list of significant biblical numbers. That probably confuses it with a similar song called “In Those Twelve Days”.) So I started looking. Here’s what I found.\n\nIn the Middle Ages birds were symbols of a human being, the soul, and each bird had specific associations. But the birds in the song had interesting Christian connections.\n\nThe partridge was always associated with Jesus’ birth. More than that, so was the pear tree. So the song begins with a double-image of the Nativity! \nSince I’m thinking of Jesus’ birth, “two turtle doves” brought to mind Jesus’ presentation at Mary’s purification (Luke 2:21-24) and the Spirit’s descent upon him after his baptism at the start of his public ministry (Luke 3:21-22). \n“French hens,” symbols of self-sacrifice and care, are reminiscent of Jesus’ role as the Good Shepherd to his own while he was among them. \n“Calling birds”? One author suggested it might originally be “colley birds,” that is, blackbirds. (Unfortunately I haven’t found anything on their symbolism…yet.) \nSince it’s Christmas, the “five gold rings” aren’t jewelry. Instead they remind us of golden ring-necked pheasants that were often associated with Nativity scenes (as can be seen in Fra Angelico’s Nativity) as well as a royalty (suggesting Jesus’ Messianic role) and the promise of life that rises from the ashes of death. \n“Geese” (whether white or gray) symbolized spiritual vigilance, avoidance of worldly pleasures, wholehearted devotion to Godly obedience. Sounds like Jesus again. \n“Seven swans” bring the opening series to a climax. Swans, always associated with royalty and prophecy, were thought to know the hour of their death and announce their death with a great cry (“swan song”), thereby earning them an enduring association with Christ’s work on the cross. Then add the biblical nuance of seven suggesting a completed work, and the connection to the cross is complete. \nBoy, this was really interesting! If I’d lived 500 years ago, singing the first seven verses could be a powerful reminder of my Savior, his life and work. \n\nAs anyone who sings this song knows, from here on you gotta hold on to your dentures! Momentum gathers with the last five gifts – all people. Lowly “milk maids” at work give way to dancing “ladies” and “lords” in ever-increasing displays of joy, followed by an orchestra of “pipers” and “drummers” to support the chorus, and rehearsed at a speed that carries me along in its grand celebration. What a wonderful way to celebrate the coming of our Savior!\n\nThen I got out my calculator. How many gifts were there? If one arrives on the first day, three on the second, six on the third, …by the last day there’s a grand total of 364 gifts. That’s one for every day of the year!\n\nNow at last I understood. “My True Love” was no mere earthly lover but my Heavenly Father. The gift of His Son was sufficient for every day of my year.\n\nThe irony? Everybody, even my fellow Christians, think it’s only a secular song. They even enjoy the lusty singing of its parodies – like “The Twelve Days After Christmas – to mock at the corruption of the holiday. They don’t understand why I can’t laugh and sing it with t
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The flipping of the bird should be taken on a case by case basis.  If you are incapable of deterimining an appropriate time for this response, perhaps you should just do it constantly.  That way no one can say you're inconsistent.
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Chammilionaire ft. Lil Flip the name of the song iz "Turn it Up"
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My best friends mom plays that song constantly.  Someone gave her a copy.  She's had it for a long time and probably doesn't remember where she got it.....\nbut, it's a pretty funny song..good luck
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It's from a song called "Farmer Chords" by and band called "Death Cab For Cutie".  Lyrics can be found at the link below.
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I thought it was Snow Patrol or Kasabian...but then I did a bit of research and discovered that it's called the F Word and it's by Babybird. \n\nSorry, browser was playing up last night so I couldn't look...
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I know! my fam. is soo flipped! how do they do it? it should be illegal.
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I've heard that. It's on one of my husband's CDs from the Bob & Tom show. They have a web site. You could check it out. I'm not sure if the CDs list that by track or if you could e-mail them and they could tell you which one it was one, but I'm sure you'll find your answer there.
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There are actually a surprising number of parodies! To me, the key one is "Rock Me Jerry Lewis" by Mike Elliot and Bud LaTour (aka Tri-Fi). This version showed up on the old Dr. Demento radio show several times during the late 80s.\n\nWikipedia has a really good article on the song, "Rock Me Amadeus," originally by Falco.