tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33595800.post2056266143716610924..comments2023-07-19T05:51:44.109-05:00Comments on A Slow Digital Requiem: The Earnest PoliticianDigitizdathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18374214020749242731noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33595800.post-79791551046939780772008-11-20T10:31:00.000-06:002008-11-20T10:31:00.000-06:00That is fascinating! Why would that gesture ever ...That is fascinating! Why would that gesture ever fall out of popularity? Perhaps I'm reading too much into it. These politicians are actually showing us how PROGRESSIVE they are by flapping the fig at us. Also, I'll never look at a fig the same way again. Also, I never realized that the bird actually represents male genitalia. <BR/><BR/>And on the thumbs up pictures, yes they're definitely Digitizdathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18374214020749242731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33595800.post-76881856012003337602008-11-20T08:33:00.000-06:002008-11-20T08:33:00.000-06:00PS I think you've cheated and gotten a few "Thumbs...PS I think you've cheated and gotten a few "Thumbs Up"-s in your pictures, there.KateMadd/skmckinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03935771114203167121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33595800.post-31241449235971148272008-11-20T08:32:00.000-06:002008-11-20T08:32:00.000-06:00OMG! (Yeah, I've been looking for a way to say "O...OMG! (Yeah, I've been looking for a way to say "OMG.") My knowledge of Renaissance literature FINALLY comes in handy. This gesture, back in Shakespeare's day, was called the "fig" and was a female version of the now-popular "bird." (I say "female version" not because females USED it, but because it represented female naughty parts, whereas the bird represents the...you know.)<BR/><BR/>Isn't KateMadd/skmckinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03935771114203167121noreply@blogger.com