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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

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Talk to the Hand

The other day I was two cars behind a stalled pickup at a stop sign. The truck in front of me started backing up to go around the dead vehicle. He was backing up quickly, so I honked my horn to let him know I was there. His lovely lady passenger leaned out her window and flipped me off!
Nice. It got me thinking. You know, I have never in my life flipped someone the bird. Never. Not when I was a teenager, not as an adult. I seem to be missing the rude gesture gene. Or maybe I just know too many rude words and would rather use them :-)

When is the last time you gave someone the finger or been a recipient of this universal gesture?



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D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.