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Tue, Mar 11 2014 6:56 PM (7 replies)
  • hpurey
    11,505 Posts
    Tue, Mar 11 2014 10:53 AM

    Where did the phrase "pull my finger" come from?  I mean, who was the first Uncle to say that? 

    How did that conversation go.?  LOL

  • claremoreblue
    2,322 Posts
    Tue, Mar 11 2014 11:13 AM

    attributed to a character in a short story by Mordecai Richler (collected in The Street, 1969):

  • DaddysKat
    3,554 Posts
    Tue, Mar 11 2014 11:14 AM

    I don't have a clue where it originated ... but it had to be some time ago ... check out this ol' fella telling a story about the same topic ...

  • BubbaSauce
    260 Posts
    Tue, Mar 11 2014 11:44 AM

    Socrates.

    "Pullest thy finger"

     

  • andyson
    6,415 Posts
    Tue, Mar 11 2014 11:45 AM

    DaddysKat:
    but it had to be some time ago ...

    Indeed!  Kat is correct, it goes all the way back to the time of creation.  As originally depicted on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel by Michelangelo.

    The original version did not make the final edit.

  • ScottHope
    10,359 Posts
    Tue, Mar 11 2014 11:50 AM

    Very tastefully edited for teatime viewing Andy, lol.

  • hpurey
    11,505 Posts
    Tue, Mar 11 2014 3:30 PM

    LOL's all,  I was taking a break at work today when I posted this.  Just remembered now that I am home and warming up for a few rounds of WGT.  

    Good fun, now where's my daughter, my finger needs a pulling before I swing a virtual club. ;-)

     

  • sweetspott
    26,443 Posts
    Tue, Mar 11 2014 6:56 PM

    andyson:

    DaddysKat:
    but it had to be some time ago ...

    Indeed!  Kat is correct, it goes all the way back to the time of creation.  As originally depicted on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel by Michelangelo.

    The original version did not make the final edit.

    Classic!

     

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