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Subject: Re: A gallery of weird s*it.
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2012 12:15:53 -0700 (PDT)
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On Jun 20, 4:53 pm, "Martin 'Martinland' Schemitsch"
<team8martinl...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Jun 2012 18:35:49 +0100, Daniel wrote:
> > "Flipping the bird" is a euphemism for giving someone the finger, so
> > indeed we saw the same image.
>
> Ah, thanks - I see. That one slipped my mind!
>
> :) :) :) :) :)
>
> *grin*
>
> You learn something new every day (at least as a non-native speaker)...
>
> ML

Not quite a euphemism, it's not Politically Correct, and in fact,
often goes Against Political Correctness.