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'Flipping the Bird', or 'the Finger' as it is also known, is the act of raising one's middle finger upwards while keeping the rest of the fingers bent at the first joint or curled tight into the palm of the hand. For added expression, the participant should extend the arm to its full length and raise slightly above the shoulder line, perform this movement in a one sharp movement to add complete indignation to the gesture. For added effect, one can [[Dual Wield]] the gesture in what is sometimes called the "Double Deuce."
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* Sanosuke from ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]'' is another repeating offender.
* In ''[[Dragon Ball]] Z'' Vegeta does this in one of the Frieza saga episodes.
{{quote|''[[Dragon Ball Abridged|Look at your men, now back to me]], [[Affectionate Parody|now look back at your men, BACK to me.]] [[The Man Your Man Could Smell Like|I am not your man!]]
** And at the end of the series, a ''very'' rude boy did this to 4 year old Pan when she accidentally bumped into him.
** Almost every character in DBZ flips the bird at least once. Exceptions are Goku and Buu, who both prefer more childish rude gestures like sticking their tongue out.
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But it broke his heart so he stuck his middle finger
to the world, to the world, to the world. }}
* "American Recordings and [[Johnny Cash]] would like to [[media:
* In "Born To Lose", the Great Luke Ski recommends that the Charlie Browns of the world do this to Lucy when she pulls the football away.
* [[Eminem]], "The Way I Am."
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* One Utah homeowner was run through hell by his neighbors for building 18" above the maximum roof height. In response, he put some "abstract art" of "cacti" on the side of his house, in their direction. [http://www.snopes.com/photos/risque/ventcover.asp You be the judge.]
* Comedian Jackie Mason nearly saw his career destroyed after being accused of having done this during a 1964 appearance on ''The [[Ed Sullivan Show]]''. Sullivan banned him from appearing on the show again for nearly two years, and only relented after Mason (who vociferously denied having made the gesture, or even being aware of its meaning) initiated a libel suit.
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrU5QMLwVIk Penelope Soto], a Florida woman who was busted on a drug charge, became infamous for [[What an Idiot!|
== Sports ==
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** Similar to this incident, the late newscast for [[San Francisco]] [[ABC]] station KGO following [[Super Bowl]] XIX (won by the hometown 49ers) shows a clip of some Miami Dolphins fans in a hotel to support the defeated Dolphins and one fan on an escalator flips the bird briefly ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TanoA3QTp8Q around the 1:51 mark]).
* Has cropped up a couple of times in [[NASCAR]]. One was in Dale Earnhardt's last race, done rather like an irate driver in traffic (which, in a way, he was), on Kurt Busch. Mike Joy interpreted it as Earnhardt telling Busch, "Kurt, you're number one."
** Then, in the
* [[Formula One]] had a few infamous cases. Heinz-Harald Fretzen did it to Mark Blundell after passing him, and his finger itself was caught on the on-car camera. Johnny Herbert [http://www.atlasf1.com/2000/mal/preview/cunliffe1.jpg did one on the podium].
* During Game 4 of the 2011 Stanley Cup playoffs between the Boston Bruins and the Montreal Canadiens, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlKggtLYecU Andrew Ference of the Bruins let the Habs fans have it by flipping them off after scoring Boston's second goal in the second period]. Which is a case of [[Take That]] to the Montreal fans. Needless to say, [[Serious Business|the fans got pissed off]] and Ference would later be fined $2500 for the unsportsmanlike gesture.
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