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SteveDallas · 12-04-2003, 07:49 PM

When my daughter was finishing up kindergarten, we had signed her up for a day camp for the summer. Of course there was a ton of paperwork, and one of the items was a list of camp rules parents were supposed to go overwith the kids. So I dutifully went over all the usual stuff about listening to the teachers etc. etc., including, "Swearing will not be tolerated."

"Dad, what does swearing mean?"

"Umm.. swearing is when you say bad words you're not supposed to say."

"Oh. [pause] Well I guess that means swear-word fingers too."

And she stuck out the middle finger on her right hand and pointed it straight at me.

I couldn't decide whether to laugh, or explain that tradition calls for "the finger" to be presented vertically rather than horizontally.

12-04-2003, 07:49 PM	#2
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	When my daughter was finishing up kindergarten, we had signed her up for a day camp for the summer. Of course there was a ton of paperwork, and one of the items was a list of camp rules parents were supposed to go overwith the kids. So I dutifully went over all the usual stuff about listening to the teachers etc. etc., including, "Swearing will not be tolerated." "Dad, what does swearing mean?" "Umm.. swearing is when you say bad words you're not supposed to say." "Oh. [pause] Well I guess that means swear-word fingers too." And she stuck out the middle finger on her right hand and pointed it straight at me. I couldn't decide whether to laugh, or explain that tradition calls for "the finger" to be presented vertically rather than horizontally.