Hello GNHQ

Elegran ...well put said!

Elegran! What a graphic and unexpected description...I feel quite faint...

I always thought the V sign was a kind of symbolic "F* you" with two fingers shoved up where they are not wanted then forced apart for emphasis and extra pain.

It is the first letter of Victory, and Beethoven Fifth Symphony (da da da daaa) was played by the BBC before broadcasts to occupied France.

It is sometimes explained as the two fingers which draw back a bow with the arrow between them (*Bags"? ) as used by English archers as they trounced the French at Agincourt, or the horns of a cuckold - but the cuckold sign was with the index finger and pinkie, so I don't believe that.

'course it does sweetie. (ruffles petallus's hair)

petallus definitely needed a 'halo' there!

Why isn't the V okay?

It means 'peace' doesn't it?

I want a feeling grumpy emoticon!

Is the "sticky tongue out" meant to be rude or jokey? That would be bound to cause offence to someone.

I'm not, although that might change in 2013

I am very good.

Definitely a 'Sticky out tongue' emoticon and a 'Tut' one as well - I do a lot of tutting Give the halo a miss - none of us are angels (are we?)

Oh, don't be timid! It's fun.

Meant to put a

j05 I wasn't making you alone responsible for the fame of the V.

Also other posts meant generally so I should have said 'one' instead of 'you' to make that clear.

But if I say 'one' I feel a bit pretentious.

Anyway I love swearing and making rude gestures, usually only to DH but sometimes in my car when I have been overtaken by road rage.

I'd sometimes like to do it on GN but am too timid.

We need a halo emoticon too. Just for me.

If I say anything I regret afterwards, I say sorry in good old fashioned words.

Famous?!!! How often have I done it?

That's an "any port in a storm thing"

And then maybe a 'peace' one to say sorry, I didn't mean it?

For when you are feeling more annoyed than mischievous.

What about the famous V?