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March 19, 2007 10:54 AM   Subscribe

Really Stupid Filter: Where did the phrase pull my finger come from?

Really Stupid Filter: Where did the phrase pull my finger come from?

My silly fiancee thought that pulling someone's finger helped a person "pass gas." I giggled and tried to find out where the prank or phrase came from to no avail. Plenty of references online about it but no history.

(Please don't judge me for this question... I have merely become confused as I became to emerged in this dumb question. I'm hoping the Pink Superhero will know...)
posted by meta x zen to Grab Bag (4 answers total)

This post was deleted for the following reason: Go on, pull the other one.

 
Adam originally asketh God to pull his finger.
posted by phaedon at 11:02 AM on March 19, 2007


I'm interested in this one - my (over 70 year old) dad has been saying this forever!

(and I never took the bait, not once)
posted by pinky at 11:07 AM on March 19, 2007


I first heard that phrase in 1979. I was 6 and my brother was 10. I imagine he'd heard it before then, but I can't vouch for that. I do know my dad has known that phrase all my life, so that takes us back to at least 1973.
posted by routergirl at 11:08 AM on March 19, 2007


Previously -- just months ago, in fact.
posted by acoutu at 11:10 AM on March 19, 2007


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