It seems ridiculous to arbitrarily pick a word, say it to the person and their supposed to feel bad. You could just call someone a maggot. I'd feel worse if someone called me maggot instead of faggot.
please dun flame my comment xD ....its just i heard or saw in tv or something, that the reason the middle finger is "bad is cuz back in "barbarian" days, barbarians would cut off middle fingers as prizes(i guess cuz they're the tallest finger?), of their dead enemies...so the "civilized" people of the world decided middle fingers are "taboo"...and eventually became "offensive" lol ...
@chidoriookami They would cut off the finger because that was the finger used to shoot arrows, and giving the finger was to show the enemy that they still had that finger, the finger they shoot them with.
@maskman07 My high school physics/biology/chemistry teacher told us something about Galileo's (I believe) finger being cut off and publicly displayed after his death as a symbol of anger after some sort of problem with some officials.
Just found an excerpt from Wikipedia: "...the middle finger from Galileo's right hand is currently on exhibition at the Museo Galileo in Florence, Italy."
That may have something to do with it. Read the paragraph preceding the excerpt.
@maskman07 hahaha, T-rust me, I know. I'm an English teacher in Japan. :D Quite often, I have to rethink my native language and attempt to explain why we use certain words and how they came about. Many times I'm guessing, but it seems logical. I'm even revealing things to myself that are obvious, but never took the time to think about because, as natives, we just use terms as we learn them, from other people and hope that their usage is accurate. I had to come to Japan to learn English!
Wow people actually getting technical about his joke on the middle finger, it's just a joke that makes sense, honestly how does a finger supposed to hurt someones feelings?
This is horrid. The finger means fuck you. Yes its a finger. But we ALL KNOW it represents Fuck You. By this token, Jerry can do a bit on every symbol in the history of man. Way to think your shit out. God I hate his comedy. On a side note, I LOVE the sitcom haha.
@rattlehead1999 it is funny and its always interesting to show how symbols are nothing but the meaning we give them. so i can say fuck you but those are just words and sounds that could be redefined to mean anything or nothing.
It is identified as the digitus impudicus (impudent finger) in Ancient Roman writings and reference is made to using the finger in ancient Greek comedy to insult another person. The widespread usage of the finger in many cultures is likely due to the geographical influence of the Roman Empire and Greco-Roman civilization.
I think also next time i feel like givng the finger to someone "I never do though." escapilly not one the road. It can cause road rage, which isn't good anyways i would give someone the toe next time and like to see their face expressions like "What the hell is this person giving me the toe for?" lol.
haha thats so true. lol. next time someone who gives me the finger i would be like "Is that suppose to make me feel bad? Why not try a toe? That would make me feel even worse." lol. funny :)
i believe that dane cook did something about the finger as well which was pretty funny. He talked about like "Who invented the finger?" did someone just suddenly get so angery that they went like "Ahhh" or something lol anyways very true about the finger! ha. Oh ya "The Super Finger!!"-dane cook, lol.
back then when Men were actually allowed to be smart on tv and they had some dignity. nowdays every male on tv is a dumb brick who has a genius...i mean geniuC (this is how we men would spell if we didnt have women)...wife whom he should be very lucky to have found. oh, i miss the old days!
i realized the other day that the middle finger probably did originate from men trying to be vulgar with someone....resembling male genitalia....same with the phrase f*%@k you.....
The finger, when held up, somehow resembles male genitalia. In other places one could hold up the peace sign backwards to look like female genitalia. That's the only way it could be offensive and I find nothing truly offensive about it.
The French used to cut off the middle fingers of the British so they couldn't use their long bows. As an act of defiance they'd show their middle finger as a way of saying "I still have my middle finger ass hole."
How do you know it has to be gay? Do you know if I'm male or female? You're just trying to defend yourself with a bunch of random adjectives to describe me. Really, you can't get any of them out of what I said. Now fuck off
I need more people like you to promote Holy Fuck. Thanks a lot. Appreciate. BTW when death strikes my or your filthy ass, its least bothered if you are gay or male or female or Indian or American or President or beggar. Be careful intelligent species. You never know when:)
Woww, what ignorance. It's called different senses of humor. Personally I like Seinfeld-- I have seen about every episode of his sitcom and his stand ups are pretty good, but my favorite comedian is Dave Chappelle-- someone you might consider to be a baraindead-bad-language comedian. It may be full of bad language, but it is not braindead and it is HILARIOUSS
@godhead696 I agree. I used to like Family Guy and all that. And in truth it was funny...at first. But it gets old and tiresome and lately too political. I mean, the once in a while political jab is OK but its become a daily thing in that show.
Yeah it is stupid. idk why they picked that finger but I guess out of all the fingers, that finger is probably the best for doing a certain something. lol
Could you be more specific? Why the inhibition? Finger is not the best. There are dildos and various toys too. But all these become useless when body becomes a corpse. That means who was moving or using the finger?
you're kidding right? what's so offensive about the sole of your foot? i mean i believe you and all that, but humans really do pick odd body parts to be offensive
It's a cultural thing...some cultural groups feel that since that is the part of the body on which you tread, you are showing them the utmost disrespect if you display the sole of your foot. As if, to you, they are as low as (or lower than) the ground.
Pretty sure Dane Cook took this joke lol.
grule3212 4 months ago
I want Jerry's bow tie so bad =D.
IdioticTendencies 5 months ago
i would feel more bad if i got the toe too! lol
TrackMania753 5 months ago
He Really Isn't All That Funny... Show Is A Classic Tho.!
perezcarlos559 5 months ago
It seems ridiculous to arbitrarily pick a word, say it to the person and their supposed to feel bad. You could just call someone a maggot. I'd feel worse if someone called me maggot instead of faggot.
Tikitian 5 months ago in playlist seinfeld
hahaha he is, as usual of course, excellent in his performance
dempa3000 7 months ago
i would feel worse if i got the toe
shaniaimaribourne 8 months ago
Awful comedian.
danjozef 8 months ago
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Why is this not the top comment?
Tikitian 5 months ago in playlist seinfeld
genius
archangul 8 months ago
" someone shows me one of their fingers and I'm supposed to feel bad.. "
Lol ! We think the exact same way Jerry :)
Karinekrenn 8 months ago
please dun flame my comment xD ....its just i heard or saw in tv or something, that the reason the middle finger is "bad is cuz back in "barbarian" days, barbarians would cut off middle fingers as prizes(i guess cuz they're the tallest finger?), of their dead enemies...so the "civilized" people of the world decided middle fingers are "taboo"...and eventually became "offensive" lol ...
chidoriookami 8 months ago
@chidoriookami They would cut off the finger because that was the finger used to shoot arrows, and giving the finger was to show the enemy that they still had that finger, the finger they shoot them with.
maskman07 8 months ago
@maskman07 My high school physics/biology/chemistry teacher told us something about Galileo's (I believe) finger being cut off and publicly displayed after his death as a symbol of anger after some sort of problem with some officials.
Just found an excerpt from Wikipedia: "...the middle finger from Galileo's right hand is currently on exhibition at the Museo Galileo in Florence, Italy."
That may have something to do with it. Read the paragraph preceding the excerpt.
ItchyKneeSon 8 months ago
@ItchyKneeSon I think it's one of those these that many people have a different take on, like the orgin of SOS, I was just saying what I was told.
maskman07 8 months ago
@maskman07 Yea, it sure would be neat to hear a solid truth, though. I used to take my teacher's word as gold, but have found he can be wrong.
ItchyKneeSon 8 months ago
@ItchyKneeSon yeah you just have to remember that teacher are people too, and people lie or talk about things they know nothing about sometimes.
maskman07 8 months ago
@maskman07 hahaha, T-rust me, I know. I'm an English teacher in Japan. :D Quite often, I have to rethink my native language and attempt to explain why we use certain words and how they came about. Many times I'm guessing, but it seems logical. I'm even revealing things to myself that are obvious, but never took the time to think about because, as natives, we just use terms as we learn them, from other people and hope that their usage is accurate. I had to come to Japan to learn English!
ItchyKneeSon 8 months ago
Wow people actually getting technical about his joke on the middle finger, it's just a joke that makes sense, honestly how does a finger supposed to hurt someones feelings?
TheMagic04 9 months ago
@TheMagic04 i think the joke maybe hurting peoples feelings. i personally find this joke funny.
Xcoming2 8 months ago
hilarouis?...
thabarriol03 9 months ago
This is horrid. The finger means fuck you. Yes its a finger. But we ALL KNOW it represents Fuck You. By this token, Jerry can do a bit on every symbol in the history of man. Way to think your shit out. God I hate his comedy. On a side note, I LOVE the sitcom haha.
rattlehead1999 9 months ago
@rattlehead1999 it is funny and its always interesting to show how symbols are nothing but the meaning we give them. so i can say fuck you but those are just words and sounds that could be redefined to mean anything or nothing.
purpdrizzank 9 months ago
@rattlehead1999 I think Jerry's point is that the symbol itself (a finger) is ridiculous.
sexyloser 8 months ago
It is identified as the digitus impudicus (impudent finger) in Ancient Roman writings and reference is made to using the finger in ancient Greek comedy to insult another person. The widespread usage of the finger in many cultures is likely due to the geographical influence of the Roman Empire and Greco-Roman civilization.
MrZonny76 10 months ago
look up the origin of the middle finger.
mighty9100 10 months ago
"I mean that's really insulting to get the toe, isn't it?"
PippinandFrodo 11 months ago
"What this finger even about?"
"Its about NOTHING!"
TrackMania753 11 months ago
funniest things about his jokes there so true!
smexiibish 11 months ago
its the same with derogatory words
Gangstazila 11 months ago
True how is finger can be insulting
Goodburger2go 1 year ago
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Shazgi 1 year ago
Haha that is so true
spicyflavor311 1 year ago
I think also next time i feel like givng the finger to someone "I never do though." escapilly not one the road. It can cause road rage, which isn't good anyways i would give someone the toe next time and like to see their face expressions like "What the hell is this person giving me the toe for?" lol.
SuperNaturalMotel 1 year ago
haha thats so true. lol. next time someone who gives me the finger i would be like "Is that suppose to make me feel bad? Why not try a toe? That would make me feel even worse." lol. funny :)
i believe that dane cook did something about the finger as well which was pretty funny. He talked about like "Who invented the finger?" did someone just suddenly get so angery that they went like "Ahhh" or something lol anyways very true about the finger! ha. Oh ya "The Super Finger!!"-dane cook, lol.
SuperNaturalMotel 1 year ago
i'd love to get the toe
ShaithMaster 1 year ago
Very Nice
rayonzure1 1 year ago
back then when Men were actually allowed to be smart on tv and they had some dignity. nowdays every male on tv is a dumb brick who has a genius...i mean geniuC (this is how we men would spell if we didnt have women)...wife whom he should be very lucky to have found. oh, i miss the old days!
Conspiracyknowledge 1 year ago 4
Man, '90s shows had so much class compared to today's trash...
ThrilloVanHouten 1 year ago 4
"You could just give someone the toe." LMAOOOOOOOO.
nakedjate 1 year ago
i realized the other day that the middle finger probably did originate from men trying to be vulgar with someone....resembling male genitalia....same with the phrase f*%@k you.....
cmpdas 1 year ago
The finger, when held up, somehow resembles male genitalia. In other places one could hold up the peace sign backwards to look like female genitalia. That's the only way it could be offensive and I find nothing truly offensive about it.
WebbGnome0 1 year ago
Does that mean giving this video the thumbs up would also be meaningless?
lastunusedname 1 year ago 2
This is a comedy forum.I can read the letters to the Ed. some other time;now I'm emerced in the after glow of a good laugh-chill
SanchiaThea 1 year ago
This also reminds me of the episode the Pledge Drive George thinks the waitress at the coffee shop purposly gives him the finger
earlywigglesrock 1 year ago
What knickname could you give to the toe? You couldn't call it the bird, that's already taken.
stealthvsion 1 year ago
I Love this stand up
Giving someone the toe LOL
earlywigglesrock 1 year ago
The French used to cut off the middle fingers of the British so they couldn't use their long bows. As an act of defiance they'd show their middle finger as a way of saying "I still have my middle finger ass hole."
deejaycoolcat 1 year ago
who would show the middle finger? the french or the brits?
electronictrip 1 year ago
He is soooo funny/good!!
ttll81 1 year ago
Seinfeldt pwns!!!!
finskeaudun 2 years ago
When a person gives your a finger, they mean they want to finger you, like get this finger in your ass, that is why ppl get angry and disgusted.
Gutsyndicate 2 years ago
People, instead of saying thank you every time, please say Fuck you and save the dignity of the poor abused word Fuck.
respectfuckplease 2 years ago
I want you to lick my shitty asshole clean. :-)
SmashBrosFan19 2 years ago
But unfortunately I am not gay dear frustrated, depressed, restless, unhappy, confused friend:)
respectfuckplease 2 years ago
How do you know it has to be gay? Do you know if I'm male or female? You're just trying to defend yourself with a bunch of random adjectives to describe me. Really, you can't get any of them out of what I said. Now fuck off
SmashBrosFan19 2 years ago
I need more people like you to promote Holy Fuck. Thanks a lot. Appreciate. BTW when death strikes my or your filthy ass, its least bothered if you are gay or male or female or Indian or American or President or beggar. Be careful intelligent species. You never know when:)
respectfuckplease 2 years ago
episode?
acdc1496 2 years ago
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Edzelo 2 years ago
HANDS DOWN BEST SHOW EVER O N TV!
darrenwalsh66 2 years ago 136
YES!!!!!! =D
FunnyBus3rd 2 years ago
CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM
nismo104 2 years ago
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this was not hilarious.... really...
ZionBG 2 years ago
that might be cause you use the middle finger on a constant basic to curse people ... that's why u dont get the joke
FunnyBus3rd 2 years ago
Actually I get the amusing part, i understand it like i understand math.
It made me think about smiling but actually i didn't. But really... entertaining - I'd say yes, but HILARIOUS... cmon...
ZionBG 2 years ago
I give bad jew comics the toe
Edzelo 2 years ago
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i like comedians that cuss.. but this was funny lol
lakersownsuns 2 years ago
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People who do not see that Seinfeld is funny is too dumb to see it. I prefer intelligent humor infront of braindead-bad-language comedy.
godhead696 2 years ago 39
Woww, what ignorance. It's called different senses of humor. Personally I like Seinfeld-- I have seen about every episode of his sitcom and his stand ups are pretty good, but my favorite comedian is Dave Chappelle-- someone you might consider to be a baraindead-bad-language comedian. It may be full of bad language, but it is not braindead and it is HILARIOUSS
chainsolid 2 years ago 42
@chainsolid mate dave and his chappelle show is some of the funniest shit i have ever seen and so is seinfeld
dudemate78 1 year ago
@dudemate78 high five.. lol yea for real tho
chainsolid 1 year ago
@chainsolid dam straight
dudemate78 1 year ago
@godhead696 I agree. I used to like Family Guy and all that. And in truth it was funny...at first. But it gets old and tiresome and lately too political. I mean, the once in a while political jab is OK but its become a daily thing in that show.
TheRealTaco87 1 year ago
@godhead696 lol, oh the irony
ItsFiddy 1 year ago
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Seinfeld is so awesome:)
TrekkieAtlantis 2 years ago
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TrekkieAtlantis 2 years ago
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not even remotely funny at all
UndertakenXX 2 years ago
i agree
IpkisStanley 2 years ago
unfunny. but i love that KFC joke lol nice man :)
CptCool2 2 years ago
your wrong too dipshit.
CptCool2 2 years ago
uh no, it's spelled "hilarious"
Hightopsdynomite375 2 years ago
don't know why its harmful, i gave a guy the finger last week and was chasing me in his car.
QuietGiantProduction 2 years ago
Seinfeld's kinda making fun of you, bub ;)
alex8711 2 years ago
omg your right
QuietGiantProduction 2 years ago
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To finger your hole maybe.
humanrascals 2 years ago
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i do that to your mother
QuietGiantProduction 2 years ago
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i finger your mother
QuietGiantProduction 2 years ago
Why so restless and frustrated:)
humanrascals 2 years ago 2
I don't man, I'm stressed out. Plus I thought it was an insult.
QuietGiantProduction 2 years ago
Why was the Seinfeld logo at the beginning so bland and plane???
SassyMamaProductions 2 years ago
OMG Seinfeld sounds like a spiritual Yogi.
humanrascals 2 years ago
that was actually funny... one of his firsts lol jk
StryperandJesus 2 years ago
Yeah it is stupid. idk why they picked that finger but I guess out of all the fingers, that finger is probably the best for doing a certain something. lol
TechnicolorTypeA 2 years ago
Could you be more specific? Why the inhibition? Finger is not the best. There are dildos and various toys too. But all these become useless when body becomes a corpse. That means who was moving or using the finger?
humanrascals 2 years ago
No no. you mistook what I meant.
I'll be specific. When it comes to fingering, the middle finger is probably the best one to choose over like your pinky or ring finger and whatnot.
Like out of all the fingers, that one works the best. It's the longest and such.
TechnicolorTypeA 2 years ago
That guy made me cried, man, i laughed too hard when i saw this on the épisode.
Almost killed me, how was I supposed to breathe?
The guy's a criminal X-D
KarasuNoGoh 2 years ago
Actually, It's considered offensive to point the sole of your foot to someone. The man's got a point.
Bikkoes 3 years ago 4
you're kidding right? what's so offensive about the sole of your foot? i mean i believe you and all that, but humans really do pick odd body parts to be offensive
PirateWolf18 2 years ago
It's a cultural thing...some cultural groups feel that since that is the part of the body on which you tread, you are showing them the utmost disrespect if you display the sole of your foot. As if, to you, they are as low as (or lower than) the ground.
BlakeRPeters 2 years ago
But some cultures throw the fucking gross body to the vultures after death.
humanrascals 2 years ago
In England the "V," or backwards peace sign is considered as their "middle finger."
Why can't we all just get along?
hobbitthedog 2 years ago
Woah, then in some pictures, I on myspace, I must've flipped some english people off!!
Hightopsdynomite375 2 years ago
He has a good point. Its just a finger jajaj
SprklngDstny 3 years ago 7
i would give someone the toe to
bouv1234 3 years ago 3
So funny cause its true, i would be offended by a toe more
moneydhb 3 years ago 4
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not funny. maybe in america. definetly in america
precednik 3 years ago
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Nope, not even here.
timwdegner 3 years ago
sorry couldn't help it...
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