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1. scifi+g01[view] [source] 2024-06-07 17:26:12
>>Jaruze+(OP)
I just wanted to add something I didn't see mentioned in the article or the discussion. In the Christian tradition, figures are often portrayed with their pinky and ring fingers curled up, while the thumb, index, and middle fingers are extended. This is done to symbolize the holy trinity.
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2. 082349+Cp2[view] [source] 2024-06-08 08:39:31
>>scifi+g01
> ...with their pinky and ring fingers curled up, while the thumb, index, and middle fingers are extended.

leading to a local joke:

Q. How can you spot a forester on a Saturday night?

A. (while making sign above) 5 beers, please!

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3. vinnyv+H24[view] [source] 2024-06-09 06:31:01
>>082349+Cp2
Not Poire, then
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4. 082349+k94[view] [source] 2024-06-09 08:27:17
>>vinnyv+H24
And here I'd thought « entre la poire et le fromage » ?

(William the first may have preferred calvados, and the current William is unlikely to be based enough to style himself William the last [ending the monarchy in 2066], but I prefer my Williams in a bottle)

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