whereas with the three-fingered Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles utilize their index finger also as their “bird” finger… which does make me squeamish at times
Simple revert back to the original hold up 2 fingers in a “peace” sign it used to mean Pluck you based on the 2 fingers archers used to draw an arrow. enemy archers that were captured tended to have those fingers removed so they could not draw a bow thus the sign showed they still had there fingers intact. over time the gesture in America at least as the British still use 2 fingers became one. The Pl in Pluck changed over time to an F.
Many cartoon characters have 4 fingers due to their rounded design:https://news.avclub.com/here-s-why-cartoon-characters-only-have-4-fingers-1798259730
I’ve seen a few 4-handed cartoon characters use the ring finger instead of the missing middle finger, like for example, that banned Dexter’s Laboratory episode “Rude Removal”. I’ve never seen the episode itself, but its title card proves my point. Btw, the wise ass looks like Danny Donkey, and that’s what Danny is too!
Post hoc ergo propter hoc is logic we all must know before any politician speaks. Most brains try to fill in the unasked question’s answer, visualize picture puzzles too soon, and, worse of all, believe weather forecasts.
I was told by a cartoonist that the four fingered hand is one without a pinkie. So the remaining four would be: the thumb, the index finger, the middle finger and the ring finger.
Is that Danny Donkey? I don’t recall him being drawn with a pig snout like Goat and of course Is that Danny Donkey? I don’t recall him being drawn with a pig snout like Goat and of course Pig.
BE THIS GUY about 6 years ago
Simple, don’t count the digit that’s suppose to be the thumb and use the finger that is then the middle finger
AtariDragon about 6 years ago
The ass won’t have that trouble with rat, since equids only have one digit on each “hand”.
alaskajohn1 about 6 years ago
Most comics characters only have four digits per hand.
Templo S.U.D. about 6 years ago
whereas with the three-fingered Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles utilize their index finger also as their “bird” finger… which does make me squeamish at times
bland tofu about 6 years ago
Technically, he has three fingers and a thumb, so he would point the finger in the middle.
knight1192a about 6 years ago
Look at your hand and the answer to Rat’s question is obvious. Homer may have four fingers on each hand, but he’ll choose the longest.
oldpine52 about 6 years ago
One a$$ asking another one a question.
Randallw about 6 years ago
I read only yesterday that there is an episode where Homer gives people the finger but it is edited on tv so he appears to only be waving his fist.
sirbadger about 6 years ago
Is it wise to use the A word in a comic strip?
LrdSlvrhnd about 6 years ago
Well, once you rule out the thumb, I think the middle finger of the three left would be fairly obvious.
Dobie Takahama about 6 years ago
Well, he gave the bird in The Simpsons Movie!
chris_weaver about 6 years ago
How about: if God is omnipotent, can he create a rock that is too heavy for him to lift?
salakfarm Premium Member about 6 years ago
This is a cartoon for the ages. Addressing one of the imponderable questions, it should win both a Pulitzer and a Nobel.
Gent about 6 years ago
So, that’s why Mickey Mouse never showed that finger to anyone too.
serithinflight about 6 years ago
Simple revert back to the original hold up 2 fingers in a “peace” sign it used to mean Pluck you based on the 2 fingers archers used to draw an arrow. enemy archers that were captured tended to have those fingers removed so they could not draw a bow thus the sign showed they still had there fingers intact. over time the gesture in America at least as the British still use 2 fingers became one. The Pl in Pluck changed over time to an F.
KS82 about 6 years ago
Watch the Simpsons Movie.
Goat about 6 years ago
Many cartoon characters have 4 fingers due to their rounded design:https://news.avclub.com/here-s-why-cartoon-characters-only-have-4-fingers-1798259730
ND Cool Z about 6 years ago
I’ve seen a few 4-handed cartoon characters use the ring finger instead of the missing middle finger, like for example, that banned Dexter’s Laboratory episode “Rude Removal”. I’ve never seen the episode itself, but its title card proves my point. Btw, the wise ass looks like Danny Donkey, and that’s what Danny is too!
Ignatz Premium Member about 6 years ago
I wonder if Homer could do the Italian “fig.” Thumb between the first and second finger.
F-Flash about 6 years ago
Are you pondering what I’m pondering Pinky? I think so brain, but if they called them “Sad Meals” no one would buy them. Now that’s a deep question.
jessie d. about 6 years ago
Trump is the middle finger for America. Kinda a roving middle finger ambassador to the entire world.
Steverino Premium Member about 6 years ago
This is the earliest form of digital communication.
Cameron1988 Premium Member about 6 years ago
A better question would be, why most of the characters on “The Simpsons” are yellow?
Packratjohn Premium Member about 6 years ago
Matt Groening acknowledged (or so I heard) that his characters have four fingers. “Think how much ink we save!”
willie_mctell about 6 years ago
Is that what happened to Danny the Donkey?
the lost wizard about 6 years ago
Wise ass meets smart ass.
Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member about 6 years ago
It would sill be the one next to the index finger.
Gent about 6 years ago
He not WiseAss. He DumbAss.
zeexenon about 6 years ago
Post hoc ergo propter hoc is logic we all must know before any politician speaks. Most brains try to fill in the unasked question’s answer, visualize picture puzzles too soon, and, worse of all, believe weather forecasts.
Charlie Tuba about 6 years ago
I was told by a cartoonist that the four fingered hand is one without a pinkie. So the remaining four would be: the thumb, the index finger, the middle finger and the ring finger.
skipper1992 about 6 years ago
“I hope this has been enlightening for you.”
ChessPirate about 6 years ago
“Ask him any of the world’s deepest questions – except one…”
codedaddy about 6 years ago
Is that Danny Donkey? I don’t recall him being drawn with a pig snout like Goat and of course Is that Danny Donkey? I don’t recall him being drawn with a pig snout like Goat and of course Pig.
Daeder about 6 years ago
Instead of being on top of a hill, I think the wise ass should be in a field. That way he could be a “wise ass in a wise acre”.
Artie Adams about 6 years ago
The one in the middle. The thumb is not a finger.
Doublejake Premium Member about 6 years ago
Hold up two fingers and tell the recipient, “Read between the lines”??
Sisyphos about 6 years ago
If Rat’s silly little question stumped him, then he is in fact a dumb ass on a hill….
pcmcdonald about 6 years ago
That’s and awful dark hill, I don’t think it’s dirt.
501179 about 1 year ago
homer has four fingers one is a thumb so the other three has a middle one