Not talking about the 'bird', or the middle finger salute commonly used by Americans today.
Same overall meaning, but a differant gesture alltogether.
Anyway, correct or not, it is at least interesting

Allso, though that article states that bowmen werent worth capturing, English Longbows werent exactly common bowmen, they are a far more fearsome weapon, having vastly more range (somewhere in the order of double) than contempory bows, and they apparently fairly well messed with a French mounted nobleman's whole day.
OK...so anyone know where 'shiver me timbers' comes from?
