Is crossing your fingers, to avoid a promise, cunning or immature?

Pighead

Pighead was asked to do the dishes yesterday evening but decided not to as the snooker was about to start and he had absolutely no intention of missing it. Snooker is the quintessential hangover sport. The serenity and gracefulness of it all. The leisurely strolls around the table. The well mannered audiences. The noble referee maintaining a calm and relaxed atmosphere to proceedings.

Anyway knowing full well that Miss Piggy wouldn't understand any of that, Pighead said "Yes dear, of course Pighead will wash the dishes. Pighead would wash a million dishes for you and then a million more as long as it meant we could eat and drink from the clean shiny cups and plates together. Go down to your pals house my dear and when you return the dishes shall sparkle before you. And that's a cast iron Pighead promise babes."

She seemed happy with that and left. Pighead jumped up and down excitedly dancing towards the closed door as he had just fooled her with one of the oldest yet cleverest tricks in the book. Pighead's fingers were crossed behind his back thus negating his promise to Miss Piggy and freeing his evening up to watch the snooker in peace.

She came home, seen the dirty dishes, wasn't impressed, shouted, screamed, and stamped. She got angrier when Pighead explained about the promise being negated by the crossing of the fingers and spat out with venom that Pighead was immature AND smelly. "Takes one to know one" Pighead replied.

So is it immature? Do you do any things that were cool in your youth but are now considered by some to be immature just because you've aged a bit and you're a bit taller?

Wagon

Immature

Cunning. The only acceptable reaction to a technique like that is admiration (and maybe a slight sexual arttraction, but it depends where you cross your fingers). And I like your threads mate

Sherifu

Immature

Cunning like a fox. Yes sir.

Zebra3

It's whatever comes before immature.

javaboy

Cunnature (bit of both)

If a promise you don't keep, it will haunt you in your sleep.....

I think things like crossing your fingers either for luck or to negate a promise are superstitious and immature. I do like to touch wood occasionally though.

Fizman

javaboy wrote: »

I do like to touch wood occasionally though.

Amen to that! :pac:

Roadend

javaboy wrote: »

. I do like to touch wood occasionally though.

And stroke, I'll bet

LoveDucati2

Its moronic, like most superstitions and religons

Saruman

Not as cunning as crossing your legs while keeping your fingers ready for other immature actions Pighead

Sharpshooter

javaboy wrote: »

If a promise you don't keep, it will haunt you in your sleep.....

I think things like crossing your fingers either for luck or to negate a promise are superstitious and immature. I do like to touch wood occasionally though.

, don't you all.

themadchef

Cunnature (bit of both)

I'm thinking it worked for the poeple who borrowed millions from Anglo.

Pighead

Immature

javaboy wrote: »

If a promise you don't keep, it will haunt you in your sleep.....

Easier said than done javaboy. Sometimes it's nigh on impossible to keep a promise! As Pighead's wise old dead aunty used to say:
"Promises are like babies: easy to make, hard to deliver".

Anyway there's nothing wrong with the occasional white lie. Like telling your significant other you love them even if you don't, just to keep them happy.

Genghiz Cohen

I don't have any fingers.

Pighead wrote: »

Anyway there's nothing wrong with the occasional white lie. Like telling your significant other you love them even if you don't, just to keep them happy.

Has Pighead ever done so?
Do tell.

Kiera

Immature

Of course its not immature, Pigface. Its up there with the 3 second rule. Well done, young man. Hope you enjoyed the snooker.

Latchy

I don't have any fingers.

Prefer the touch wood to the two fingers behind the back meself, more refined .

Earthhorse

I don't have any fingers.

No, it's not immature. Perfectly acceptable. Your girlfriend should have read the fine fingerprint.

However, it does lack the sophistication of making a promise out loud and then retracting it under your breath.

No it doesn't.

Pighead

Immature

Genghiz Cohen wrote: »

Has Pighead ever done so?
Do tell.

Used to do it at Christmas. It was a handy time of year to tell her what she wanted to hear without telling a lie. "Pighead loves Yule" worked a treat every single time.

javaboy

Cunnature (bit of both)

Earthhorse wrote: »

No, it's not immature. Perfectly acceptable. Your girlfriend should have read the fine fingerprint.

However, it does lack the sophistication of making a promise out loud and then retracting it under your breath.

No it doesn't.

I'm surprised at you Hoss. Can you imagine hypothetically if someone, let's call him mochaman, was to break a promise to someone else, we'll call him Landdonkey, about not revealing something, let's call it an embarassing picture just because he happened to have his fingers crossed at the time? Hypothetically speaking, I'd imagine you Landdonkey would be pretty upset.

Mimikyu

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Beruthiel

Cunnature (bit of both)

Immature Piggie.
You should never make a promise you cannot keep.
Where's your honour and self respect?
You'd never make a good Klingon.

Steve

Cunnature (bit of both)

I'm glad Terry never thought of crossing his fingers when he made a certain promise.

Yes it's immature, where is your honour Pighead?

If you gave your word to someone you should have kept it, no matter how crossed your trotters were.


Edit: That's bloody freaky Beruthiel.

Pighead

Immature

Beruthiel wrote: »

Immature Piggie.
Where's your honour and self respect?

SteveC wrote: »

Yes it's immature, where is your honour Pighead?

Honour Schmonour. Pighead would rather succeed by fraud than fail with honour.

Earthhorse

I don't have any fingers.

javaboy wrote: »

I'm surprised at you Hoss. Can you imagine hypothetically if someone, let's call him mochaman, was to break a promise to someone else, we'll call him Landdonkey, about not revealing something, let's call it an embarassing picture just because he happened to have his fingers crossed at the time? Hypothetically speaking, I'd imagine you Landdonkey would be pretty upset.

Well, no, I have a question for you, C++girl. There's a promise on a bus. Once the bus goes 50 miles an hours, the promise is revealed. If it drops below 50, it's broken. Name five top ten hit singles with the word "bus" in the title.

Actually, that's more of a pop quiz now that I think about it. Nevermind.

Beruthiel

Cunnature (bit of both)

Pighead wrote: »

Honour Schmonour. Pighead would rather succeed by fraud than fail with honour.

You disappoint me Piggie.


Great minds think alike SteveC

Pighead

Immature

Beruthiel wrote: »

You disappoint me Piggie.

Pigheads only 31 Beruthial. There is plenty of time for him to mature. When Pighead reaches your age (in the year 2043), he too shall be wise and mature. For now, let him be giddy and immature.

Terry

Immature

Absolutely genius, Pighead.
Well played.

javaboy wrote: »

If a promise you don't keep, it will haunt you in your sleep.....

I think things like crossing your fingers either for luck or to negate a promise are superstitious and immature. I do like to touch wood occasionally though.

Fizman wrote: »

Amen to that! :pac:

Gay.

javaboy

Cunnature (bit of both)

julep wrote: »

Gay.

3% less than you IIRC.

sdanseo

Cunnature (bit of both)

Pighead did it, so Pighead is immature. Making him a child.

Rename yourself to piglet for clarity, please.

Earthhorse

I don't have any fingers.

How are the people without fingers voting in the poll?

Capt'n Midnight

Pighead wrote: »

Used to do it at Christmas. It was a handy time of year to tell her what she wanted to hear without telling a lie. "Pighead loves Yule" worked a treat every single time.

graveyard trees and mutton meals are also good

does Pighead check to location and orientation of fingers when people promise him things ?

tony1kenobi

Earthhorse wrote: »

How are the people without fingers voting in the poll?

Mostly "I don't have any fingers" I guess.