A little story!! I have just read what is the origin of the greeting in "V". You know, when you raise your index and your middle fingers forming a "V". It seems me very curious and I would like to explain it to all of you. During the XV century, British and French people fought in the 100 Years War (the war lasted 116 years). When a British soldier was captured by the French Army, they cut his index and middle fingers in order to not be able to use the weapons (in those years one of the principal weapon was the bow). If they didn't have these fingers, they couldn't use the bow and these man was useless for the combat. So, the British soldiers raise this fingers in this way to show to their partners that everything was still ok and they also sometimes greeted the French soldiers in "V" to stir things up and to insinuate that British were better because they weren't still arrested: they have still got their own fingers. I hope you have enjoyed this little story!!