Hitch hiking and the universal thumb's up

[scotts]

Ryan was asking this morning if I was talking him to a hockey tourny this weekend and I said nope you'll have to hitch hike. At which he stuck out the thumbs up sign.
Soooo. I got to thinking, how the hell did sticking up your thumb be universally accepted as a indication that "iam looking for a ride" ?
How long did the first guy have to stand on the side of the road with his thumb out, while people drove by on the stagecoach thinking WTF is that clown doing????
Think about it.

 

[sumx54]

Ryan was asking this morning if I was talking him to a hockey tourny this weekend and I said nope you'll have to hitch hike. At which he stuck out the thumbs up sign.
Soooo. I got to thinking, how the hell did sticking up your thumb be universally accepted as a indication that "iam looking for a ride" ?
How long did the first guy have to stand on the side of the road with his thumb out, while people drove by on the stagecoach thinking WTF is that clown doing????
Think about it.

...and how did it get misinterpreted over the years to mean "I'm OK" when your passing a parked sled on the trail head

 

[ferniesnow]

...and how did it get misinterpreted over the years to mean "I'm OK" when your passing a parked sled on the trail head

and how did it get changed to mean, "that's a good one" or "right on man" referring to a posted comment in rebuttal on S&M?

 

[scotts]

...and how did it get misinterpreted over the years to mean "I'm OK" when your passing a parked sled on the trail head

That one's easy. That was started by me driving past someone brokendown on the trail and trying to hitchhike. Whereby I returned their thumbsup in a mocking mannor, followed by the Bird as I rode up the hill thinking so long loser hahahah.

 

[Rubicon]

The Fonz's car broke down one day??:d

 

[goodngrubby]

Ryan was asking this morning if I was talking him to a hockey tourny this weekend and I said nope you'll have to hitch hike. At which he stuck out the thumbs up sign.
Soooo. I got to thinking, how the hell did sticking up your thumb be universally accepted as a indication that "iam looking for a ride" ?
How long did the first guy have to stand on the side of the road with his thumb out, while people drove by on the stagecoach thinking WTF is that clown doing????
Think about it.

The first guy to try it was using his middle finger, but after enough people stopped, beat the piss out of him, and broke his fingers, all he had left was the thumb. Turned out to be the winning ticket..

 

[scotts]

The first guy to try it was using his middle finger, but after enough people stopped, beat the piss out of him, and broke his fingers, all he had left was the thumb. Turned out to be the winning ticket..

Oh man that made me laugh. thanks grubby that made my day

 

[goodngrubby]

Oh man that made me laugh. thanks grubby that made my day

I do what I can my friend.