I'm a lasagna boy!

The most popular finger?

Thanks to memepool, I saw this classical rendition of Sir Mix-A-Lot's classic ditty. Our heroine used to boogie down the newsprint to the sounds of the mixmaster. I don't think she would approve of the official web site, though: it loads all at once, taking half a minute over a residential cable link.

Of course, without some background in dactylic hexameter and other forms of Greek metre, this wouldn't be as enjoyable.

The New York Times reports on a legal precedent in Texas:

Is it legal to give someone the middle finger? Yes, says the Texas Court of Appeals, Third District, which ruled for a man who had appealed his conviction for making the gesture to a couple in a car. The court majority, in its opinion, decided that flipping "the bird" did not rise to the level of "disorderly conduct" unless it can be shown "to incite an immediate breach of the peace."

"That the gesture may be thrust upon unsuspecting or sensitive viewers falls short of the type of conduct in a public place that would incite those present to violence," Judge Jan P. Patterson wrote for the majority."

Which do you think is the most popular finger?