Mixed Signals

Once upon a time there was a man who operated power tools. One day this man, while sawing a piece of wood, accidentally sawed his middle finger. It bled and bled. The man went to the hospital where the kind doctors stitched his finger back together and wrapped it up so it could heal. From that moment on, his children and friends called that finger, "Angry Finger" because it was wrapped to stick straight up, which was an insulting gesture to anyone who happened to pass by the man.


Meanwhile, in a nearby yard, the man's father-in-law happened to smash his thumb between two large rocks, which caused the thumbnail to pop off. It bled and bled. The father-in-law went to the hospital where the kind doctors stitched his thumb back together and wrapped it up so it could heal. From that moment on, his children and friends called his thumb, "Happy Thumb" because it was wrapped to stick straight up, which was an encouraging gesture to anyone who happened to pass by the man.

It was decided that the two men should never leave each other's sides because the son-in-law could go in front and flip everyone off, while the father-in-law could follow and give everyone a friendly thumbs-up so that all the insulted people would end up feeling oddly encouraged and happy.

And they lived happi
We'll see.