Labels:text | electronics | screenshot | display OCR: Accustomed 2 Customs! Page 22 The custom of thumbs up or thumbs down has been with us since Roman days! The emperor would give a thumbs up or a thumbs down depending upon how the gladiator performed in the arena. This is what most people believe but it just isn't true. The truth is, the first known use of this ges- ture was by a French painter in 1873. The painting was called Pollice Verso in which the emperor was making a thumbs down gesture. The use of this gesture in the Roman arena never had any direct meaning assigned to them. Not only was the thumb used in an up and down motion but also in a side motion. But what the significance of this was never was clear. Today the use of the thumb up or down is easily understood and the side- ways thumb is commonly used for hitchhiking. Women wearing high heels seems to be a custom that has been with us since the seventeenth century. The French invented this custom. Though a great many people believe this was probably one of the worst customs to have around, since the wearing of high heels can cause all types of back problems as well as foot problems. Originally this custom was reserved to only the royal and upper class noble women who wanted to give the impression of being above all the common folks. Well the common folks decided they liked the idea of elevating women on high heels because this held them on the pedestal some men believed they belonged.
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