What is it about the index finger? Why do I use it for so much? Pointing, pressing, pinching, so many activities it is involved in.
It is known as forefinger, first finger, second finger, pointer finger, trigger finger and so on. We use it so much because it is the most dextrous and sensitive finger of the hand. Index finger means pointing finger, so that's a lot of activity - identifying an item, person, place or object. Babies begin pointing to communicate, so it is instinctive. I wondered about that. And it is considered to be one basis for the development of human language.
Of course there is that famous The Creation of Adam by Michelangelo, 1512 that cemented the Index Finger into history.
Index Finger jokes don't seem to be very entertaining. Here's the example:
Jimmy goes to the doctor and says, "Doctor, wherever I touch, it hurts."
The doctor asks, "What do you mean?" Jimmy says, "When I touch my shoulder, it really hurts. When I touch my knee it hurts! When I touch my forehead, it really, really hurts."
Jimmy was diagnosed with a broken index finger later that day.
And that's the best one...
And then I found this picture and it seems a wonderful moment for the Index Finger. What do you think?
