[AnAmericanMother]

You mean old Winnie was actually flipping off Hitler?

[kdmhcdcfld]

Could be, could be...

I do have to qualify it a little, though. In the poster, the palm of her hand is facing the viewer. The backside of her hand is facing the guard on her right. I believe the backside of the hand has to be facing the intended target of the gesture in order for it to be construed as such.

41 ran afoul some years back down under on a state visit to Australia. He was departing a function of some sort, and from the back of the limo he waved the "V" sign to the crowd he was passing by. Those in the crowd who saw this thought they were on the receiving end of another type of salute.