Aw, Who Needs 'em

After clocking out at work just in time to stop myself from starting my department on fire since everything else was going wrong, I stopped in the office to shoot the bull with my fellow management. I guess Eric was a little bored out of his gourd because he made a "splint" for his pinkie finger out of our store ad. He then stated that it wouldn't be the first time he couldn't use his pinkie and that he would be okay. This got my mind brewing like a piping pot of chili. Why do I even need a pinkie finger? I learned that apparently the pinkie finger has many different meanings in different countries, but I am not planning on traveling to any of these countries so I think I can stand to lose it if I had to choose. Here are the meanings for the pinkie finger in other cultures just in case you were wondering. Also in Japan, holding up a pinkie while speaking of two people signifies that they are in a relationship.
In China, if one holds up a little finger at another, it is usually considered vulgar, just as holding up a middle finger in the United States and other countries is generally regarded as offensive.
In India, holding up the little finger is also a signal of "katti" or a broken friendship, a sign that someone is angry, or a playful suggestion that the person flashing the pinky is not going to speak to you.
In India, holding up the pinky is a signal that the person has to urinate.
Similarly, in Indonesia, when a man points his pinky finger downward it is a signal that he needs to urinate.
In Turkey, it's tradition to link pinky fingers when two people are making a bet.
In Judaism, it is customary to extend one's arm and pinky finger to the Torah as it is lifted following its reading in the Synagogue.
The Iron Ring is a symbolic ring worn by some Canadian engineers. The Ring is a symbol of both pride and humility for the engineering profession, and is always worn on the little finger of the dominant hand. (A similar ritual is performed in the United States called the Order of the Engineer).
In the Balkans, a solitary long fingernail on the pinky finger of a man signifies that he is single.
The Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority holds their pinky finger in the air as a (Greek) greeting to their fellow sisters.
In Russia, when two people are French-kissing, it is customary to often link pinky fingers together.
In the United Kingdom, it used to be considered a social requirement to raise one's little finger whilst drinking a beverage out of a cup or mug. (http://www.answers.com/topic/pinky-finger)

Many people's pinky can't even bend by itself. It is reliant on the ring finger. It is like a little kid that depends on its parents to take him/her to the "potty" because they can't go alone. If your pinky bends so does your ring finger and visa versa. I do know there are some exceptions, I am just making a point.

You may say a pinky is needed for drinking fancy tea. Me personally, when I drink tea it had better be iced sun tea, none of this fancy shit, and I want to drink it out of a BIG glass not a little teacup that only holds 3 oz. What good does that do me? If you ask me, I think people who point their pinkies when drinking tea look like their hand has an erection from taking touching too much Viagra (yes, in this instance pretend it can go thru the skin...work with me here). Don't get me wrong, these are my opinions about the whole thing, you may have your own thoughts and feel free to voice them, but I can't guarantee that I will listen.

Oh how about pinky promises. That is why we need pinkies right? Remember when you and your BFF would pinky swear to do your hair the same for school the next day (for example). We all know that after 2nd grade pinky promises didn't mean shit. Unless you are one of these guys, my guess is they are pinky promising not to sleep with each others' girlfriends...like I said "after 2nd grade pinky promises don't mean a damn thing (game on is what they are really thinking) We wouldn't be missing anything if we never knew about pinky promises in the first place.

We don't need our pinkies to write, we don't need our pinkies to snap our fingers, not to cross our fingers. I just think that other fingers are more important. Obviously the thumb and index finger are the most important. They work as a team to pick up and grasp things.

Your thumb can also be used to say, "Hey Great Job!" or to give a movie "2 thumbs up". Some young people suck their thumbs for comfort...and some do it that are a little too old to be doing that. It is also great for saying, "Damn Mom, that's some GOOOD cake!"

Your index finger is great for pointing, for saying "I'm #1 BITCH!" without saying a word, and for helping to say, "Um, excuse me miss, but do you have any grey poupon?"

The middle finger is needed to show the ASSHOLE that just cut you off, your extreme displeasure just in case your horn doesn't work. Or, to tell the refs what you think of their call/teaching your 4 year old how to speak his mind without your wife "hearing" you do it.

If you ever get married or are married you need your left ring finger therefore as humans we have a dire need to look symmetrical. As a result you will also need your right ring finer. So if I had to lose a finger I would easily give up my pinkies, who needs them anyway!?