MEMORIES!*

[swimmyplus]

I just remembered something. I must have been about 5 years old, and I realized that numbers were not inherently associated with specific fingers. Instead of counting out 1 and raising my index finger, I could start on any finger I wanted. I tried to show this amazing scientific finding to my family by saying, "Hey, look: One." and raising only my middle finger. My brother burst out laughing. I was confused. Either he didn't understand my awesome finding, my finding was wrong, or a raised middle finger meant something I didn't understand. Just to make sure, I tried it again. "No, look! One!" Again with the laughter. I decided hypothesis three was correct and I shouldn't raise my middle finger alone, even though my brother wouldn't tell me why it was wrong.

Science!

*Reference, duh.