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goobster  ·  1331 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: 393rd Weekly "Share Some Music You've Been Into Lately"

The idea of "stiff little finger" comes from upper class finishing schools for girls, where they were trained to drink their tea with the pinky finger extended.

It was a way to signal your upper-class status and be subtly snooty.

Hence, an Irish band from Northern Ireland with the name "Stiff Little Fingers" was particularly ironic.