Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site turtlevax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!hao!hplabs!nsc!turtlevax!ken From: ken@turtlevax.UUCP (Ken Turkowski) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: Rings Message-ID: <617@turtlevax.UUCP> Date: Tue, 18-Dec-84 16:56:19 EST Article-I.D.: turtleva.617 Posted: Tue Dec 18 16:56:19 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 21-Dec-84 01:45:50 EST References: <3861@ucbvax.ARPA> Reply-To: ken@turtlevax.UUCP (Ken Turkowski) Distribution: net Organization: CADLINC, Inc. @ Menlo Park, CA Lines: 15 In article <3861@ucbvax.ARPA> robin@ucbsloth writes: >My friend Sherman asked me recently why many unmarried women seem to wear >rings on their left ring finger, which is customarily reserved for >wedding rings. I couldn't come up with a satisfactory answer. Would >anyone care to comment? That's probably so that they don't get harrassed by unwanted suitors. It's really amazing how often women are pestered in public places. The rings are probably transferred to the right hand when an interesting man appears. -- Ken Turkowski @ CADLINC, Menlo Park, CA UUCP: {amd,decwrl,nsc,spar}!turtlevax!ken ARPA: turtlevax!ken@DECWRL.ARPA