Beat 360° – 08/19/09
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Two men compete during the traditional German 'Fingerhakeln' championships on August 15, 2009 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. Two opponents sit on a table and hook their middlefingers into a leather ribbon and try to pull the other one over the table. (Photo by Miguel Villagran/Getty Images)
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Stop crying, this is how the unisured save money on emerency room fees in the United States.
contestant number one "I hear the winner of this gets to Fingerhakeln with Clark Griswold?"
contestant number two " Well, I heard we were doing this for a Beat 360 t-shirt!"
I guess I can't unite the right and the left any better than Mr. Obama.
Pulling someone over the table and drinking someone under it. Not on a same day though!
I didnt realize the congress had mandatory uniforms!! Spiffy
You see germans i see the process in which sarah palin brain comes to a thought
This reminds me of the presidential Election of 2000 (Bush vs Gore)....
Gore: " I won"
Bush: " No I won"
Gore: "Now you wait a cotton picking minute here"
Bush: " No you wait "
Gore: "No you"
Bush: "Hey Gore I got a secret....want to know what it is"?
Gore: "Ya,tell me"
Bush: "Say Pretty Please"
Gore: "Please..Pretty Please...with sugar on top"
Bush : "Remember my brother is Governor of Florida" lol "So I win"....
How did I get to be the guy behind the guy playing Fingerhaiken?
"Pull my finger".... The Xtreme sport edition.
We finally know the truth behind how the "Wall" was brought down!
Two Germans show Americans how to officially fight for healthcare reform. If you win, health care reform for all. If I win, we celebrate Oktoberfest in the states early and pass out Beer Boots to all!
The winner gets health coverage. The two men on the ends are from COBRA for the loser.
Everybody's got a hand in the TILL!
It's a little known fact that this is how Anderson Cooper got his job on CNN.
Part of the cast of The Sound of Music brainstorm ideas for America's new Health Care system.
See what a Socialist past got the Germans today.
Dear President Obama, Today we tried our own beer summit and...
It's a little known fact that this is how Anderson Cooper got his job on the Mole.
And we buy German cars?
The Secret Agenda behind Healthcare Reform...
"Gimme back my bratwurst!"
Hans Favre was injured today during his first match since coming out of retirement.
Elections in Germany: "may the best presidential candidate win.”
"Don't worry I will pick up your finger"
In Oktober, ve drink you under ze table. But in August, ve pull you over ze table.
I wonder what President Clinton thinks about this sport?
"Elections in Germany: may the best presidential candidate win."
another use for your midle finger than people at the town hall are using them for
In its latest attempt to become the manliest nation in the world, Germany has come up with a way to turn "pull my finger" into a sport.
Winner gets healthcare. The two men on the ends are from COBRA health insurance for the loser.
Larry King would be proud to wear those suspenders, but the lederhosen...no comment!
During the August recess, German politicians undergo special training to prepare them for the resumption of finger-pointing season.
Two Germans give new meaning to Campbell Brown's "No Bias, No Bull."
– Juliann Budimir, Los Angeles
First it's Health Care Reform... Next it will be Lederhosen... Ein Prosit to President Barack Obama~! Eins, zwei, drei gesuffa~!
Anderson Cooper competing with the AC360 staff for a Beat's t-shirt.
Anderson Cooper trying to win a Beat's t-shirt.
"Dad, you promised I could move on to arm wrestling when I turned eighteen!"
Must...escape.....death trap.....curse you, Jigsaw!!
How the German's have a beer at the White House.
"Gimme back my suspenders!"
whoever wins can show their finger to the Americans to tell them what we think of their current health care system.
And Americans have the nerve to think they invented drinking games.
See...conservatives can use the middle fingers for more than just a symbol of opposition to Obama's health plan.
"Ohhhh dang..... we were supposed to play pull the finger, NOT cut the cheese!!!!!!!"
Those socks are 'fierce!"
Trish
E.C. , WI
“C’mon guys, get some soap and pull! This wedding ring has NEVER given me this much trouble!”
Tie a yellow ribbon round the old oak table !!
"C'mon guys, get some soap and pull! This wedding ring has NEVER given me this much trouble!"
Should be Kai the furniture guy.
The two German men will fight this out till the end now that they know the prize for the winner is one of the most wanted I beat the AC360 T-Shirts !