Her sycophant sister Tosca, always on the cadge, stole the signet ring, a shining exhibit on Electra's finger, and, in a fit of peevishness, hid it in the urn of nutmeg … ' (there was more, but you get the principle of this new game).
In fact, it's the dominance of American culture across the world that has given the finger its current shining moment in the sun.
The sun is shining as I start on the finger sandwiches (smoked salmon, egg salad, turkey and dill).
Paulsen says "the most shining example" of their winking humor was the infamous "finger Prince" joke.
When Ned Flanders explains to Marge that they were painting Todd's room red, Todd starts saying "Red room, red room" and moves his finger, like the character of Danny does in The Shining.
One of her "shining" curls will, "like a living thing," twine itself around Simon Legree's finger to forestall one of his many acts of brutality.
Another time he poked his finger to his temple like an angry Jack Nicholson in "The Shining".
Yesterday, with the sun shining and the temperature above 50, the streets were jammed with camera-toting, finger-pointing visitors.
It displays the date, time and temperature alternately but if you don't want the LED shining at night, you can set it to light up at the click of your fingers.
Joel Smirnoff played the top part with shining brilliance and averted by his flowing ease any suggestion that the rapid figuration was made for fingers at a keyboard.
