I found this reference about earrings in Wikipedia:Then why does your avatar have an earring? LOLreiver wrote:
that's fighting talk where I'm from........
Sorry, no offense. It always amazes me when I see men go and get an earring. Do any of you know the origin of earrings? It was the preferred method for marking your slaves. You would mount your symbol in his or her ear to mark ownership. Whenb I see a man with an earring the first thing that comes to mind is 'slave'. Hopefully I'm not offending anyone with a bit of truth here. :laugh:
Ear piercing is one of the oldest known forms of body modification, with artistic and written references from cultures around the world dating back to early history. One of the early signs of earrings worn by men are from the walls of Persepolis in ancient Persia, the carved images of the soldiers from various parts of the Persian Empire which are displayed on some of the surviving walls of the palace showing the soldiers wearing an ear ring.
Another equally early evidence of earring wearing took place in the Bible record of Exodus written by Moses in the wilderness; the second book of the Bible. In Exodus 32:1-4 Moses is still up in the mountain, so the complaining Israelites demand that Aaron make a god for them. So he tells them to bring their sons and daughters earrings to him so that he may comply with their demand. (Written in 1532 B.C.E.) [william crockerham] 15:18 29, July 2009
By the way I've never used a thumb pick, but I do wear an earring.