'US is world's middle finger' say PepsiCo executive

Aside from the fact that her remarks were really in poor form for a commencement address, everyone knows that thumbs are the most important finger on the human hand. The lack of opposable thumbs is the reason why dogs will never be able to drive cars.

Link: 'US is world's middle finger'- The Times of India.

Students graduating from the Columbia Business school MBA class of 2005 may have expected some fizz in a commencement speech by Pepsico president Indra Nooyi, an Indian-American acclaimed as one of the most powerful corporate executives in America and a putative CEO of the soft drink giant.

In her address last Sunday, the Chennai born Nooyi compared the five major continents of the world to the five fingers of the human hand.