I never figured that people where using the useful icon in a derogatory fashion, it's far to girly and subtle for my purpose. I use it to signify thanks for posting a useful piece of information. Those who use it for other derogatory purposes would suit a cock rating. A small and flaccid one mind :Finger:
I'm not sure anyone used the rating icon of a spanner to indicate that someone was a cock; a tool perhaps (see North & South Stereotypes? | Page 3 | Ducati Forum ). The search on here is so poor I cannot be 100% sure, but then why let a fact get in the way of a posting! It was meant as a joke between me and @Exige and like all good ideas may have spread further. Either that or @Exige has become the leading Ducati expert on this site.
Don't worry he'll be back with a post using some herbal/holistic remedy to a big end knock or similar based on hearsay experience.
Nope, old air cooled Kawasaki ex spert is all I can claim - although most Ducati questions are easily answered with a 30 second Google, just happy to help