OT – hand shaking

[desmond]

Maybe you guys can tap your little uncircumsized members together. geeeesssh

[NotCranky]

hi five bootie bump and a synchronized pirouette would be o.k.

[Ren]

I much prefer a handshake to a bow. More personal and shows more respect.

That said, a limp fish grip is disgusting, and a super strong grip is offensive and pathetic.

[njtosd]

[quote=briansd1]
I like the kisses the way the French . . . do it.[/quote]

Hmm. I would think that would have a monumentally higher risk of germ transmission :).

[briansd1]

[quote=Fearful]
From a disease (as opposed to ickiness) perspective, as long as you don’t stick your fingers in your nose or eyes afterward, you should be fine. Your mouth is pretty well protected.
[/quote]

It more the ick factor. I have good immune system. In fact I’m not afraid to eat unpasturised cheese, or even street food in Mexico.

I think a bow shows more respect. The deeper the bow, the more respect. I love it when Japanese elevator girls do it.

I’m trying to convince a friend to run for political office. That will require a lot of hand shaking. I think he’s good at it. Not too soft or too firm. Just right.

[KSMountain]

I agree with Ren that a handshake is more personal.

I agree with brian that a bow shows more respect. I gained a real appreciation for bowing after a visit to Japan. I think it is a very nice custom actually.

Isn’t the air kiss thing kind of phony? The hug part of it is good though. 🙂

[svelte]

Let’s be perfectly safe and go back to what nature does…just sniff each other’s butt and be done with it.

[urbanrealtor]

[quote=afx114]Whenever I receive a too-firm handshake I assume the person is insecure and using their firmness to compensate. Kinda like nutz on a lifted truck. If you have to work so hard to prove how tough or serious you are, you probably aren’t that tough or serious.[/quote]

I would like to point out:
1: That I kissed your hand the first time I met you.
2: That I do have nuts on my Honda Accord.
3: You still talk to me with some regularity (or did I dream that?).

[Anonymous]

[quote=briansd1][quote=njtosd]briansd1 – is there something wrong with your immune system or are you OCD? It’s got to be one or the other.[/quote]

A mild case of OCD. I’m a perfectionist and want everything clean. Some people I don’t to shake hands with, but I’m obliged to when they extend their hands.

I like the kisses the way the French and Italians do it.[/quote]

Good thing you didn’t join the Peace Corps!!!

[CDMA ENG]

[quote=briansd1][quote=njtosd]briansd1 – is there something wrong with your immune system or are you OCD? It’s got to be one or the other.[/quote]

A mild case of OCD. I’m a perfectionist and want everything clean. Some people I don’t to shake hands with, but I’m obliged to when they extend their hands.

I like the kisses the way the French and Italians do it.[/quote]

No you don’t.

From a sicilian such as myself it can either mean the deepest of friendships or…

Bacia di mort!

This can leave the kissee confused and fearful.

Better to just shake hands.

That being said… You sound a bit OCD if you feel the need to wash you hands afterward.

I on the other hand believe in a firm handshake. Not to hard… Don’t want to alpha dog the guy… and not to soft either… don’t want the person to have the idea I am a softy.

For women a light handshake is fine.

CE

[briansd1]

[quote=Brutus]
Good thing you didn’t join the Peace Corps!!![/quote]

That’s been a dream of mine. But I’ve been too busy making money and competing with the capitalists; because in order to win you need money. I once met someone who joined the Peace Corps, as a 60+ yo, after her husband died. She pursued the dream she put on hold because of marriage and children. Quite a nice story, really.

I’ve traveled rough many times by choice before. I’m a situational American when it comes to creature comforts. I can adapt.

[paramount]

[quote=briansd1]
I’m a situational American when it comes to creature comforts. I can adapt.[/quote]

But I think it’s safe to say your not Catholic.

[briansd1]

I was raised Catholic, but I’m atheist. Don’t believe in Jesus at all.

[paramount]

[quote=briansd1]I was raised Catholic, but I’m atheist. Don’t believe in Jesus at all.[/quote]

Thread Hi-Jack.

There is strong (really indisputable) evidence that Jesus did live.

[urbanrealtor]

[quote=paramount][quote=briansd1]I was raised Catholic, but I’m atheist. Don’t believe in Jesus at all.[/quote]

Thread Hi-Jack.

There is strong (really indisputable) evidence that Jesus did live.[/quote]

Threadjack challenge accepted.

I don’t think that is what brian was saying but you are right.
Christian history is a hobby of mine.
Elaine Pagels is my favorite author on the subject.
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_8?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=elaine+pagels&sprefix=elaine+p%2Caps%2C1795

I recommend her pieces on Satan and her exigesis/analysis of the Gospel of Judas Iscariot. I have not gotten a chance to read her work on Revelations

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