One for the guys: handshaking

[chris@25]

I'm not a great handshaker, and never understand why some blokes try to crush your hand (maybe like DaBouncer they're showing me who's boss!).

 

I broke a couple of fingers a few years ago so I always lose any such macho style handshake competitions (fortunately the fact that I have mashed up fingers provides a good excuse...)

[DaBouncer]

DB, I've always wondered. When we met, what did it mean when you tickling my palm with your middle finger?

Hahahaha git!

[DaFoot]

... I'd be happier with a slap on the back or a punch in the arm.

 

I'll remember that....

[Draggletail]

Never in a social setting, always in a work setting.

 

You can tell the tax evaders - all clammy and limp

 

Crafty tactic that

[owdlad]

DB, I've always wondered. When we met, what did it mean when you tickling my palm with your middle finger?

 

That means he wants you to be his .........better not :hihi:

[Guest]

...with women, I favour a French kiss (or when I am feeling particularly gregarious, an Australian kiss).

I bet you're a hit on the conference circuit .

[LordChaverly]

I bet you're a hit on the conference circuit .

 

ah, the conference circuit........the stories I could tell ;)

[tom3t0]

handshaking supposedly developed as a way of ensuring that a person's right hand did not have a sword in it. Now that very few of us carry swords, perhaps it is about time we dispensed with this ridiculous and unhygienic practice. I suggest we replace it with genteel bowing (you can even grade the degree of bow, depending on whether you wanted merely to display formal respect or to engage in undignified grovelling)

 

I personally operate a gender specific approach to this matter. When greeting men, I favour a slight, almost imperceptible, bow of acknowledgement; with women, I favour a French kiss (or when I am feeling particularly gregarious, an Australian kiss).

 

people dont carry swords because they kind of stand out, but a blade/gun wouldnt, shake a persons hand to make sure they dont have a weapon, greeting with a nod of the eyes i find i do a lot.

[Banjo Griner]

In Brazil handshakes are accompanied by either a half-hug or a firm slap on the arm, depending on how close you are - saying hello to your mates after a tattoo's a nightmare.

[gnomi]

I tend to go for the full on snog,when meeting someone for the first time.