Handshaking

Scanlas The 2nd

Do you like it and would you prefer if it didn't exist?

In most scenarios it takes place I'd prefer it didn't exist. Touching shoes would be a better alternative and more hygienic.

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Scanlas The 2nd wrote: »

Do you like it and would you prefer if it didn't exist?

In most scenarios it takes place I'd prefer it didn't exist. Touching shoes would be a better alternative and more hygienic.

Foot fetish eh?

tunedout

Scanlas The 2nd wrote: »

Do you like it and would you prefer if it didn't exist?

In most scenarios it takes place I'd prefer it didn't exist. Touching shoes would be a better alternative and more hygienic.

The tighter the handshake, the nicer the person.

Beasty

You think touching someone's shoes is more hygienic than touching their hands?:eek:

CruelCoin

I always use a handshake as a greeting.

A good firm handshake with decent eye contact.

I hate wet fish handshakes. I think its a poor reflection on the person who gives one.

Captain Chaos

tunedout wrote: »

The tighter the handshake, the nicer the person.

Last person that shook my hand, they ended up in A&E.

Duggy747

I don't know anyone who frequently steps in dogshìt with their hands.

Captain Chaos

Duggy747 wrote: »

I don't know anyone who frequently steps in dogshìt with their hands.

What about washing their hands after taking a hefty.

moy83

The polaks are mighty men for the handshakes . I dont see the point of it myself isnt a a nod and a grunt good enough

Captain Chaos

tunedout wrote: »

The tighter the handshake, the nicer the person.

The biggest w6nkers I know have the tightest handshakes.

Insect Overlord

Captain Chaos wrote: »

The biggest w6nkers I know have the tightest handshakes.

There could well be a connection there alright...

Max Power

Captain Chaos wrote: »

Last person that shook my hand, they ended up in A&E.

At least they were kind enough to give you a lift there.

Duggy747

Captain Chaos wrote: »

What about washing their hands after taking a hefty.

As long as that's just chocolate on their hands, I'm ok with it :pac:

1ZRed

Duggy747 wrote: »

As long as that's just chocolate on their hands, I'm ok with it :pac:

But cream is grand though?

Scanlas The 2nd

Shoe to shoe is more hygienic than hand to hand. To think otherwise is crazy.

nyarlothothep

I prefer high 5s, short and to the point yet friendlier and more informal/upbeat and it excludes handcrushers.

Scanlas The 2nd

nyarlothothep wrote: »

I prefer high 5s, short and to the point yet friendlier and more informal/upbeat and it excludes handcrushers.

Maybe, gloves must be worn though.

BrensBenz

Introductory, day-to-day, long-time-no-see, congratulatory, celebratory, commiserationary(?) handshakes are fine with me. Handshaking in Mass is why I don't go to Mass. Ridiculous, wooden ritual. The Pope is wrong on this and I'm right! Feel free to elect me as next Pope.

El Horseboxo

I must shake hands on average about 20 times or so a day. Never minded it before but with my job i'm in and out of courts and meeting department heads and the public and it's constant. And it's annoying. Some people really grip the fook outta ya. While loads of others are sweaty. It's an intimidating environment so that's expected. Bacterial wipes are my friend.

Zillah

I love the idea of tapping shoes.

"Nice to meet you"
"How's it going"
*tap tap*

Haha.

I get offended if a friend wants to shake hands as I see it as being a slightly formal thing, for meeting new people or for business. It depends on the context though.

I will say though, nothing is more immediately demanding of a man's contempt than a weak handshake. It's not very rational but I feel a little repulsed if someone has a floppy hand when we're supposed to be shaking hands. Only assholes try to show off with how strong they can make their handshake though, there's a happy medium.

Canard

How did so many people misinterpret "touching shoes" as hand-to-shoe.

Pherekydes

Scanlas The 2nd wrote: »

Shoe to shoe is more hygienic than hand to hand. To think otherwise is crazy.

I shook hands with my wife the night I met her. She had a good firm handshake and a nice smile. I was smitten.

Now, if she had suggested touching shoes, I would have thought she was some sort of fruitcake.

It took 23 years for me to find that out.

:pac:

ScumLord

nyarlothothep wrote: »

I prefer high 5s, short and to the point yet friendlier and more informal/upbeat and it excludes handcrushers.

That couldn't really replace the handshake in all situations. You couldn't use it at a funeral for example. "sorry for your troubles", High 5!!

Kylo Ren

Fist bumping is far superior.

Topper Harley

ScumLord wrote: »

That couldn't really replace the handshake in all situations. You couldn't use it at a funeral for example. "sorry for your troubles", High 5!!

Condolence 5!

rgmmg

Humans should have detachable tails perhaps? that way we could wag as a greeting or just to display emotions in general

Czarcasm

Zillah wrote: »

I love the idea of tapping shoes.

"Nice to meet you"
"How's it going"
*tap tap*

Haha.

I LOL'd

The only thing I'd be apprehensive about though is shin to shin contact, lol, same as the "firm handshake" you could have some little shìt think it's hilarious to kick the ankles off ya!

I get offended if a friend wants to shake hands as I see it as being a slightly formal thing, for meeting new people or for business. It depends on the context though.

I will say though, nothing is more immediately demanding of a man's contempt than a weak handshake. It's not very rational but I feel a little repulsed if someone has a floppy hand when we're supposed to be shaking hands. Only a[SIZE="2"]sshol[/SIZE]es try to show off with how strong they can make their handshake though, there's a happy medium.

Well I shake hands a lot with people during the day and the thing I'm usually conscious of is I don't want to grip too tight and offend somebody, but it's not like I mean to give the wet fish handshake, and sometimes (as I'm not that co-ordinated) I find it difficult to make eye contact and try and meet with a proper handshake at the same time! :pac:


ps- I see what you did there with the "sholl"

Gee_G

I don't like it. That's just it. I am in no way a clean freak/ocd, but I just don't like it. Always feel like I wanna whip out a bottle of hand sanitiser after shaking hands.

Johro

Scanlas The 2nd wrote: »

Do you like it and would you prefer if it didn't exist?

In most scenarios it takes place I'd prefer it didn't exist. Touching shoes would be a better alternative and more hygienic.

Or face kicking.

Ush1

I'm a lot more partial to the confrontational blank stare and shrug of the shoulders when meeting someone new.

Johro

When you say 'touching shoes', i think you'll get the same as you do now with a handshake, some people will give ya a timid little tap that's hardly noticeable, others will boot the toes off ya. 'Hey man! How's it going!' *crunching kick*
Lots of people will start wearing steel toecap boots.

kfallon

I think a good ould fashioned arse smack is the best way of greeting someone :pac:

ScumLord

Topper Harley wrote: »

Condolence 5!

Would that be a bit like the down low too slow 5? Obviously without the too slow bit.

Topper Harley

ScumLord wrote: »

Would that be a bit like the down low too slow 5? Obviously without the too slow bit.

Condolence 5 etiquette demands only that "Condolence five" is called before the 5 occurs and it matters not where said 5 takes place, be it "up above", "down below", "on the side" or anywhere else. Although "down low" may seem the most appropriate position, it is not a formal requirement.

nlgbbbblth

Scanlas The 2nd wrote: »

Do you like it and would you prefer if it didn't exist?

In most scenarios it takes place I'd prefer it didn't exist. Touching shoes would be a better alternative and more hygienic.

It was the main reason why I hated going to mass as a child.