As of late, I have encountered a new hug. It is done by two men. They shake hands, and one or both pulls the other person forward and taps their right shoulders together, with a pat on the back with the left hand.
Is this symbolic of anything or any group? I have never seen it before about three months ago.
One of those transitory, but non secret society handshakes that have come and gone?
Steve
They're all from France. Or almost any place other than northern Europe or the US. We're the most touch-shy people in the world. d8-)
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It's the "Man Hug", it's been around forever. )I substitute the pat on the back for a squeeze of a but-cheek...I get some interesting reactions!
Lots of quickies in the backs of their pickups, huh? You go, girl!
-- The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man. -- George Bernard Shaw
Gun hand to gun hand, knife hand to the back...
But is it symbolic of anything? Or any group?
Steve
Ed, you ever travel to Japan? :-)
bill
Ah, not for a couple of decades. Yes, I forgot about them. Repulsive force-fields, I think it is. d8-)
Except on the subway...
True! They are very pragmatic about life in general.
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