Handshake

AmexRuislip

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Feb 2, 2014

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Ruislip

• Jun 11, 2016

• #1

I quote Wikipedia:
A handshake is a short ritual in which two people grasp one of each other's like hands, in most cases accompanied by a brief up and down movement of the grasped hands.

I was brought up with a firm belief that a strong handshake meant something.
My grandad had a firm vice like shake, which was bordering on bone crushing.
Nowadays I find that most people do not know the meaning, resulting what resembles a wet lettuce handshake.
Your thoughts

 

Worthingite

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Sep 16, 2011

4,959

Worthing

• Jun 11, 2016

• #2

AmexRuislip said:

I quote Wikipedia:
A handshake is a short ritual in which two people grasp one of each other's like hands, in most cases accompanied by a brief up and down movement of the grasped hands.

I was brought up with a firm belief that a strong handshake meant something.
My grandad had a firm vice like shake, which was bordering on bone crushing.
Nowadays I find that most people do not know the meaning, resulting what resembles a wet lettuce handshake.
Your thoughts

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Are you lonely tonight? This is a very bizarre thread to start

 

happypig

Staring at the rude boys

May 23, 2009

7,961

Eastbourne

• Jun 11, 2016

• #3

I'm always very distrustful of men with a limp handshake. There should be (mild to medium) pain involved for one or both participants.

 

AmexRuislip

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Feb 2, 2014

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Ruislip

• Jun 11, 2016

• Thread starter
• #4

Worthingite said:

Are you lonely tonight? This is a very bizarre thread to start

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Haha, no not lonely, just been having a discussion with work colleagues tonight after England game

 

joker

BHA Blues Away

Aug 2, 2010

571

Eastbourne

• Jun 11, 2016

• #5

A firm handshake shows you mean business, whereas a limp handshake shows that your opposite number cannot be trusted, in my opinion of course

 

Acker79

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Nov 15, 2008

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Brighton

• Jun 11, 2016

• #6

joker said:

A firm handshake shows you mean business, whereas a limp handshake shows that your opposite number cannot be trusted, in my opinion of course

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See, to me, a handshake is meant to be a sign of friendship, or at least a lack of enmity. There is, of course, a dispute over the something as old as a handshake, but the most common theory is that it was originally so show that your weapon hand is empty and you offer no threat.

To make it essentially a show of strength goes against this, squeezing someone's hand to show your strength is by its nature a threat, a warning, and not that show of a lack of enmity it's (imo) meant to be.

 

tiberious

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Nov 3, 2009

840

The earth

• Jun 11, 2016

• #7

AmexRuislip said:

I quote Wikipedia:
A handshake is a short ritual in which two people grasp one of each other's like hands, in most cases accompanied by a brief up and down movement of the grasped hands.

I was brought up with a firm belief that a strong handshake meant something.
My grandad had a firm vice like shake, which was bordering on bone crushing.
Nowadays I find that most people do not know the meaning, resulting what resembles a wet lettuce handshake.
Your thoughts

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I agree a firm handshake and I seem to like the person .. a handshake like a limp lettuce normally means a social worker

 

Justice

Dangerous Idiot

Jun 21, 2012

18,641

Born In Shoreham

• Jun 11, 2016

• #8

I think the idiots who feel the need to crush your hand are over the top bellends tbh.

 

Mowgli37

Enigmatic Asthmatic

Jan 13, 2013

6,371

Sheffield

• Jun 12, 2016

• #9

Justice said:

I think the idiots who feel the need to crush your hand are over the top bellends tbh.

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This.

Pathetic attempts at 'manliness'.

 

studio150

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Jul 30, 2011

29,619

On the Border

• Jun 12, 2016

• #10

People who only offer a wet lettuce handshake may as well not bother all they are doing is pointing their hand out and nothing more.

 

Robot Chicken

Seriously?

Jul 5, 2003

13,154

Chicken World

• Jun 12, 2016

• #11

"A firm handshake can be seen as a sign of greeting and compassion, but it’s also believed to be one of the easiest methods to transmit germs.
We’ve actually believe this for a long time but perhaps there is new urgency in the mysterious new world of diseases like MERS.

So the recommendation is to treat handshakes like smoking. In other words, since there are a lot of places that simply have smoke free zones, it seems like a good idea to have handshake free zones."