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Is this the end of the handshake? Scientists find bumping fists is healthier
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http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/end-handshake-scientists-find-bumping-3924271
Safe blud, innit ? .. Re-thpeck .. *holds fist out*
Could this be the end of the traditional handshake? Scientists have discovered that bumping fists is a far healthier greeting.
Academics at Aberystwth University in west Wales carried out a series of tests on hand hygiene.
Using rubber gloves and a thick layer of the potentially deadly bacteria E.coli, scientists exchanged handshakes, high fives and fist bumps before working out which greeting gesture was the cleanest.
According to the study, high doses of bugs were passed on during a handshake. However, that was reduced by more than half during a high five and 90% when bumping fists.
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Anyway, whats wrong with the traditional English greeting of a slight nod of the head and slightly embarrassed "Alright?"
Actually saying "Alright?" is far too posh .. you mean you haven't substituted it with a single syllable noise whilst nodding your head ?
Hang on...
likeable bloke though.
Let's all live in bubbles.
(forgot to quote)
Considering the barometer for my level of humour, if you had written something akin to "grunting at each other" it would have probably kept me amused for about a week
'Alright' isn't even a proper word, let alone posh. No, one should obviously curtsey or bow to one's betters. When meeting someone of equal social standing a curt nod of the head will suffice. If one knows the chap's name then adding 'Smith' or 'Chalmers' is added for greater intimacy. Touching is completely infra-dig of course, unless the person is a friend (ie went to Eton with you) or your father or other male relative.
...right?
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/05/29/article-1022718-01693FA600000578-136_468x313.jpg
There's nothing right about that photo!!
Yes it is, except for 20th. Century grammar police. Oxford Dictionary says:
"There is no logical reason for insisting that all right should be written as two words rather than as alright, when other single-word forms such as altogether have long been accepted. Nevertheless, alright is still regarded as being unacceptable in formal writing."
Alright?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6yhsrHXAko#t=15
Most of us are reasonably healthy due to exposure to the odd bit of dirt and germs, todays youngsters are far more sickly and get far more allergies etc and asthma, much due to the cleaning chemicals we use today and their general lack of exposure to things.
Something that I've been trying to drum into my daughter-in-law's head. She freaks when picking up my grand-daughter who is usually muddy from head to toe and blissfully happy to have been making mud pies all day.
I would agree. As a kid I used to play in the dirt in the garden. I remember picking up worms and frightening my friend with them!