Life Abolishing handshakes: for or against?

**Rain Man** · 04-10-2016, 11:16 PM

What do you think about handshakes?

Personally, I see little advantage to them. In a best case scenario I get a warm dry hand with a reasonable grip. But over the course of my career I've gripped sweaty hands, clammy hands, had my fingers crushed, and probably caught colds. While shaking a woman's hand is fine, I also have a general policy of not touching men and handshakes force me to do so.

I have good company in this opinion. If you didn't know, George Washington refused to shake hands, and would often ensure that his hands were full in situations where hand shaking might be expected. He preferred a bow instead, as do our friends in Japan. Japan is a nice country that hasn't tried to kill us in over 70 years, and some good ideas come out of those islands.

What would you think about a handshake ban, and we replace it with a polite minor bow?

View Poll Results: Do you prefer a handshake or a bow as a greeeting?
Strongly prefer handshake. It tells me that right-handed people are unarmed, and I get to touch people.	32	48.48%
Slightly prefer handshake. I kind of like gripping people.	3	4.55%
Neutral. You people decide and let me know what to do.	9	13.64%
Slightly prefer bowing. It makes me feel sophisticated, like a 17th-century courtier.	2	3.03%
Strongly prefer bowing. Bowing helps me avoid the bag of meat germ factories that are other people's bodies.	3	4.55%
I prefer a different greeting over either handshakes or bowing. I will explain below.	12	18.18%
I don't greet people. I shoot rock salt at them if they come onto my property.	5	7.58%
Voters: 66. You may not vote on this poll

04-10-2016, 11:16 PM	Topic Starter
Rain Man NFL's #1 Ermines Fan Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $3198491 VARSITY	Abolishing handshakes: for or against? What do you think about handshakes? Personally, I see little advantage to them. In a best case scenario I get a warm dry hand with a reasonable grip. But over the course of my career I've gripped sweaty hands, clammy hands, had my fingers crushed, and probably caught colds. While shaking a woman's hand is fine, I also have a general policy of not touching men and handshakes force me to do so. I have good company in this opinion. If you didn't know, George Washington refused to shake hands, and would often ensure that his hands were full in situations where hand shaking might be expected. He preferred a bow instead, as do our friends in Japan. Japan is a nice country that hasn't tried to kill us in over 70 years, and some good ideas come out of those islands. What would you think about a handshake ban, and we replace it with a polite minor bow?
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