Stranger Than Fiction: The Handshake

Did you know that the custom of shaking hands originated as a way to show that the two parties involved were unarmed.

Interesting,
~Curtis Rx

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8 Comments

  1. MindlessZombie
    Posted June 26, 2009 at 9:05 pm | Permalink

    I didn’t know that!

    THE MORE YOU KNOW *add star shooting across the sky*

  2. Anchorshark
    Posted June 26, 2009 at 9:10 pm | Permalink

    Hmm, I vaguely remember someone telling me about that a while back.
    that makes total sense lol

  3. Mandieville666
    Posted June 26, 2009 at 10:59 pm | Permalink

    i did know that actually! well i feel geeky.

  4. Ragamuffin
    Posted June 27, 2009 at 12:18 am | Permalink

    Well, now that makes a lot of sense :)
    But yeah..didn’t know that. Thanks for the friendly fact!

  5. Posted June 28, 2009 at 2:18 pm | Permalink

    yea, actually i did, 6 years of Shakespeare will teach you some interesting things.

  6. Posted June 28, 2009 at 3:04 pm | Permalink

    Well, I’m always armed with something, so next time we meet, I think we should just hug instead of shake hands.

  7. Vampireninja
    Posted July 12, 2009 at 4:11 pm | Permalink

    lols i was just going to say something about that
    what if your a leftie, (the person could still be armed?!?!??!)

    and then the handshake is a fail, because your dead

    if you hug someone, you can you know feel around in there pockets alittle, make sure nothings in there <__> ^_^

  8. NeonV.
    Posted July 21, 2009 at 7:55 pm | Permalink

    wow.

    Did you know most countries find American handshakes
    to aggressive?
    that makes me laugh.

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