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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDon't Replace Hand Shakes With Elbow Bumps...
After we've been told to cough into our elbows
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Don't Replace Hand Shakes With Elbow Bumps... (Original Post)
lame54
Mar 2020
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Roland99
(53,345 posts)1. Toe tap. Vulcan greeting. Head nod
lame54
(39,310 posts)2. Pistol fingers
Roland99
(53,345 posts)3. Only if you're Shooter McGavin
lastlib
(27,785 posts)13. "See, me hand is clean!"

"Live long and prosper."
Works for me. No toe taps for me--not with a semi-healed broken leg.....
tinrobot
(11,986 posts)4. Namaste

Glimmer of Hope
(5,823 posts)6. I choose this option!
CentralMass
(16,903 posts)5. The Spaceballs salute.
procon
(15,805 posts)7. Yuck! On both counts! Just wave, it's still a greeting. nt
cwydro
(51,308 posts)8. Barbara Starr did a great piece on that.
I think it was her.
Hilarious.
A nod works for me.
Totally Tunsie
(11,671 posts)9. For Chump and his administration, I'll use
the middle finger wave.
lame54
(39,310 posts)14. That's like Aloha...
Works for goodbye too
AlexSFCA
(6,319 posts)10. just say hi instead
louis-t
(24,582 posts)11. 3rd Rock From the Sun salute.
I_UndergroundPanther
(13,351 posts)12. In Wuhan they do foot taps
Looks fun.
Pobeka
(5,000 posts)15. Best is, no contact at all. Air shake or hug from 6 feet away. n/t
mitch96
(15,718 posts)16. I thought the elbow bump was because you can't touch your face/eyes/mouth
with the outside of your elbow. Plus you cough on the inside of your elbow
Anatomically speaking..
I like the idea of the WuHan two step...
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