10-21-2009, 03:25 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: The frozen surface of a fireball
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Dont shake hands, pound!
Fist bump can pound out flu transmission
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/sto...pound-flu.html
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Instead of touching the surface of people's hands where germs lurk, the pound's brief contact of fists offers a more hygienic greeting that can prevent the spread of the flu, Dr. Tom Feasby said Wednesday.
"It's a nice replacement of the handshake because you can't just refuse to shake someone's hand. It's rude and seems almost un-Canadian," he said.
"This is a nice, intimate gesture: a gentle bump of the fist that replaces the handshake if you get used it."
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Feasby said he's been refusing handshakes and offering a pound instead for the last six weeks.
"After a few funny looks they usually get the idea and do it," Feasby said, adding he does have to explain why he's not shaking hands.
"Young people find this easier than older people but we can all learn."
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 Tom Feasby, dean of medicine at the University of Calgary, offers a pound. (Bruce Perrault/University of Calgary)
Give a solid, dont spread germs.
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Originally Posted by Icon
dear god is he 14?
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10-21-2009, 03:27 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Calgary
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No thanks.
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10-21-2009, 03:28 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Vancouver
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Also, stop giving people stink palms.
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10-21-2009, 03:28 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: the dark side of Sesame Street
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what's wrong with bowing?
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10-21-2009, 03:28 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Behind Nikkor Glass
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Can we pound people in the face too?
Oh wait, I guess their germs might get on my fist...
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10-21-2009, 03:29 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Vancouver
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Puppet Guy
what's wrong with bowing?
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Or a little tap on the bum.
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10-21-2009, 03:30 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Sector 7G
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I just posted this in the other flu thread. but this is pretty fantastic!
pound it!
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10-21-2009, 03:32 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: The frozen surface of a fireball
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BurningYears
I just posted this in the other flu thread. but this is pretty fantastic!
pound it!
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My bad, sorry. Just trying to spread the word.
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'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.'
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Originally Posted by Icon
dear god is he 14?
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10-21-2009, 03:33 PM
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Dances with Wolves
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Section 304
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Remember: it isn't complete until you pull your hand back slowly, open you hand suddenly and quietly make the sound of a dramatic explosion.
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10-21-2009, 03:35 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2003
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money....
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10-21-2009, 03:35 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Sector 7G
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The Oilers are like a buffet with one tray of off-brand mac-and-cheese and the rest of it is weird Jell-O
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10-21-2009, 03:36 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BurningYears
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http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/200...rist-fist-jab/
The dreaded Terrorist Fist Jab.
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10-21-2009, 03:42 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Brisbane, Australia
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Puppet Guy
what's wrong with bowing?
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This isn't colonial England circa 1675, the end of a stage show nor the beginning of a square dance session.
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10-21-2009, 03:44 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Maple Ridge, BC
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As long as you don't do the explosion thing after the fist bump, I got no issue.
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10-21-2009, 03:44 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Just last week I went to shake someones hand and they gave me the pound. They explained that it's flu season.
A little awkward but I understood.
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10-21-2009, 03:45 PM
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I don't shake hands, I space dock.
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10-21-2009, 03:52 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Vancouver
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I really hope this catches on. It will allow for more frequent use of the words "wagwan" and "respek".
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10-21-2009, 03:53 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by carom
My bad, sorry. Just trying to spread the werd.
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fixed.
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10-21-2009, 03:54 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Igottago
I really hope this catches on. It will allow for more frequent use of the words "wagwan" and "respek".
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And I would finally be able to pronounce 'ask' the way it was intended, "Axe".
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10-21-2009, 03:54 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
Or a little tap on the bum.
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Well that's where cooties come from.
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