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welshTerrier2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 04:20 PM
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Study: 72 Percent Of High-Fives Unwarranted
DALLAS—Specialists at the National Exuberance Institute said Monday that nearly three quarters of national high-five slap exchanges are unnecessary. "Abuse and inappropriate implementation of the gesture is epidemic," said NEI president Avi Gupta. "Celebratory high-fives are marking such mundane accomplishments as the clearing of paper jams, the ordering of hot wings, the viewing of favorite TV commercials, and the simultaneous wearing of identical items of clothing." Gupta called for the use of restrained high-five alternatives, such as the "thumbs up" and the exchange of curt nods.

source: http://www.theonion.com/nib/index.php?issue=4130&nib=5
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skygazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 04:21 PM
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1. Shocking, just shocking
There are some things that should not be abused and certainly this is one of them.

I'm appalled.
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Jeff In Milwaukee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 04:25 PM
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2. ABOUT TIME SOMEBODY EXPOSED THIS!
Woo Hoo!! Woo Hoo!! How's about a high-five?!

*crickets chirping*
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LeftyDarthBrodie Donating Member (941 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 06:49 PM
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3. I'd like to propose a Constitutional Amendment
banning unwarranted high fives.
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