Editorial

Time for a new greeting?

Friday, May 1, 2009

The potential swine flu pandemic is putting the spotlight on ways the disease is spread -- hand shaking among them.

The late Paul Harvey advocated a "snappy salute" instead of a handshake, and President Obama reluctantly abandoned the "fist bump" on the campaign trail when it was thought to be a little too hip for a statesman.

Others advocate adopting the Asian custom of a respectful bow.

Will one of them win out over the traditional handshake? We doubt it, but only time will tell.

Until then, keep the hand sanitizer handy.

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"Fist Bump" fans are promoting July 7 as "National Fist Bump Day." http://nationalfistbumpday.org/blog/

-- Posted by croswind on Fri, May 1, 2009, at 4:28 PM

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