The who's going to hug Hal thread

Your Thoughts On How It Was Done.

  • This was done the way DB said it was done.

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  • That guy was a stooge.

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  • Dr A, you are so naive. That is a standard magic trick with a new presentation.

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  • Although I don't know how it was done, that was a magic trick, not psychological influence or stooge

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  • On Planet BMX, that happens all the time.

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  • Other.

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Girl 6 said:


{evil laugh}

As if!!! Okay... I can hug him and you... :D

G6
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If Hal doesn´t want your hugs, don´t force him. I´ll take them instead ;)
 
After reading Hal's no-touchy response, I've changed my mind.

Now I'm going to slime him.
 
Hal stick to your guns. I really enjoy a firm handshake, especially from a man my age. Younger men, I'm better with as I'm like their aunt. Even so, I think I'll just shake your sons hand. And I'll take some pics to send on to Kitten (she's single now...). She actually wanted to come to TAM2, but can't take time from school.
 
I voted for bearhug, because thats what I feel like. Not going to the TAM, of course (am on other side of planet).

Hans
 
In some areas of the country, a man is expected to greet a woman with a kiss. This sort of greeting is very uncomfortable for me. Even if the woman is nice to look at, there's something about having her abruptly swing her cheek up to my face that seems to be an invasion of my personal space.
 
Brown said:
In some areas of the country, a man is expected to greet a woman with a kiss. This sort of greeting is very uncomfortable for me. Even if the woman is nice to look at, there's something about having her abruptly swing her cheek up to my face that seems to be an invasion of my personal space.
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Well, the air kiss is okay. :)

I kiss as well, but I've gotten a lot of really uncomfortable reactions from that. So, I now limit my kissing of someone's cheek when I meet them to people that don't mind that.

G6
 
Unless you catch Hal wearing his uniform, you're not supposed to salute him. And even then, he has to be wearing his uniform cover (hat) in order to return the salute. And you can only wear your cover out of doors. Unless you're under arms, in which case you do not remove your cover.

See how confusing all of this gets? Better stick with the handshakes, folks.
 
Girl 6 said:
Well, the air kiss is okay. :)

I kiss as well, but I've gotten a lot of really uncomfortable reactions from that. So, I now limit my kissing of someone's cheek when I meet them to people that don't mind that.

G6
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How do you feel about tongue?




She can't be bargained with.
She can't be reasoned with.
You can't distract her with chocolate.
And she will never, ever stop.

Girl6 is the Huginator.
 
Girl 6 said:
Well, the air kiss is okay.
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I'd guess that most greeting kisses like this have been air kisses. Most of the women tend to be quite a bit shorter than me, so as they extend themselves (sometimes on tiptoes) to give me a place on their faces to kiss, I have to lean down and make contact. There's little or no lip contact. It's really awkward for both of us.

There are some very good friends of mine (all women) who I greet with a hug, but not a kiss. I'm happy to say that their husbands don't seem to mind.
 
Brown said:
In some areas of the country, a man is expected to greet a woman with a kiss
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This is a widely spread custom in my country, and I'm fairly used to it. Even when you are introduced to a stranger woman, she would expect a slight kiss in the right cheek as a greeting. I can't tell I always feel comfortable with that, but WTH!, it's well within our customs.
 
Patricio and Brown - you'd be horrified to find that, in some parts of Brazil, neither one nor two - THREE kisses are required upon meeting a person, except for men, who will slap each other's back and then shake hands firmly while holding a large smile.

In Rio, it's just two kisses. Cheek-to-cheek, not necessarily lip-to-cheek, unless it's someone you're intimate with (read it as, probably, that extrovert coworker).

You get used to it fast. Brazilians shower very often so there's nothing to worry. :D Politicians, however, get the worst of it: they have to shake hands, hug and kiss hundreds of person in a single day.

I'm used to this proximity, therefore my personal space certainly is much more limited than that of some people here. Actually, if you're not sitting in my lap :D I won't mind the human heat. :fg:
 
Luciana Nery said:
Patricio and Brown - you'd be horrified to find that, in some parts of Brazil, neither one nor two - THREE kisses are required upon meeting a person, except for men, who will slap each other's back and then shake hands firmly while holding a large smile.
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I am indeed horrified. Horrified. Oh, the humanity.

Seriously, it all depends on what you're used to. If you're used to kissing, it's not that big of a deal. I'm not opposed to kissing anyone of the opposite sex, of course; it's just that the practice isn't all the common where I live. And being a person of my size sometimes makes the practice inconvenient for both parties, while a handshake of a backslap doesn't suffer as much from the size differential.

I'm surprised that one of the options in the poll isn't "bow." When I was planning my visit to Japan (which was eventually cancelled), I learned a good deal about the etiquette of bowing and greeting. Even so, there is more subtlety and meaning to the Japanese system of greetings than most Westerners grasp.

Accordingly, I could greet Hal (and others) with a bow and: "Konnichi-wa! Watakushi no namea wa, Chairo desu."
 
Wasn't in "day of the Jackal' that the assasin missed De Gaul as he bent down to kiss someone on the cheeks? The Jackal had it all planned, but forgot that important bit of culture.

I have to figure out if Hal outranks Pool boy and can make him salute over and over again during TAM2....hehheheheheheh
 
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