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Don't leave Kate hanging...

Can a woman get a high five up in here?

via If Charlie Parker...

Monkey Shake

Handshake or slap me five? I'm not going to sweat it, just bask in the adorable.

via Fazzy's photostream

Handshaking Lemma

From Wikipedia:

In more colloquial terms, in a party of people some of whom shake hands, an even number of people must have shaken an odd number of other people's hands; for this reason, the result is known as the handshaking lemma.

Nod knowingly and back away slowly.

Shake Hands Up High

If you ever wanted a sweatshirt with a handshake necklace, now is the time to make your move my friend. Get out your wallet, click the Handshake Sweatshirt
link, log in to Amazon and make your move. Maybe you'll use 1-Click ordering. I don't pretend to know what's in your heart.

War Poster Shake

via If Charlie Parker Was a Gunslinger...

MaxFunCon High Five

Leanne high fiving the moist mystery dog at MaxFunCon. More fun at her flickr pool.

Hey, how's it going?

Just a few people meeting to chat.

via White House flickr pool

Wait... what?

Dmswart has done it again.

Charming Handshake

Hand Shake Charm

Poster Shake

via If Charlie Parker...

Ooops

Sometimes we have to give remedial lessons here at the Handshake. Today class, we discuss the first step of a handshake: aim for the hand.

That is all.

via Barb from The Jordan Blog

Oh Joe...

Handshake rule #13: Complete the handshake you are in before moving on to the next one.
Handshake rule #2: Touch webs

Joe Biden is a rebel.

via the White House flickr stream

Bryan Brothers Bump

The Bryan Brothers like tennis, Valspar paint, and bromantic fist bumps.

via Angela N.'s flickr stream

Love and Handshakes

We here at Daily Handshake promote love almost as much as we promote handshakes. We also like American Eskimo dogs. Thanks for asking.

IIT Bombay makes pretty icons and designs, more here.

Holy Cats

That's Dick Nixon high fiving North Vietnam.

Via If Charlie Parker Was a Gunslinger, There'd Be a Whole Lot of Dead Copycats

That woman in the middle...

... is not amused.

From the White House Flickr stream.

Secret Handshakes

Family Shake

Walking and shaking.

From the wonderful White House Flickr stream.

Korean Airport Shake

Harawish took this beauty at Incheon Airport, Korea.

Ummm... I got nothing.

Baseball Handshake

Available autographed on Amazon.

Handshakes and Highfives

Gotta love burp singing.

No Handshakes for Purdue Graduates

Purdue is going on the list. Read more about the anti-handshake madness here.

The Winnipeg Handshake

Another handshake from Flickr, this time by El Negro Magnifico. I don't think I'll be traveling to Winnipeg any time soon.

That's It

Looks like the Finns are at war with this blog. I guess I always knew it was coming, but it still feels like a betrayal.

Read about the break down of peace negotiations and the opening skirmishes of this ugly war here.

It's Just Safer

You know, with the coming aporkalypse, it's really just safer to fist bump.

Wait... What?

Dmswart has some very interesting pictures on flickr, and he'll prove to you that an even number of people have shaken hands an odd number of times. Or something.

Presidential Shake

A cute shake from the awesome White House Flickr stream.

Historic Handshake

Wow, Malcolm X was tall!

Posters are for sale by Print001 on ebay.com

Handshake Ring

If you and a loved one bought two of these rings, then shook hands while wearing them, then sent that picture to me at dailyhandshake@gmail.com, that would really be something.

A Trinidad Hello

I don't know what the handshake with pointing finger means, but I bet it means something.

Interactive High-Five

Honestly people, I think we can all agree that smashing your hand into your monitor is the best thing you could do this morning. The image here provides an excuse, but you could also kick, slap or knee your screen. The important thing is that your body connects to your screen, and soon.

Image via the fine folks at thenextweb.com

Always Remember:

It matters how you shake it.

Speaking of Apes and Sharks High-fiving...

Our friends at TopatoCo will sell you this legendary high-five on a t-shirt.

Tax Day Class 'em Up

I know we're all sweaty and freaked out, at least those of us who wait until the last minute are. So, from If Charlie Parker Was a Gunslinger, There'd Be a Whole Lot of Dead Copycats, I present you the cucumber cool of Maria Calas and Leonard Bernstein.

Shake Hands with the Devil

Theatrical trailer for the movie "Shake Hands with the Devil."

Primus - Shake Hands with Beef

Actually, thanks, but no thanks.

Midair Shake

Firstmatter.info would like you to know that

Our consultancy system is based on a model founded on the newest scientific discoveries in modern human mind research.

So they've got that going for them.

Interspecies High Five

NickIsConfused recorded the daily life of his pet AT-AT. Here our hero high fives the natives.

Check out more AT-AT awesome at Nick's Flickr pool.

The Bearded Shake

I imagine this smelled like beards and cigars.

Via If Charlie Parker Were a Gunslinger...

A little too late to shake...

So the fine folks over at Cemeteries and Cemetery Symbols would like you to know that a handshake on a tombstone means a welcoming to heaven or is a symbol for marriage.

I did not know that.

Life Magazine Shakes

You can browse the Life Magazine photo archives on Google. For the handshake archive, just type handshake source:life into your Google search box. Enjoy!

Buy framed prints and get further information about this pic here.

USO Kuwait Shake

Louis receiving an award and a hearty handshake in Kuwait.

Comedian Louis CK is blogging about his USO tour here.

In Car Shake

In the '50s in the Bronx you could get some God talk and a hearty handshake without ever leaving your car.

via If Charlie Parker Was a Gunslinger...

The Clemens Clasp

From the fine folks over at twainquotes.com comes this Twain quote:
A most moving and pulse-stirring honor--the heartfelt grope of the hand, and the welcome that does not descend from the pale, gray matter of the brain but rushes up with the red blood of the heart.
- The Begum of Bengal speech, 1907


Illustration by Dan Beard for "Travelling with a Reformer"
COSMOPOLITAN MAGAZINE, Dec. 16, 1893.
From the Dave Thomson collection

Oops

Sometimes everyone regrets a handshake. It's hard to tell if Don or Saddam regretted it more .

Flaming Chalice Shake

The Unitarian Universalist's have a handshake for you.

LOL shake

This cat is so good, he doesn't even need a partner.

Shake Hands with Danger

Some may say this looks more like Shake Hands with a Wrench, but those people are needlessly precise. Click the pic for '70s industrial film goodness.

Man shake

Questionable Content provides today's "meet the parents" handshake.

Thanks BY!

Puzzling Shake

The folks over at Cooperative Intelligence blog have some things to share about LinkedIn. But, more importantly, they have this sweet handshake.

Passive-Aggressive Shake

I don't know where this comic comes from, but it's awesome and on topic. The complete comic is here.

If you know where we can find the author for proper attribution, please let us know.

Tricky

Look, Kanga, if that is your real name, we have some things in common. You have a pouch, I have a fanny pack. We both hate spiders. Come on, let's shake on it.
Click pic to embiggen.
Thanks BY!

I, for one, welcome our new robot overlords

The folks over at Shadow Robot are taking sweaty, meaty handshakes to the next level... the cold metal level.

Thanks BY!

Another How-To

Visionalliance.com offers some fine tips on how to shake hands.