Thursday, February 10, 2022

Secret Handshakes


By way of explanation: My trademark style these days is never starting a paragraph with a single indent and then adding in some obtuse image that doesn't quite fit whatever I'm gargling on about. The title can be meaningless. That may all change over time but that's unlikely.

Today the subject is the "secret handshake" and if this was YouTube I'd be saying things like "deep dive" but as this is little more than an "abstract crawl" So I'll not bother with that. As it happens I do, thanks to many years of undercover work for Queen and country, happen to know a number of popular secret handshakes, also some secret signs only to be used in courtrooms when a death sentence might be handed out and you are the recipient. 

When I say popular I mean popular in a certain circle or certain exclusive circles. Anyway if you think I'm giving the game away or exposing any tardy truths here then you'll be disappointed. My secrets will remain with me and no one likes a grass. If you want to know more then I'd suggest that you keep your eyes open and your palms slightly moist and sensitive, while you can.

Recent handshake occurrences: As an unaccompanied adult I didn't feel the need to watch the BRITs, Prime Minister's Questions or trawl across the dross dug up by Facebook. I remained aloof and detached from these matters comforted by my knowledge on the demise of the sinister tapestry of handshakes and signs and how, under Covid and societal change, that murky, shaky world is slowly caving in on itself. I like to end on a high.

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