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Baitball Blogger

(46,684 posts)
Sat Mar 14, 2020, 01:38 PM Mar 2020

So I figured how to inject some hippy values in the right wingers

So I made an exception and went to a memorial service for a friend. About forty people. All over 60. It was a Christian mass, not quite Catholic, but enough similarities to follow along. Near the end of a catholic service there is a part where the priest says, “I give you peace, the peace be with you, let us give each other the sign of peace.” And in a Catholic mass you are supposed to shake hands or hug the person next to you. I wondered what would happen if the priest would say it. Well, he did and what followed was bewilderment and confusion. Finally, one person held her hand up and stuck two fingers up. She looked of Woodstock age and it was a peace sign. A few of us followed her example. A bunch of Boomer age people digging deep into their past to find a safe alternative.

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So I figured how to inject some hippy values in the right wingers (Original Post) Baitball Blogger Mar 2020 OP
Ha! And it may be what saves their lives!! BComplex Mar 2020 #1
Peace sign! Time for a revival Walleye Mar 2020 #2
A couple times this week people stuck out their hands to shake and I just bowed to them Maraya1969 Mar 2020 #3
I need to get over my American hang up and try this Baitball Blogger Mar 2020 #4
Time to practise doing elbow bumps. KY_EnviroGuy Mar 2020 #5
Revisiting an old gag, my husband and my friend (who lost her brother) began to bump Baitball Blogger Mar 2020 #6
Remember the dance called The Bump? KY_EnviroGuy Mar 2020 #7
That's what I'm talking about. Baitball Blogger Mar 2020 #8

Walleye

(30,984 posts)
2. Peace sign! Time for a revival
Sat Mar 14, 2020, 02:01 PM
Mar 2020

I still have pics of people returning the peace sign greeting walking up to the concert at Woodstock

Maraya1969

(22,462 posts)
3. A couple times this week people stuck out their hands to shake and I just bowed to them
Sat Mar 14, 2020, 02:06 PM
Mar 2020

I love it because I've been involved with some Asian cultures in my church where we bow a lot. It is very respectful . You are showing the person that you respect them.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,488 posts)
5. Time to practise doing elbow bumps.
Sat Mar 14, 2020, 02:33 PM
Mar 2020


Text:
diane-jefferson @dianejeffersonc

“Getting an elbow bump from Hillary in the era of #CoronaVirus.” @HillaryClinton would have handled this crisis masterfully. But her emails.

KY.............

Baitball Blogger

(46,684 posts)
6. Revisiting an old gag, my husband and my friend (who lost her brother) began to bump
Sat Mar 14, 2020, 03:27 PM
Mar 2020

when it was time to leave.

I tell you, it was impossible to avoid touching completely.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,488 posts)
7. Remember the dance called The Bump?
Sat Mar 14, 2020, 03:35 PM
Mar 2020

.......... ............ ...........

That's much more cool than elbows........

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