HI Secret Handshake

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On a number of other forums, the topic of a secret handshake has been brought forth, often with humourous results.

My candidate for HI secret handshake is when you meet another HI forumite and a few seconds later, you hear the clang of steel, now realizing you both have drawn your newest khukuri to show the other and crossed khukuris in the process.



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Harry

L'audace, toujours l'audace!!!
 
Better keep some bandaids in your pocket. Speaking of which, if the Khukuri Khunvention really does come off in August, and considering all the khukuri fondling that'll be going on, we might need to appoint someone as the official HI bandaid dispenser. Not that any of us ever carelessly cut ourselves.
 
I'm with Steven. In fact my first thought was why a secret handshake? Anyone with more than four bandaids is obviously one of us.
 
Good one Rusty!
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This secret handshake doesn't mean I'll lose a couple of fingers does it?
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Maybe we should have the HI open hand salute, as per the legend of the British Navy having the open hand salute to show you didn't have a knife in your hand.
 
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Now that would be Kewl as long as some guy doesn't scratch the palm of my hand.
The khukuri might be drawn fer uther reasons then.LMRRAO.
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British Navy? I'd been under the impression it went back to the Romans. Anyone know more about that?

( As the T-shirt I gave my wife, a primary teacher, said on the front: "Question Authority". On the back it said: "But raise your hand first!"
 

Once again I'm most likely wrong, but I belive that at the gates to Rome the gaurds would shake the wrist of the entering person. Obviously to shake loose any hidden weapons. I don't know enough about ancient Rome to know whether or not weapons were allowed into the city. I always thought that maybe it was the gates to the palace. This story is supposed to be the origin of the handshake. It was told to me by a greek friend of mine.

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Is a secret handshake needed?

Just look for the guys (and girls) covered with wood-chips.

 
Instead of Uncle Bill's customary "thanks for my A.M.orP.M. laugh", now he'll have to say "@#$%@-you for my p.m. laugh, ouch!"
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LOL.

Glad you're back Uncle!

Rob
 
This is funny stuff! But, I managed to keep it to a chuckle -- thankfully.

To do the job at the hospital the docs cut an access hole about a foot long down the middle of my chest, sawed the sternum in two, spread it open about 6 inches, and then played with the fuel lines on my heart. It is a gory procedure. When I laugh it hurts, when I cough it feels like my lungs are going to blow out the front of my chest. It is something I don't care to do again.

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Well Bro it can only get better from here!! As one of my old doc's told me, "the best way to live a long life is to get something serious wrong with you and then take care of it."
I can relate to what you're going through as one of my surgeries consisted of them splitting me under the right armpit and spreading the ribs apart, breaking 3 of them. Not like the sternum, but close. On the other, the doc's gave me 5 years to live in 1984. I fooled them and myself.
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A tip on the coughing bouts.
Have 2 pillows. Lean back on one of them hard and then hold the other one tightly to your chest.
It doesn't stop all of the pain, but at least it helps to make it bearable.
I took a couple of pillows to work with me and left them in the office.
I could almost always tell when one of the coughing fits was coming on and I could almost always make it to the office.
Without the pillows it would knock my butt in the dirt!!

At least give it a try if you haven't already been told about it. I believe that you will be much more comfortable doing it like that.
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I said he was hardy, not smart.:-)


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[This message has been edited by Yvsa (edited 03-28-2000).]
 
Thanks, bro, for the advice. I use the pillow trick and it helps. Without it seems like your insides are going to blow out the hole in your chect.

I seem to be healing up okay and the docs and nurses seem surprised I am doing so well. It apprears that the 52 years of smoking did not damage the lungs all that much which is a real plus. I think I'm going to be around for awhile.

Thanks again to you and all.



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Uncle Bill
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