Giving Buddy a fair shake

by jbox on Sep 4, 2008 10:35 PM PDT Comment 15 comments

You can tell a lot about someone by their handshake. Let's take a closer look at one Harry Ralston Black Jr. or as his friends call him "Buddy".

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Look how proud Buddy is in this picture. Examine his body language if you will. Good eye contact, lips tight, unable to hide the smile that will soon burst forth. He extends his right hand to greet rookie Venable. Hand open, fingers slightly spaced but rigid, palm completely exposed and facing toward the heavens on a slight tilt. Left hand hanging loose from a tight shoulder, slightly off his hip, legs spread to his shoulder's width. Pants tight on his upper thighs causing a bunching around his pelvic region.

You might have expected Buddy to present his palm vertically but he did one better.

Better Tilt your hand slightly so that your palm is pointing to the sky. This subtle body language message is humility and that you are there to help and to serve.

Bud Black is a class act, a teacher and a mentor. Every time Dex and I meet Kev's dad, he'll display his hand vertically though slightly cupped. Then as soon as contact is made he'll roll our hand over with his, dominating us. It is all done very naturally and without any other body language or message. We've even told each other before our eventual meeting with him that we would not allow our hands to be turned. Though it always happens. His handshake simply tells us that we are his b*tches.

What's all this mean? Not really sure, except that if Kev's dad was a manager we'd probably have a winning record.

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lol'd

Isn't it enough to know that I ruined a pony making a gift for you?

by Axion on Sep 4, 2008 10:46 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Tears-

they just came out of my eyes.

Dear Jah, that’s the funniest thing I’s eyes have seen in awhile.

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by TheThirdGonzalez on Sep 4, 2008 10:51 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I enjoyed this tremendously

by Winfield's Ghost on Sep 5, 2008 5:15 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Very nice...

“bunching around his pelvic region” + “slightly cupped” = rec

by Drama on Sep 5, 2008 7:11 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Those lines warranted my "rec'd."

With a name like Smuckers, it has to be good!

by friarinchicago on Sep 5, 2008 7:36 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm taking my two hands and shaking them together

making a clapping noise for this post

"...do hereby declare that I am not a member of the Human race (not an earthling) and in fact am an alien from another planet other than earth. I hope that this will prove to the person that is putting electric shocks to my head that I am an alien. I am declaring this so that I am not in any violation of any world or international laws of the earth as I am showing by this admission that I am in fact an alien."

by The Kipper on Sep 5, 2008 9:02 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

i too must rec this post

epic levels of hilarity.

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by justdave on Sep 5, 2008 9:10 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Very nicely done

I tried to find a similar shot of Bochy for handshake comparison, and found this:

His palm is not vertical at all, his expression is somewhat quizzical, and, oddly enough, he seems to be addressing Bonds’ crotch. I’m not sure exactly what this says about Bochy, but my theory that Black is simply a younger, less goofy looking version is obviously not supported by handshake analysis.

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by Boilermaker19 on Sep 5, 2008 9:20 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Handshakes:

I got a few I like to do to mess around with people.

The “I have no thumb handshake”:
-This one is great, tuck your tumb in to your palm, very discretely right befoe you shake someone hand. They will reach and try to grab your hand and expect to have a tumb as a backstop and get nothing. Look at them in the eye and continue to talk to them, they will be so distracted by focusing on not being distracted thaty they won’t here a thing you said. Good way to get them to agree to stuff. Also if the person freaks out and goes “What the Hell is wrong with you”, you just figured out they are a Dodger fan.

The “I am going to rub your knuckles together since you are my biatch, handshake”.
-This is good to do to liitle shit preteens and stuff. When you shake their hands, squeeze their middle and ring knuckles together and give them a litle pain. Let’s them know you are in charge. If they complain, call them a little sissy boy".

“The I am way to happy to see you, both hands clasp Handshake”
-So when you see someone who you don’t really want to talk to, grasp their hand with BOTH and and gentle, but very quickly shake it for 2-3 minutes as you tell them how nice it is to see them. Make sure your pressure is just a little less than firm, and try to move your head and sholders in rythm with the shake. They will get so uncomfortable they will avoid you ther rest of the night.

“The PHYCHE! handshake;”
Great to do to your elders. When they reach their hands out, extend you hand like you want to do a knuckle bump, then as soon they switch, you switch to the handshake, repeat until contact is made, but make sure you are the opposite. Most effective when they are in the knuckle bump mode, and you are shaking. Make sure you shake just a little tooo long.

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by Sammy G on Sep 5, 2008 10:30 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs