funny moment from saturday's party [the one true 'high five' method]
c* and jeanne were at the birthday party, along with other folks. at one point, winterredwood jeanne, and i were hanging out in the living room, which had become the kids' playroom for the duration of the event. there was another woman there with her 17 month old daughter, valencia.
jeanne was trying to interact with the kids, so asked valencia to give her a high five. jeanne put her hand out flat, palm up. valencia looked at her for a moment and then kind of shrugged and bowed her head down as if she meant to kiss jeanne's hand.
jeanne said, ''oh. okay...'',
valencia's mom said ''wait! oh no!'',
valencia spat the food she'd been chewing into jeanne's hand,
and everyone burst out laughing.
turns out jeanne had accidentally given valencia the 'spit it out' signal. the high five signal would've been vertical hand up, palm out. from the mouths of babes, quite literally... proof of my theory that there is only one true method of delivering a high five.
i emailed this anecdote to the russian because he persists in asking for high fives while giving a low five, aka 'spit it out' signal, and i just don't get it.
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jeanne was trying to interact with the kids, so asked valencia to give her a high five. jeanne put her hand out flat, palm up. valencia looked at her for a moment and then kind of shrugged and bowed her head down as if she meant to kiss jeanne's hand.
jeanne said, ''oh. okay...'',
valencia's mom said ''wait! oh no!'',
valencia spat the food she'd been chewing into jeanne's hand,
and everyone burst out laughing.
turns out jeanne had accidentally given valencia the 'spit it out' signal. the high five signal would've been vertical hand up, palm out. from the mouths of babes, quite literally... proof of my theory that there is only one true method of delivering a high five.
i emailed this anecdote to the russian because he persists in asking for high fives while giving a low five, aka 'spit it out' signal, and i just don't get it.
This entry was originally posted at http://stuberyl.dreamwidth.org/315037.html. Feel free to comment here or there (but not everywhere).