Elbow bumping - good or bad?

I think it would be better to do "The Bump" like the song/dance from years ago, where you bumped bums.
Nick nack paddy wack! Now you're standing back to back! Knick knock on the floor, bump your baby a little bit more....
It would be a lot more fun, too.

Perhaps we should go back to bowing and curtseying.

I don't do it, I cannot stand it. I just hug those who want a hug.

I don’t t do it , never have. Just say hello if you are not on hugging terms.

Baggs

Perhaps we should go back to bowing and curtseying.

Totally non-gendered of course. Anyone can bow and anyone can curtsey.

It looks awkward and ridiculous.

I just raise my eyebrows to people I know.
Sometimes mumble "alright"?

I saw Boris doing this on the news, and thought it ridiculous. He wouldn't normally have 'shaken' hands with the staff concerned, and it was onto bare skin as he had his sleeves rolled up.

MissAdventure

I think it would be better to do "The Bump" like the song/dance from years ago, where you bumped bums.
Nick nack paddy wack! Now you're standing back to back! Knick knock on the floor, bump your baby a little bit more....
It would be a lot more fun, too.

That made me laugh - but if I ever meet Boris, I think I might agree to the elbow bumping after all rather than do that with him!

Just say ‘hello’ and smile.

No need for elbow bumps, fist bumps, hugs, kisses, handshakes.

Just to clarify, I've never elbow bumped anyone either.
Like most of you, I'm just a 'hello' (or 'alright?') person.

Nevertheless, every time I see elbow bumping on TV, I am struck by how it brings faces closer together than I would have thought wise, given that it's reason for being is to supposedly reduce the risk of spreading covid.

MamaCaz, I think it's just plain silly. We don't need to touch at all - and shouldn't!

Elbow bumping just looks silly. No need for physical contact at all.
You can greet people in a friendly way without touching them.

Pathetic, but goes well with our pathetic P.M.

Totally silly and unnecessary methinks.

MissAdventure

I think it would be better to do "The Bump" like the song/dance from years ago, where you bumped bums.
Nick nack paddy wack! Now you're standing back to back! Knick knock on the floor, bump your baby a little bit more....
It would be a lot more fun, too.

You do realise that you can pass on the virus from all orifices ?

Arse mask.
Gas mask, maybe?

Shandy57

I saw Boris doing this on the news, and thought it ridiculous. He wouldn't normally have 'shaken' hands with the staff concerned, and it was onto bare skin as he had his sleeves rolled up.

Oh My God!

Not.

I don't think you can catch covid via bare elbows.

I don’t understand the preoccupation with having to touch at all. A cheery hello is surely sufficient.
Hugs for family and closest friends only.
Love your posts MissAdventure, wherever and whatever the topic, guaranteed to make me smile every day.

That's a nice thing to say.
Thanks!

MissAdventure

I think it would be better to do "The Bump" like the song/dance from years ago, where you bumped bums.
Nick nack paddy wack! Now you're standing back to back! Knick knock on the floor, bump your baby a little bit more....
It would be a lot more fun, too.

Ive been wracking my brain, and the name of the group has just come back to me- it was Kenny, wasn't it!

I think, seeing Johnson doing it, just makes a joke out of something that has killed thousands (millions?) of people and it infuriates me.

I'm going out shortly to meet a group of pals. I'm going to greet them all with the arse bump, as suggested by MissAdventure. I'll report back on their reactions!

I know Frankie Boyle isn't to everyone's taste, but he welcomes the guests on his show with a little incline of the head an a hand on his heart, or a namaste.

Looks much better than this silly elbow bumping thing.

Also at COP they were all elbow bumping then giving each other a hug