Elbow bumping - good or bad?

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!

That's a nice thing to say.
Thanks!

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.

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.

Arse mask.
Gas mask, maybe?

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 ?

Totally silly and unnecessary methinks.

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

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

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

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.

Just say ‘hello’ and smile.

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

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!

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.

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

It looks awkward and ridiculous.

Baggs

Perhaps we should go back to bowing and curtseying.

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

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

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

Perhaps we should go back to bowing and curtseying.

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.