Blue Triceps
This thread is about manliness and character. In the Roman Empire soldiers, athletes and sturdy common men saluted... BOOM... across
the chest. They also exchanged embraces alright, by grabbing both of a friend's arms by the triceps and squeezing hard until they were BLUE.
That was a tough lot, solid citizens, a great people for those several hundreds of years after the First Advent of Christ. Gentlemen shaking
hands politely is a longstanding American Tradition, which began in colonial times when a handshake was enough and a man's word was his
bond. Quite honestly, I'm totally unqualified to question, venture any comparative comment or float some opinion on indigenous customs
and cultural traditions still prevailing today on other continents. Here, however, when I see the (supposedly) best and brightest and most
promising and highest/overpaid American Athletes jumping up and down like effete ballerinas and mindlessly exchanging knuckle taps
or chest bumps or high fives... the vivid scene of an uncivilized pristine jungle floods my mind. Whether their American skin color is white
or black, brown or red, yellow or green... I see blue as I smile quietly, thinking about the greatness of a blue tricep culture 2000 years ago.
-gb
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Edit: Forgot to mention that the genteel among them let it go with a simple and effective kind of handshake... aggressively bringing
their right arms together and clasping the underside flesh of each other's forearms just below the elbow. Guessing that maybe the
lion's share of the senior citizens were not sissies or members of some wimphood fraternity but also still hale, hearty and well met.
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyDo you like movies about gladiators?
Blue Triceps
This thread is about manliness and character. In the Roman Empire soldiers, athletes and sturdy common men saluted... BOOM... across
the chest. They also exchanged embraces alright, by grabbing both of a friend's arms by the triceps and squeezing hard until they were BLUE.
That was a tough lot, solid citizens, a great people fo ...[text shortened]... etly, thinking about the greatness of a blue tricep culture 2000 years ago.
-gb
🙂
