@great-big-stees saidEven if it doesn't, kissing is still fascinating.
And often is the catalyst to more intense...well, stuff.👍
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@torunn saidNow my interest is tweaked. I will try to find out when the idea of kissing first came about. I’m thinking it may have started with our long ago ancestors (apes).🤔
Even if it doesn't, kissing is still fascinating.
@great-big-stees saidNot all cultures find kissing special.
Now my interest is tweaked. I will try to find out when the idea of kissing first came about. I’m thinking it may have started with our long ago ancestors (apes).🤔
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@great-big-stees saidI heard it came from royalty doing it and then the peasants copied the practice.
Now my interest is tweaked. I will try to find out when the idea of kissing first came about. I’m thinking it may have started with our long ago ancestors (apes).🤔
I think it was Russian royalty that started it and before then nobody kissed. 🤔
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The earliest reference to kissing-like behavior comes from the Vedas, Sanskrit scriptures that informed Hinduism,[2] Buddhism and Jainism, around 3,500 years ago, according to Vaughn Bryant, an anthropologist at Texas A&M University who specializes in the history of the kiss.[3]
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@mghrn55 saidThere is handshaking however which shows respect for your opponent.
There's no kissing in chess. Thankfully. 😆
A rare visit to the GF I take it! 🙂
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@very-rusty saidI wonder if Covid19 will put an end to handshaking
There is handshaking however which shows respect for your opponent.
A rare visit to the GF I take it! 🙂
-VR
@lemondrop saidreplaced by the elbow bump
I wonder if Covid19 will put an end to handshaking
the butt thump
and the ticklish tootsie touch
@lemondrop saidI don't think, so but cheek kisses don't seem essential.
I wonder if Covid19 will put an end to handshaking