WEST SEATTLE, Washington, January 23, 2012 (WSFB) – Earlier in our Funblogging career, the West Seattle Funblog issued a community service piece aimed at better hygiene during the current near-pandemic pandemonium surrounding H1N1 (Swine Flu) as well as other forms of nastiness associated with deteriorating weather.
“The Hygienic FistBump” taught our readers of the relative cleanliness of the knuckles versus the filth of the palm of the hand. Did you listen?
Most of you did, with Hygienic FistBumps referenced as recently as last night at the Feedback Lounge. Others of you did not, as evidenced by the photo above.
Lars Hanssen and Igor Ringenstad have taken another approach. Said Hanssen, “We’re tired of your mamsy-pamsy fist thingy. I’m 74 years old goddammit and I just don’t do that. I’m not hip, but I’ve had hip-replacement surgery. I’m not going to punch another man in the hand.”
“You punch me in the hand, Hanssen, and I’ll punch you square in the dick,” chimed in Ringenstad.
“You punch me in the dick, Iggy, and….. oh shaddup! I’m talking to the nice funny blogger boy here.” Hanssen added, “You see, we’re Scandinavian and we love FISH. It’s in our history and our blood. We’re not afraid of these scary viruses and we want to demonstrate that AND pay tribute to our heritage. Hence, The Fishhook.”
Older West Seattleites can now be seen on street corners sticking fingers in each other’s mouths. Younger locals have thus far avoided this new greeting.
“Au contraire,” said Hanssen. “I was at The Shipwreck in Admiral just the other night. Two separate women in their late-forties were sitting at different tables by the wall eyeing several young men in their twenties by the bar. The younger men didn’t pay them much attention, so I guess they decided they’d introduce and entertain themselves. They were putting their fingers in each other mouths alright. And tongues, too! It was quite the show for the young lads, but I had to explain to them that the women were Fishhooking all wrong. But they just laughed and laughed, until we finally agreed to disagree.”
