Happy National High Five Day!

Posted by Stanley on April 17th, 2008 23 Comments

high five kittyGadzooks! I had completely forgotten it was National High Five Day (”third Thursday of April each year”). To quote from, what I believe is, the holiday’s founding document:

I propose to you, a National High Five Day. A day when, without inhibition, people can freely exchange high fives between all different genders, races, heights, and social classes. There’s nothing else to it. Just a day when U.Va., and America as a whole, will be looking to give high fives, and will be just as ready to receive them.

Huzzah! High fives all around. I enthusiastically endorse the celebration of this holiday. With a few caveats:

  1. Don’t be Dane Cook. That is, don’t be the loud, in-your-face wanker forcing people TO GIVE YOU A HIGH FIVE zOMG! Rather, I suggest a hand in the air with a polite and suggestive, “High five?” You’ll be surprised how many people say, “Sure!”
  2. Don’t be Borat. Yes. I know you can do the accent very, very well. And saying “High five?!” in that accent was indeed very funny. In 2006. It is now 2008. Welcome to the future.

With these caveats in place, let us go forth high-fiving. It is the handshake of our era and a charitable way to make a stranger’s day a little bit brighter.

[hand in the air] High five?

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23 Responses to “Happy National High Five Day!”

  1. 17 Apr 2008 at 1:25 pm1Blanco Nino said:

    when you said “don’t be dane cook,” i thought you were going to tell me not to make a gazillion dollars by recycling other more talented comedians’ jokes.

  2. 17 Apr 2008 at 1:29 pm2Stanley said:

    Yeah, well, don’t do that either.

  3. 17 Apr 2008 at 1:33 pm3shenanigans said:

    Zomg, don’t make fun of my future husband.

  4. 17 Apr 2008 at 1:34 pm4Stanley said:

    Borat?

  5. 17 Apr 2008 at 2:36 pm5mc said:

    High Five!

    A couple months ago, my mom gave me this t-shirt, now is finally a good day to wear it. (link in my name because I suck at linking things.)

  6. 17 Apr 2008 at 2:54 pm6doof said:

    “(link in my name because I suck at linking things.)”
    Have no fear, mc, its easy

  7. 17 Apr 2008 at 2:58 pm7mc said:

    thanks,doofy.

  8. 17 Apr 2008 at 2:59 pm8Stanley said:

    WItness how the high fives bring about a spirit of comity in the commentariat!

  9. 17 Apr 2008 at 3:13 pm9ThatGrrl said:

    Awww. I want a playful little kitten who high-fives me when I walk in the door. He’s cuuuuuute.

  10. 17 Apr 2008 at 3:56 pm10layla said:

    Can I give you a high five for the Gadzooks? Love that.

  11. 17 Apr 2008 at 3:57 pm11Lys said:

    I remember the first year the Dec introduced UVA to their wonderful and invented national holiday. It was sheer bliss. They had a table of free brownies and lemonade on the lawn (and a boombox playing Johnny Cash), the weather was perfect (like today) and professors and students alike all high-fived each other as they passed by.

    High Five! Yippee!

  12. 17 Apr 2008 at 4:03 pm12five said:

    High Five everyone.

    This guy was walking with his hand up at the corner and looking at me like we know each other. Nicely enough I gave him a high five without knowing that that’s what he meant. Feel like a dumb-ass now.

  13. 17 Apr 2008 at 4:06 pm13echo said:

    Five are you high?

  14. 17 Apr 2008 at 4:15 pm14five said:

    Good question echo. What can I say, it’s quite the day for it.

  15. 17 Apr 2008 at 4:39 pm15buster said:

    this is one of my favorite days of the year. i got accosted by a kid on the lawn wearing a bra over his shirt and what he termed his special high-fiving glove. how could anyone deny him the love?

  16. 17 Apr 2008 at 4:44 pm16Smiley said:

    I’m looking forward to National “Chest-Bump Day.” Especially with the ladies.

  17. 17 Apr 2008 at 4:56 pm17Stanley said:

    I remember the first year the Dec introduced UVA

    Just to clarify, the Dec endorsed the holiday and ran the article, but the authors (not staffers of the magazine themselves) deserve the credit for inventing this fine day of celebratory hand slappy.

  18. 17 Apr 2008 at 5:05 pm18Lys said:

    Stanley, thanks for the clarification!

  19. 17 Apr 2008 at 6:16 pm19underthebridge said:

    I feel as if I should point out that this cat is clearly not giving a high five.

    It’s practicing Brazilian jiujitsu

  20. 17 Apr 2008 at 9:41 pm20Stanley said:

    19: dang, UTB, I can’t slip anything by you! Friggin’ Colombo over here….

  21. 17 Apr 2008 at 9:41 pm21Stanley said:

    Er, um, Columbo.

  22. 18 Apr 2008 at 2:39 am22scoriole said:

    i remember those weird-os. met them at the bistro, infact…)*high five*(

  23. 18 Apr 2008 at 9:18 am23Dan from Eppie's said:

    Conor was a few years behind me at UVA. Really nice and smart guy. Always had a great, positive attitude about things, which I think sort of comes out in NHF Day.
    Something else he did was recreate the 10th inning of Game 6 of the 1986 World Series using Nintendo’s RBI Baseball.
    Check it out if you’re a fan of the Sox/Mets/RBI Baseball fan. Pretty cool.
    http://duffx.com/videos/random/RBIGameSix.wmv
    or
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t12qml7up-o

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