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Forum » Topic: High Eight to replace High Five as Americans learn more math. http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=53466 The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Sat, 25 May 2013 05:50:54 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 <![CDATA[Search]]> q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php Username on "High Eight to replace High Five as Americans learn more math." http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=53466#post-154379 Wed, 19 Dec 2012 08:56:55 +0000 Username 154379@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ 5* button on "High Eight to replace High Five as Americans learn more math." http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=53466#post-154319 Tue, 18 Dec 2012 22:32:30 +0000 button 154319@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ That is a lovely piece of comedy. malgor on "High Eight to replace High Five as Americans learn more math." http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=53466#post-154315 Tue, 18 Dec 2012 22:22:46 +0000 malgor 154315@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ I know. It hurt my brain. I feel like I was wearing an expression similar to Lord Blackadder struggling to explain 'Great Boo's Up'. button on "High Eight to replace High Five as Americans learn more math." http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=53466#post-154312 Tue, 18 Dec 2012 22:11:26 +0000 button 154312@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ If anything ever deserved 5 stars for painful effort, its this. High <strike>5</strike> 8 stars Tess Goes on "High Eight to replace High Five as Americans learn more math." http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=53466#post-154311 Tue, 18 Dec 2012 22:10:45 +0000 Tess Goes 154311@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ Apparently, the song "If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands" is going to be their new national anthem. That'll confuse the Yanks no end. Vertically Challenged Giant on "High Eight to replace High Five as Americans learn more math." http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=53466#post-154310 Tue, 18 Dec 2012 22:03:15 +0000 Vertically Challenged Giant 154310@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ That may just be the most contrived effort I've ever seen. Good job. malgor on "High Eight to replace High Five as Americans learn more math." http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=53466#post-154307 Tue, 18 Dec 2012 21:55:59 +0000 malgor 154307@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ The well-known ‘High Five’ celebratory hand-gesture between two people looks set to become just a little more complicated for Americans when it is upgraded to ‘High Eight’ from 1 January. System requirements for the newer version are basically having two hands with at least eight digits between them, in any combination. ‘For the average Joe, the High Eight is going to require a process of selection,’ explained Dr Frank Pardoner from the Washington Institute of Celebratory Hang Gesture Policy Studies (WICHGPS). ‘Full right and perm any three from the left will be the norm, but we immediately foresee a whole range of other combinations also gaining cult followings.’ Benny Dustmeister from Brooklyn, who has studied under Dr Pardoner, says he’s already well-practiced in High Eight variations. ‘I’m currently trying out four from each side, optional thumb,’ he said, ‘with the rule that if the two people match finger choice, we let out an audible ‘yo’ to increase the intensity of the celebration.’ Despite the advances in the High, Dr Pardoner sees little room for expansion in the future. ‘Only the other day, a guy suggested a High Ten. We just looked at him as though he was crazy.’ But people like Benny Dustmeister see a great future ahead for the High Eight. ‘I’m working on a version which incorporates a Chinese burn sneaked in between raising the hands and making physical contact. I’ve called it the High Burn Eight.’