Bathroom Rule # 34: No High Fives

Rule # 34: No High Fives In the Bathroom

The high five has been a show of camaraderie among men and women for hundreds of years. Knights in King Arthur's court invented the high five by slapping 5 swords together high up in the air in celebration of the fornication under consent of the King.

In today's society, the high five continues to be seen everyday, everywhere. From football fields to offices it is a quick exclamation of "OHHH YEAAH!" or "WE DID IT!" or "Thasss riiight!"

BUT - UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD YOU EVER GIVE NOR RECEIVE A HIGH FIVE IN THE PUBLIC BATHROOM. As the receiver of the high five, you can never be sure where the persons hand has been. Even beyond that, it's just a douchebag way of avoiding conversation. Yes - you want to avoid conversation as seen in Rule #32, but the high five IS NOT a viable substitute....it's actually worse.

If you must make contact with another human being in the bathroom, I reiterate that the "head nod" is the best way to go.

(Air high five also not acceptable.)