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Offline Kristian002

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Secret handshake?
« on: June 03, 2010, 05:40:43 AM »
Why don't furries have some kind of secret handshake, or some kind of secret wave that only furries know about? You know... something subtle enough that people don't give you weird looks, but something noticeable enough that you could flash our "secret symbol" at a crowd, and any furries in said crowd would recognize it and react accordingly... Or maybe there already is one and I've just been left out of the inner circle.

Anyhow, these are just my musings. Now discuss.

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Re: Secret handshake?
« Reply #1 on: June 03, 2010, 06:43:46 AM »
It may not be a secret handshake, but looking for paw prints on people's stuff is *usually* a pretty good indication.
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Re: Secret handshake?
« Reply #2 on: June 03, 2010, 11:36:07 AM »
Ooo I didn't know or even think about that before o.o
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Re: Secret handshake?
« Reply #3 on: June 03, 2010, 11:57:18 AM »
Its a cool idea, but i dunno if its neccesary hehe, i still like it though :o
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Re: Secret handshake?
« Reply #4 on: June 03, 2010, 12:53:58 PM »
My secret handshake is just my tail. xD
With 955 characters for a signature, I can try make something funny or interesting but no, I'm just gonna sit here and type instead of going to work because breaking the fourth wall is more humour than trying to figure out how I'll get access to my other laptop; picking up my charger that I left at a friends house, around 40 miles away...

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Re: Secret handshake?
« Reply #5 on: June 03, 2010, 03:14:00 PM »
Ha ha!  I have often thought about that myself :P  But I think that's about as far as I took it : /  But I wear a tail most of the time... I think that's also a pretty good indication.
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Re: Secret handshake?
« Reply #6 on: June 03, 2010, 06:57:19 PM »
I'd wear my tail all the time if I was to be bothered about it. Even cycling into college with it around my neck!
With 955 characters for a signature, I can try make something funny or interesting but no, I'm just gonna sit here and type instead of going to work because breaking the fourth wall is more humour than trying to figure out how I'll get access to my other laptop; picking up my charger that I left at a friends house, around 40 miles away...

Good going Sparky, you did well. On the plus side, it's given you a chance to accidentally revisit some old stomping grounds and see what madness you can create during this seemingly temporarily return.

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Re: Secret handshake?
« Reply #7 on: June 04, 2010, 06:14:45 PM »
My secret handshake is a milkshake.
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Re: Secret handshake?
« Reply #8 on: June 04, 2010, 10:59:03 PM »
How about we just draw a pawprint on our hands, and when you see sumone with it on their hand you do the secret handshake. if anyone asks, just say its a doodle or tell them about it if you want.

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Re: Secret handshake?
« Reply #9 on: June 04, 2010, 11:42:13 PM »
Heres the secret handshake:

The hands of both people extend, the two people grab each other hand and then *here the good part* They shake hands!
How amazing?

Nah, but really there usually isn't much of a need for a handshake, it could be useful occasionally though. It should be elaborate and difficult to remember! Or we could just modify a normal handshake to be furrier.

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Re: Secret handshake?
« Reply #10 on: June 05, 2010, 05:46:45 AM »
I know a lot of you think the idea of a secret handshake is kind of redundant, but I can't shake the feeling that I'm on to something here.

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Re: Secret handshake?
« Reply #11 on: June 05, 2010, 02:05:22 PM »
It may not be a secret handshake, but looking for paw prints on people's stuff is *usually* a pretty good indication.

I see paw prints on several vehicles during a normal week. Being from upstate NY, there are as many Penn State fans as Syracuse fans.  When I drive to Anthrocon, I will be driving through the middle of State College Pa. Every other car will have paw prints on it. I have a stuffed monkey strapped to the back seat headrest of my car...
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Re: Secret handshake?
« Reply #12 on: June 12, 2010, 10:11:21 AM »
How about we just draw a pawprint on our hands, and when you see sumone with it on their hand you do the secret handshake. if anyone asks, just say its a doodle or tell them about it if you want.

....my teacher has a pawprint on her hand.... :?

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Re: Secret handshake?
« Reply #13 on: June 12, 2010, 07:03:40 PM »
Even if we did create a secret handshake that only furries knew about, everybody in the whole world with access to the internet would soon know about it as well.  Besides, I just look for people wearing a collar like myself.

On another note, the yearbook for my school is called the Panther's Paw. :P
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Re: Secret handshake?
« Reply #14 on: June 12, 2010, 09:27:05 PM »
im gonna go with the pawprint idea, cause ive heard its the symbol for anthrocons?...correct me if im wrong  :3

 

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