National Handshake Day? More Like National Barricade Yourself In Your House And Don't Go Outside Day

Michael Arrington

J. Michael Arrington (born March 13, 1970 in Huntington Beach, California) is a serial entrepreneur and the founder of TechCrunch, a blog covering startups and technology news. Arrington attended Claremont McKenna College (BA Economics, 1992) and Stanford Law School (JD, 1995) and practiced as a corporate and securities lawyer at two law firms: O’Melveny & Myers and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich... → Learn More

Thursday, June 25th, 2009

Yuck! Today, I’m told, is National Handshake Day. It’s also Take Your Dog To Work Day & National Chocolate Pudding Day, apparently. And, err, it’s National Watermelon Seed Spitting Week.

But back to the handshaking thing. It’s disgusting and we need to put a stop to this medieval practice. Most people agree with me. Those that don’t are the people that don’t wash their hands after they use the bathroom. You have to decide which side you’re on.

I urge people to follow OpenCandy’s lead – no more hand shakes. A good place to start is at board meetings.

Update:

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