W. S. Geyer retweetledi
W. S. Geyer
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W. S. Geyer retweetledi

@japan_nobunaga All customs given with respect and honor. And as you said, even if incorrectly performed but done with utmost honor and respect is a higher calling than done correctly but with little to no feeling ( done by rote).
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@geyer_s To speak of 'humanity in its truest form' is profound! This one seeks such genuine spirit in all customs.
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In America, a young man at the coffee shop extended his FIST toward me, and I stood before it with no protocol whatsoever.
A closed fist. Offered gently. Hanging in the air between us. Patient. Expecting.
In my training, a raised fist has a short list of meanings, and none of them end in friendship. But his face was open and pleased — he had just handed me my order — so I understood this was a CEREMONY, and that I was failing it in real time.
I did the only correct thing I could think of.
I clasped his fist in both hands, as one accepts a precious gift, and bowed over it.
He laughed — kindly, I want that on the record — and said, "No man, like this," and guided me: knuckles meeting knuckles. One soft tap.
Then his hand sprang OPEN as it withdrew, fingers spreading, with a quiet sound:
"Pssshh."
THE EXPLOSION. There is an EXPLOSION at the end, America. Completely optional. Completely essential. And not one document in your entire country warns a foreigner about it.
In Japan, our greetings have been codified for centuries. Depth of bow, position of hands, duration — written down, teachable, examinable. Your greetings MUTATE FREELY between coffee shops, and every citizen somehow knows all current versions: the fist bump, which is respect; the high five, which is triumph; the handshake, which is a contract — see Kenneth — and the bro hug, which is a handshake that collapses inward into a single back-pat, and which I am told I am not ready for. I agree. I am not ready.
The fist bump is the haiku of the set. Minimal. Perfect. Two warriors touching armor.
A man does not ask the fist what it wants. He answers knuckles with knuckles, and detonates on schedule.
I returned the next day. Same young man. His fist came up immediately, eyebrows raised — a test and a welcome in one.
Knuckles. Tap. "Pssshh." Both of us. Full explosion.
He turned and announced to the entire kitchen:
"HE'S GOT IT NOW."
The kitchen CHEERED, America. Three strangers in aprons celebrated my education before the milk steamer finished.
I bowed to the room. The young man bowed back. Badly. With enormous heart.
Cultural exchange is complete when both men perform the other's ceremony wrong, together, on purpose, every morning at 7:40.
We are at that stage now. There is no higher stage.

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@goneers Good choice. My wife loves Cheerwine. Another good choice would be Root Beer.
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CHEERWINE!!! if he can find it in Boston.
Shaun 🏴🇺🇸@shaunvlog_
I’ve discovered American Cream Soda and I think all other sodas are ruined for me now. Which one should I try next?
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@ThrillaRilla369 That there is Ye Ol’ Extra Duty.
Either that, or some General is coming into town and 1SG said “clean everything”
Some LT took it literally.
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@SGTWipper1Each Walking the flight line for anything that could be sucked into the engine and for imperfections in the runway.
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@DrunkRepub Well done young man. You are a true American. Have a situation, no mixer,,,find a solution,,,repurposed mixer. A refreshing solution. Well Done.
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@realfunnydegen A raise, and yet he will probably get an email and a conversation from someone in HR.
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@PhetasyDF It’s true. You don’t know or realize what you have until it’s taken away or shown to you through another set of eyes.
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@CieloBonit I know the followers are here for the World Cup but just close your eyes and imagine what they would be like if they were here on a college football Saturday with tailgating and all of the other pageantry. Lol.
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@rich0671 The peel of that horn, is the sound of pure POWER. And Majesty.
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@Ruffin_Shot lol. I understand. You want to watch Midwesterners scatter like mice when the light turn on,,,shout,,, tornado 🌪️. I’m not making light, I’ve seen what tornadoes can and have done. But when the weather person starts to warble about take cover, we don’t wait.
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@geyer_s I ran a hotel and at one point had a lobby full of angry Midwesterners. An emergency alert had gone out about a “tornado” (lol) nearby.
Apparently, I was horribly irresponsible for not having a shelter. In a hilly part of Virginia.
They didn’t like that I thought it was funny.
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FOUR in the past half hour for the same storm, they just add or remove a county and change the time by a minute.
This is the South. We get storms five times a week. Quit it with this bullshit and let the Yankee migrants figure it out, ffs.
Bernie Real Diehl 1@RealDiehlBBD
@Xfinity @nws enough of these alerts coming on the TV, wouldn't be interrupting a NFL or NBA, or MLB game would it??? overrated bullshit it is just a damn thunder storm, the channels will have warnings on bottom of their channels
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@ellencarmichael Ms Carmichael, on behalf of many who are following FreddyLA7, Thank You. Those who are following would like to do the same, you have done what we would like to do too. Thank you by proxy.
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I truly hope that my home gives you the best time in America. ⚜️
Freddy🇩🇪@FreddyLA7
A long and exciting day comes to an end. Staying in the most beautiful guesthouse ever and now watching the USA’s first World Cup match.
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@PeteMundo @DanAndShay @TaviaHunt1 @Chiefs How about Dan + Shay singing the opening at the Super Bowl. Hey NFL, are you listening?
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Damn, fantastic work @DanAndShay. Needs to get these boys to Arrowhead this fall! @TaviaHunt1 @Chiefs 🇺🇸
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