Handshakes: Ego boosters. Chapter 5
We shall continue our dissection of a handshake in this chapter.Saddam Hussein, the guy who ruled Iraq, had this "handshake business" taken to the height of absurdity. He would stand up in a fully erect position, cock one eye ,ever so subtly and extend out his hand. Now, normal human beings, bend their arms at the elbow, while extending their hand for a handshake. We all know exactly how this works. Saddam, on the other hand, let his arm drop to his side and then he would bend his arm at the elbow, while holding his upper arm tightly against his side. The person shaking Saddam's hand would have to "over-extend" his arm to reach Saddam's hand and in so doing would have to "bow down" to reach it. Iam sure you have all seen this on TV. The impression to the viewers was that the hand shaker was paying homage to the mighty Saddam.
If you watched one of Saddam's army generals shake his hand ,Saddam would lower his hand even more , till the hand was almost level with his ankles. The general would then bow down and kiss Saddam's hand. To the onlookers and the TV audience it looked like this general was kissing Saddam's feet....he was so low to the ground.
Now recall the scene where the alpha dog is greeted......
I shall continue to paint these vivid pictures, so that you, the reader is left with no doubts about the accuracy of my observations.
