When driving through Grace, you might see people walking and these individuals might give you a friendly wave. Most of the time, the hand motion is just that—a greeting. There are times, however, when the individual is trying to communicate more than a simple, “Hi.” This guide is provided to help you understand the meaning behind each gesture.
1. Simple Hand Wave.
This is the traditional open hand raised in greeting. Wave back to acknowledge their act of friendship.
2. Two Hands Together
The person is using your headlights to make a shadow puppet on a wall. Smile and nod as if you’ve never seen this done before. If it is daylight, just politely ignore them.
3. Two Parallel Hands
They are either trying to convey how close your bumper came to hitting them or you made a touchdown. My guess is you came too close.
4. Thumbs Up
The mailboxes are farther than they remembered and they need a ride home.
5 A Single Digit
A potential followup to #3 to let you know you came too &*^$% close.
This list was provided as a public service to the members of Grace in Acworth as a part of the “When there is no news” program.
Let me know if there are other hand gestures you need explained.
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