Today is National High Five Day

By John

If you’re up to snuff on your odd holidays, you should be aware that every third Thursday of April is National High Five Day, meaning TODAY IS NATIONAL HIGH FIVE DAY.

This is huge news. Monumental stuff, here.

Sure, the point of the day is to high-five somebody, but what makes it all the more special is that the fivee should be a complete stranger, as the NHF website says in its mission statement:

“Imagine that while on your way to class, you pass a dignified looking middle-aged man in a suit. You, of course, are wearing the same underwear as yesterday, a pair of pants off your floor, and a T-shirt with something ironic printed on it. Instead of noticing this respectable pillar of society fifteen seconds or so before your interaction is fated to occur, and lowering your head to avoid his disapproving scowl, you take another course of action.

You confidently walk forward, and at the moment of passing, you and the businessman simultaneously raise your hands and wordlessly high-five. The sound of the perfect high five resonates, causing those nearby to silently and enviously take notice. You both walk on, and likely relate the story to whomever you eat dinner with that night. There is no reason why this should not happen with alarming frequency.”

I won’t lie and say that I myself knew about National High Five Day before this very morning (thanks Google Trends!) , but now it will become as important as my own birthday, something worth celebrating once a year. So walk by a random passerby and give them a high-five!