Roger Tuckerman wants to ban handshaking.

From: tuckermanroger@gmail.com

To: editor@kamloopsthisweek.com

Subject: Letter to the Editor

Dear Editor,

I have a dream that one day people in our city will no longer shake each other’s hands. To see this dream become a reality, I am announcing my candidacy for Kamloops City Council.

As a councillor, I promise to do three things:

Introduce a bylaw to fine people $100 if they force someone to shake their hand.

Introduce a bylaw to make government offices handshake-free zones.

Proclaim a “Don’t shake anyone’s hand” day.

Handshaking is harmful for the following reasons:

You can catch a cold or the flu, resulting in lost work time. If you get the flu, and your immune system is weak, you might even die!

Handshaking can cause pain that lasts for days when a man who wants to prove his manliness shakes your hand with an iron grip. Last week, a wrestler shook my hand (against my will), and my fingers still hurt really bad!

Handshaking is dangerous because many people don’t wash their hands after they go to the bathroom!

Case in point: I recently watched two men using the urinals in a men’s room, and then they shook each other’s hands without washing them.

This inspired me to write a jingle for my election campaign, which will soon air on local radio stations. I recorded it with my own voice, and it is set to tuba and flute:

When you shake someone’s hand,

do you know where their hand has been?

There’s a disturbing possibility

their hand isn’t clean.

To stop this monstrosity,

vote for Roger Tuckerman in 2018!

I’m the anti-handshaking man,

and I have a plan!



During my election campaign, I will knock on thousands of doors and introduce people to a cultural practice that is superior to handshaking. With a smile, I will say, “This way!” then clench my hand and bump their fist.

If elected on October 20, 2018, I will make fist-bumping a normative cultural practice in our city.

Yours truly,

Roger Tuckerman

If you liked this letter, it was published in my second eBook.