I am starting a new club. The club's name is The Association to Bring Back the High-Five ABBHF, pronounced A Double-B H F). The ABBHF's sole goal is to bring back the High-Five. You want in?

In the 1980's the High-Five ruled the hand gesture world. At one point the High-Five even temporarily replaced the handshake in corporate atmospheres. But the decline of WHAM! was coupled with the decline of the High-Five. It was no longer cool to High-Five your buddy in celebration of your matching Flock-of-Seagulls hair styles. The High-Five reached it low point in 1992 when Eddie Murphy was found using it to pick up a transgender prostitute named Shalimar.
It was over for the High-Five. Popular sports figures chose to use the "Fist Pounded" after scoring a touchdown or hitting a walk off home run. The once great celebratory hand gesture was asked to leave the cool gestures lunch table by the contemptible gesture twins, "Hook 'em Horns" and "Rock Out." Even the High-Five's BFF, the "Middle Finger," turning its back on the High-Five revealing an uglier side. Distraught, the High-Five had no other option but to sit at the nerd table joining the ranks of the "Bang Bang" gesture, the "Fig Sign," and the "Loser" sign.

The High-Five would not be beaten. The "Shaka," who knew what the High-Five was going through, helped the High-Five gain his confidence back. Now it is up to us, the people, to restore the the High-Five to its former glory!
The ABBHF's main goal is to give the High-Five a Thumbs-Up again by following a simple set of social instructions. The Official ABBHF Instructions are as follows:

1. High-Five friends and love ones at all times.
2. When a colleague attempts to use another gesture, force the High-Five instead. It is acceptable to use the less popular Low-Five or the Middle-Five in this situation.
3. Make others aware that you are proudly using the High-Five by saying "High-Five" while High-Fiving someone.
4. Use the High-Five for not only Celebration.*
5. Encourage others to use the High-Five.

*(Note: The High-Five is a versatile hand gesture. The Mourning High-Five can be used at furnerals. The I Missed You High-Five can be used when greeting someone at an airport. ABBHF members can freely invent their own High-Fives)

Members of the ABBHF will signify their membership by posting "ABBHF Member" or "Member of the ABBHF" in an online profile (AIM, Facebook, or MySpace). Join the ABBHF Group on Facebook.
And remember our proud Motto: "High-Five the World." Stand strong and High-Five proud