video | some holidays are bonkers bananas

[edwinjarvis]

Who: Jarvis and you!
Broadcast: Video
Action: SS Tourist or The Melting Pot, but only if you need 'em there!
When: April 19th

[Ehem. Jarvis has his glasses on, and is carefully scanning a snippet from an old booklet he'd found with regards to human life on Earth - in the future, that is, and regarding special days of the year. And lo and behold, April 19th happened to be a listed day in a variety of 'strange celebratory days'. So...! He reads the passage, adjusting his spectacles.]

... "While no one really knows the origin of the high-five, it’s believed to go back to the 1970s and likely a variation of the 'Low-Five' – which had been around since, at the very least, WWII. However...! There are two popular stories which try to explain the origin of the High-Five."

"The first story states that the first high-five occurred at Dodger Stadium on October 2, 1977, between Glenn Burke and Dusty Baker on the last day of the regular season. This high-five was in response to a home run hit by Baker off of Houston Astros pitcher J.R. Richard."

"The second story places the origin of the high-five at a University of Louisville Cardinals basketball practice in 1978. Wiley Brown was going to give his teammate Derek Smith a low-five, but the two decided to give each other a high-five instead. After that, the team began giving each other high-fives after each celebration..." Huh!

I suppose... be sure to pass along a 'high-five' to whoever is in need of one.

I hear they're quite the pick-me-up in recent years.

Though I must wonder... If there's such a day as 'National High-Five Day', what in the blazes is hidden within the other 364 days of the year back home? Or even out in and about the far reaches of space. Surely some things are a bit ridiculous to dedicate an entire 24 hours towards... No Pants Day? How absolutely lewd and unnecessary. Please, keep your pants on in public, lest you be insulted for your choice in undergarments and promptly slapped.

[He flips through the list.]

Toothache Day? A nightmare!

... And I have no clue why squirrels would need their own special day, for that matter.

They're standoffish, and their ability to recollect the location of their own hiding spots is downright pitiful.

[Is he trying to enthuse people and get their spirits raised after a really ugly planet trip? You betcha.]

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[mucked]

...But is there a Butler Appreciation Day, Mister Jarvis?

[samahl]

Not to sound too ignorant, but what exactly is a "high five?"

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[wingedman]

These days, people are more into fistbumps than high fives.

[Yes, a fistbump is exactly what it sounds like, Jarvis.]

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[takingkarabusiness]

As far as "No Pants Day" goes, why not have everyone wear kilts and dresses?

[tempredmental]

Even without the slapping, I'm not planning on walking around in my underwear, that's for sure.

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[edwinjarvis]

Of course there isn't, we're dedicated to being extremely well-behaved and quiet backbones to the household.

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[edwinjarvis]

... I wouldn't mind a day, though.

[edwinjarvis]

Oh, well! It's when two people hold up their hands like so —

and then slap them together high in the air! A sort of... celebratory gesture, or a means to express a job well done. That sort of thing. It's quite a bit more energized than simply saying 'excellent work'.

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[edwinjarvis]

When did the high-five stop being trendy? I'll never keep up.

[UUUUGH.]

... Punching knuckles together sounds terrible. That's what it is, isn't it? How brutish. I've tender hands for work, you know, I can't afford to bruise any bones.

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[edwinjarvis]

As someone who has worn a kilt exactly once, I refuse. Terribly drafty, terribly unprotected from the elements.

[samahl]

Do you require both hands to do it? I find myself lacking in that regard.

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[takingkarabusiness]

[ she has to laugh a bit, teasingly ]

Men are so weak.

[edwinjarvis]

I would hope not. It's a terrible look in the world for anyone who wants to look both employable and out of their mother's spare room. Or sane. That as well.

[Jarvis is 10000% assuming No Pants Day is just people walking about in normal society without their pants.]

[edwinjarvis]

Oh, no, just one. I suppose the teamwork involved makes a set of hands, though.

Have you any particular way to express teamwork, in your home world?

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[edwinjarvis]

Why I never! I merely enjoy my suits. They're especially tailor-fitted for my wardrobe; have you ever seen a good butler without a carefully pressed suit? I think not.

[clearly being an a+ butler is very VERY CRITICAL IT'S LIFE OR DEATH YOUNG LADY]

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[takingkarabusiness]

You're definitely the first butler I've met.

[samahl]

Usually there is a lot of talking. Inspirational speeches. And drinking.

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[edwinjarvis]

... I suppose it is a dwindling art.

[Also kind of unnecessary in modern times, people can make their own goddamn sandwiches. And servitude in general isn't really that favorable in hindsight. But he's very proud of his work and job! And keeping Howard Stark out of trouble... sometimes.]

I take pride in what I accomplish, though. It's a laborious task, but certainly one I'm content in doing. Most days, anyway.

[edwinjarvis]

Ah, drinking. I'm fairly certain it's the one puzzle piece you'll find among every culture in the known universe.

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[takingkarabusiness]

As well you should be! I was a personal assistant for a few years and that's not entirely dissimilar.

How are you doing?

[samahl]

I'm sure. [Said with a note of amusement.]

It's interesting that high-fiving is such an important cultural touch stone that you have a holiday dedicated to it. In Thedas, most holidays celebrated across nations are about the Chantry.

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[chicandsporting]

[Jarvis says 1970s and it might as well be a million, billion years away. Lumière listens, brow furrowing in confusion. ]

Is...is that the thing where people slap their palms together?

[He's adapted very well to modern living, but sometimes his eighteenth century brain catches up with him and he trips. ]

And I, personally, am highly in favour of a No Pants Day.

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[mucked]

You ought to pick one.

[wingedman]

You don't have to punch knuckles, it's just a gentle bump. Unless the guy you're fistbumping is a super-soldier.

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[kill_switch]

High five?

[Certainly she's probably seen something like that in her time, but hearing the history of it like this, actually thinking about it in depth like this, is intriguing and almost alien.]