Missing digits remind us humor gets us through a lot

You ever shake somebody’s hand and you’re pretty sure they’re missing a finger but don’t want to look down to make it obvious you know they’re a digit short? Yeah, that happened to me the other day, but I looked down. I didn’t mean to but did nevertheless, and he caught me. So he knew I knew — only he didn’t know I knew he knew.

I’m not making fun of the guy. Let’s just call him Raymond. I certainly wasn’t trying to be rude to him. Some of you are probably missing the tip of a finger or two. It happens. It’s common — just not that common. It’s just if you shake 100 hands and 101^st shake feels a little different, it might catch you off guard. As a stuttering guy, I get it all the time. People speak to hundreds of folks a day without an issue then when they get to me I have trouble saying my name.