{"id":2669,"date":"2020-06-05T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-05T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goldmanstate.com\/?p=2669"},"modified":"2020-06-04T21:09:14","modified_gmt":"2020-06-05T04:09:14","slug":"when-were-not-together-dancing-cheek-to-cheek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goldmanstate.com\/2020\/06\/05\/when-were-not-together-dancing-cheek-to-cheek\/","title":{"rendered":"When We\u2019re Not Together, Dancing Cheek to Cheek"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.1&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;19px||23px|||&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.7&#8243; global_module=&#8221;2637&#8243; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.7&#8243;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/goldmanstate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/GPB-Bank-Local-Banner.jpg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;GPB-Bank-Local-Banner&#8221; url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.goldenpacificbank.com\/&#8221; 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hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019d love to say \u201cFrenching\u201d\u00a0\u00a0was another French innovation but I find it hard to believe that doing so didn\u2019t occur to people in other cultures, in other centuries\u2014especially if their chariots, oxcarts or buckboards had back seats.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The cheek kiss is something else altogether, and it\u2019s so quaint and awkward, I can believe it originated with the same people who convinced us it was somehow desirable to consume snails. I love escargot, mind you, but it\u2019s always been about the butter and garlic, not the chewy gastropod.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.8&#8243; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/can-france-say-hello-without-a-kiss-on-the-cheek-11589909120\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wall Street Journal<\/a>, the cheek kiss faces extinction in the harsh reality of Covid-19\u2019s excursion into our way of life. \u201dOn March 5, 10 days before France imposed strict rules on confinement, 91 percent of people were still happy to greet those they knew with a kiss, according to French polling firm IFOP. Less than three weeks later, that had plunged to 14 percent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The French cheek kiss, \u201c<em>la bise<\/em>,\u201d is really a double kiss: a quick peck on each cheek, regardless of sexual orientation\u2014or, apparently, personal regard, since President Emmanuel Macron laid one on President Trump, whom Macron is rumored to consider a toxic buffoon, during a state visit two years ago. Trump clearly didn\u2019t enjoy the gesture and now he\u2019s getting retroactive and possibly future support from an unlikely ally, Sylvie Briand, a World Health Organization exec. She told the newspaper: \u201c<em>La bise<\/em>\u00a0is putting the virus directly on the surface of someone\u2019s face,. You don\u2019t want people to have to wash their face every time they do\u00a0<em>la bise<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_code admin_label=&#8221;Adsense Horizontal&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.3.2&#8243; width=&#8221;90%&#8221; width_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; width_phone=&#8221;&#8221; width_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; max_width=&#8221;90%&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|0px||0px|false|false&#8221; custom_margin_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; custom_margin_phone=&#8221;|0px||0px|false|false&#8221; custom_margin_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; global_module=&#8221;1433&#8243; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221;]<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><!-- gs_horizontal_new --><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     style=&#8221;display:block&#8221;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     data-ad-client=&#8221;ca-pub-8489921453224987&#8243;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     data-ad-slot=&#8221;5069548950&#8243;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     data-ad-format=&#8221;auto&#8221;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     data-full-width-responsive=&#8221;true&#8221;><\/ins><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><script><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/script>[\/et_pb_code][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.8&#8243; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>No kidding\u2014though I can only imagine how Macron felt after smooching Trump. He probably wanted to run naked through a car wash a half dozen times and then have himself Martinized.<\/p>\n<p>The article mentions that, the French being the French, there\u2019s a rather persistent disagreement over just how many cheek kisses it takes to execute a complete\u00a0<em>bise<\/em>. \u201cParisians prefer two kisses,\u201d the Journal documents, whereas \u201cPeople in parts of Brittany are more restrained with only one\u2026 . Parts of the country close to the Swiss border and the South go up to three. And four, while time-consuming, isn\u2019t unheard of.\u201d Actually, if you\u2019re going to go all the way to four, I say you might just as well moisten your tongue. That\u2019s got to be next.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.8&#8243; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>It may tickle you to know that these statistics come from a crowdfunded website called \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/CombiendeBises.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CombiendeBises.com<\/a>.\u201d That means, \u201cHow Many\u00a0<em>Bises<\/em>?\u201d I wonder if you can also order French fries there. <span class=\"endingG\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_code admin_label=&#8221;Adsense Horizontal&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.3.2&#8243; width=&#8221;90%&#8221; width_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; width_phone=&#8221;&#8221; width_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; max_width=&#8221;90%&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|0px||0px|false|false&#8221; custom_margin_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; custom_margin_phone=&#8221;|0px||0px|false|false&#8221; custom_margin_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; global_module=&#8221;1433&#8243; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221;]<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><!-- gs_horizontal_new --><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     style=&#8221;display:block&#8221;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     data-ad-client=&#8221;ca-pub-8489921453224987&#8243;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     data-ad-slot=&#8221;5069548950&#8243;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     data-ad-format=&#8221;auto&#8221;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     data-full-width-responsive=&#8221;true&#8221;><\/ins><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><script><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/script>[\/et_pb_code][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.3.2&#8243; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|auto||0px|false|false&#8221; module_alignment_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; module_alignment_phone=&#8221;&#8221; module_alignment_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; border_color_top=&#8221;#E02B20&#8243; global_module=&#8221;1122&#8243; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.6&#8243;][et_pb_text module_class=&#8221;AuthorBioBox&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.2.2&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Georgia||on||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#444&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;14px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.7em&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/goldmanstate.com\/about-ed\/\">Ed Goldman&#8217;s<\/a> column appears almost every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. 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