Why the Shaka is Better than the Wave

...'cuz when you're walking in Hawaii with a freshly gathered piece of fruit in your hand, it's a lot easier to acknowledge someone with a SHAKA than with a wave.

That happens a lot here.

In fact, it happened to me on my walk today.

An avocado and guava, in case you're curious about today's finds. No camera right now to show you the evidence, but trust me, they're choice.

[NOTE: Today's bit of artwork illustrating the "shaka," roughly the Hawaiian version of the hand wave, was kyped from another blog. (I was going to give an artist with a lovely image posted on the Web some free publicity and possibly some sales, but I would have needed her written permission to repost her image, and neither you nor I, gentle reader, have time for that.) So there's a dandy explanation of the shaka HERE. Whether the story is apocryphal or indeed true as claimed, I like the logic of my version anyhow.]

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Wishing you a beautiful day,

Bill Brent

[this page last updated: 2008.08.19, 8:35 p.m. Hawaii time]

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