How do you greet people? Fist Bump, Handshake or Hug?

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Barack Obama's wife, Michelle was on the View today. She greeted all the hosts with what's being called the "Fist Bump". Here is the clip. http://tv.yahoo.com/the-view/show/253/videos/8378445 On June 6th, 2008 Barack Obama Barack Obama emerged as a pioneer on the American political stage by becoming the first African-American nominee for President of the United States, but also because of the gesture he shared publicly with his wife, Michelle Obama, called the "Fist Bump". As Barack Obama walked onstage in St. Paul, Minn., to claim the Democratic nomination that Tuesday night, he and wife Michelle hugged and then, gazing into each other's eyes with knowing smiles, gently knocked knuckles. I was amazed at the reaction to this gesture. The Washington Post's "Reliable Source" called it "the fist bump heard 'round the world,". Fox News anchor ED Hill has lost her show a week after suggesting Barack Obama and his wife Michelle's on-stage victory gesture could be seen as a "terrorist fist jab". Meanwhile, Karen Bradley, a visiting professor of dance at the University of Maryland, was struck by the "intimacy" of the moment. Bradley, who studies the body language of politicians, said the fist bump seemed more spontaneous and authentic than the hug, which "looked like they talked about it first. "Time magazine even went as far as publishing a article called "A Brief History of the Fist Bump". Here is Time's lame and out-of-touch interpetation of the fist bump. "It's a hand gesture normally associated with sporting events and Bud Lite commercials." This is what I know of the so called "Fist Bump". As long as it's been around it's been called the "Pound". It's basically used as a greeting. For instance when I go to work and see the people I work with, it's customary to give a "Pound" rather than shaking hands, hugging or any other gesture. Most of the times a "Pound" is given without a word being spoken. And the pound is not unique to any particul racial group, even though it's mostly used by men. Another way I see it used is as a hip way of saying thank you. I seems like a lot of people don't like the formal use of "Thank You" and "You are Welcome", so the "Pound" fills that void. As for Obama, he told NBC's Brian Williams (who called it "the most talked-about fist pound on the internet today") that it "captured what I love about my wife — there's an irreverence about her and sense that for all the hoopla, that I'm her husband and sometimes we'll do silly things." What is your opinion of the so called "Fist Bump"? And do you think people, including myself, have made too much of this gesture. Do you Fist Bump, Shake Hands or Hug? Lloyd