Over on Twitter, Sasha Pixlee (@sashapixlee) tweeted this:
Lets make something like fight club but for hugging.
(Here is the original that this is satirizing, for those who aren’t familiar with it.)
So I immediately came up with these:
1st rule of Hug Club: Let’s talk about Hug Club a lot!
2nd rule of Hug Club: Let’s talk about Hug Club some more!
3rd rule of Hug Club: If someone says “stop” or goes rigid, the hugging is over.
4th rule of Hug Club: As many people can hug at a time as they want!
5th rule of Hug Club: All the hugs at a time!
6th rule of HugClub: Shirts and shoes are fine if that makes you more comfortable. If everyone agrees, you can take them off.
7th rule of Hug Club: Hugs will go on as long as we want them to!
8th rule of HugClub: If this is your first night at Hug Club, you can hug if you want, and you don’t have to if you don’t.
BTW, if you want to follow me on Twitter, I’m @gretachristina .
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moulton
December 17, 2012 at 3:46 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Great List. If you had two more then you could carve then on foam tablets. Foam tablets would make great couch pillows. Seriously though it really is a great list.
michaeld
December 17, 2012 at 3:49 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Plus you could hug the tablets! ^.^
Rodney Nelson
December 17, 2012 at 4:28 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
If I take my shoes off I can hug with my feet.
Nick Gotts (formerly KG)
December 17, 2012 at 4:54 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Rodney Nelson@3 – that sounds dangerously close to boko-maru. Beware of The Hook!
Rodney Nelson
December 17, 2012 at 5:08 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
It’s not my fault I have prehensile toes.
=8)-DX
December 17, 2012 at 5:36 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
There is no hug club.
WMDKitty (Always growing and learning)
December 17, 2012 at 6:10 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
I like this idea!
smhll
December 17, 2012 at 6:25 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
I needed some holiday cheer. Thanks!
opposablethumbs
December 17, 2012 at 6:33 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
DaughterSpawn came home for the holidays yesterday – hadn’t seen her for almost five months. There have been A LOT of hugs in the last 24 hours. It’s like we have a backlog to catch up on, I’ve missed hugging her so much.
Hug club: – yup, I’m in
apostrophobia
December 17, 2012 at 7:36 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Thanks for including 3 and 8. I’m not a hugger, but hug club sounds great!
daviddurant
December 17, 2012 at 8:09 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
If there were t-shirts of this I would buy 3 immediately.
Ani Sharmin
December 17, 2012 at 11:50 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Totally love this.
Rene Horn
December 18, 2012 at 12:43 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
We can hug if we want to.
We can’t leave our friends behind.
Cause if your friends don’t hug
And if they don’t hug.
Well, they can still be friends of mine.
Crudely Wrott
December 18, 2012 at 2:37 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Well, then, shucks (twirls toe in sand). Hugs Christina. Hugs for you and for those who need some or just like ‘em. =)
(reflects on feeling fundamentally better overall)
kaboobie
December 18, 2012 at 10:26 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Sasha’s tweet and Greta’s responses reminded me of a time long ago, when I was at a party feeling down (IIRC a guy I liked was hooking up with someone else). A friend noticed, and said, “Here comes the Hug Patrol.” Another friend chimed in with, “Call 1-800-NEED-A-HUG.” And then they hugged me.
I am definitely all for Hug Club!
usingreason
December 18, 2012 at 11:34 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
@9
Second daughter spawn is due in 4.5 hours; I am warming up the hugging muscles to avoid injury. It’s been about 4 months. Last time as her and her mother ran to each other and hugged it elicited a chorus of ‘awwws’ from the crowd at the airport. A ‘Love Actually’ moment.
No Light
December 18, 2012 at 3:53 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
#There’s a little rainbow sign at the side of the road,
It says “Fifteen miles to the Hug Shack”,
Hug Shack yeah yeah.
I’ve got me a catbus it’s as big as a whale,
And it’s heading on down to the Hug Shack,
I’ve got me a catbus it seats about twenty,
So come on! And bring your juke box money.
The Hug Shack is a little old place where we can get together,
Hug Shack baby, Hug Shack baby!
Everybody’s smiling, everybody’s schmoozing,
Folks lining up outside, for our hug-round
Everybody’s smiling, everybody’s schmoozing baby,
Fluffy little shack, Fluffy little shack! #
*shimmies*
Fabulous, I’m in!
I miss hugs, proper hugs. I cannot wait till I’m a bit better, because I have sooo many hugs to catch up on.
pensnest
December 18, 2012 at 7:38 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Surely the first rule of Hug Club is ‘Ask first’?
F [disappearing]
December 18, 2012 at 10:09 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
I donate an indeterminate number of hugs to the club treasurer, to be used or not as the club sees fit.
WMDKitty (Always growing and learning)
December 18, 2012 at 10:46 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
F, you rock. Mind if I snag one of those hugs?
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