Hugs are way more intimate than la bise
Summary
A French rider schools Kareem on la bise, the casual cheek-kiss greeting that replaces handshakes across France. She argues hugs are way more intimate than the quick air-kiss, which she describes as "barely a handshake" but with your mouth. Kareem's intrigued. The two debate whether America should adopt the custom (we took French fries, why not this?) and test the intimacy theory with a hypothetical: what would a soldier's wife do before he left for war? "A [__] mouth kiss, baby," Kareem declares. Not la bise. They practice the greeting together on camera. Arabs do three kisses, some southern French regions do three, but two feels right. It's fast, efficient, acknowledgment without commitment. Kareem's sold: "That's so sick. I'm never saying hello again.
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So, what's your take? Hugs are way more intimate than um lab. First, I need to know what lab is.
So, Americans do hugs and we French people, we do lab. We just—it's a kiss in the cheek.
I didn't know there was a word for it. How do you call it? I just call it kiss. The kiss.
Okay. We call it lab. That's so nice. Well, people in in the states, they don't lease at all. Yeah. Yeah. They hate labing.
Yeah. But they love hugging. And I think 100% agree. You're relative. You're right. And when they show up in Paris, they don't want to do lab. Here's my take. I think we should bring Lebanese back to the bring it to the states. Let's make it worldwide. We took French fries. Yeah. Let's take le Arabs do a triple.
Yes. Arabs do. Yeah. Three times. And some places in south of France, they also do three. I think two is enough. Yeah. I really like le is more like a handshake.
Yes. With your mouth. It's barely a handshake. It's a mouth handshake. It's like I'm acknowledging that you exist. Imagine you a soldier leaving for war and his wife is waiting on the deck. What do you think she's going to do before he leaves? Labiz or a hug?
A [__] mouth kiss, baby. If you're leaving the war, you're going like this. Yes. Exactly. You know what I mean? You're not doing a lease. If you're leaving the war, you're not doing Lebanese. You're you're sucking face.
100% agree. You ever suck face? You definitely suck face. I suck all the face. I want to do le with you.
Okay, let's do it. Just like this. Right. Has to be fast. Oh, I went too slow.
Okay, let's do it. Okay. Okay.
That's so sick. I'm never saying hello again.