On May 15 we laid down the rules of fist bumping. Understand that fist bumping is a general term, we know people call it a number of other things: daps, fist pound, locking-it-up, gay, knuckles, etc. Whatever you call it, the fist bump has been around for a long time and has a number of different origins. Last week, the fist bump entered the spotlight thanks to Obama and his wife, so everyone who was never cool enough to give or receive a fist bump thought it was the new hotness.

The New York Post wrote an article discussing this cultural phenomenon and came calling to TastyBooze for our input. Here’s an excerpt of the article:

With the fist-pound in the national spotlight, it’s easy to forget that some had already considered it past its prime. Bud Light declared it “over” in their 2007 “face-slap” Super Bowl commercial, and after viewing a picture of two white men in suits fist-pounding to celebrate a business deal, the Web site tastybooze.com recently posted a list of rules as a declaration against “inappropriate fist bumping.”

While Obama broke the rule that “if you are wearing a suit, you may only fist bump if you are drunk,” two other rules let him off the hook.

“If somebody puts the fist up for you to bump, you have to bump it back,” says … Mr. Wonka. “And if a girl puts a fist bump up for you, there’s absolutely no situation at all where you can refuse it. Absolutely none.”

Good stuff, Obama, way to follow the rules…we’re still working on Letterman. We’re sure the summer will be filled with many fist bumps to come and if you want to see that Bud Light commercial, go here.

Check out the entire article and photos of the fist bump here: The New York Post - Obama’s Feeling Punchy

(*regarding the headline - Yes, a fist bump is appropriate, as I am not in a meeting or wearing a suit, but I sure as well am drunk!)