Secret Handshake

Truly it’s more of a handwave. Call it the Sandwich Shove, or the Frame Finagle or the Pastrami Push. Any way you slice it, this is the universal gesture signaling dedication to eating with your hands.

James Farber demonstrates his sandwich devotion above. Caught him redhanded and had to laugh. In this one simple act he coined a new language. It’s a sign. An all encompassing sign.

When your digits are too slick for frame adjustment, and napkin use is too much of a lunch encounter speedbump, you got to put your wrists to work. They should be clean, after all, even if you are up to your elbows in Katz’s pastrami.