Greeks often greet their mates...
by shouting, "Hey, wanker! How's it going?"
Even after being taken under the village / town's wings and being regarded as one of their own, this was never a privelage allowed to me. The one time I tried it (with a very good mate) I was kindly but firmly told that would never be acceptable.

(So I greeted him with "bum-boy" next time I saw him. That went down like a lead balloon too...)
( Tourette's ( . )( . ) has a monkey hair in her fried egg, Wed 7 May 2008, 14:57, Reply)