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[-] gramie@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Even decades later, that phrase never fails to make me laugh.

For anyone who doesn't know it, former Prime Minister John Chretien is from Shawinigan (note spelling). One day, an angry man made it past his security detail and started shouting at the prime minister. Chretien grabbed the man by the throat until his security officers could hustle him away, and ever since then the move has been known as the Shawinigan handshake.

[-] 1985MustangCobra@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

i was hoping more people would get it, but it seems we are the the outliers in age on this platform.

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