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Team High Five Me were browsing Blockbuster last night and were sorely dissapointed by the lack of quality films on offer. However I spotted the Tom Hanks classic "Big" in the comedy section and after having our choice approved by the Blockbuster staff we headed to High Five Me HQ to revel in the 80s nostalgia whilst eating Smarties ice cream.

Obviously the films a classic and everyone's favourite scene is the giant piano in the toy store, but we loved Hanks' energetic high five where he jumped up and slapped some skin with a delivery man.

Again this film shows how the high five really captured the zeitgeist of the 80s, and if you're looking for some of the best high fives commited to celluloid you've got to go back a decade or two.

As people who spend a lot of time thinking about high fives, Team High Five Me^® often wonder what makes the "Ultimate Five". For Chris it's the all important tingling sensation you get in your hand after getting a really good high five. Not everyone is down with this high-velocity fiving though (some people won't even high five Chris anymore he fives with such force). In the video of the Delayed Five what you can't see is that after completing the Delayed Five Chris' hand was bleeding from the force of the high five!

Anyway, we'd like to know what other peoples' Ultimate Fives are. Here's one from Shukes and Tim to get started:

"What we consider our ultimate hi 5 - firstly a flipside hi-5 is done by both participants with opposite hands, and then again each person using their other hand, they then do a Fonzy type "eeeeyyyyyy!" followed by the pulling of hair behind ears."

If you want to tell us what your ultimate five is drop us an email at e-five@highfive.me.uk, or just post your comments below.

I was taking a look at Google Trends today, which is basically a way of seeing what people have been searching for on Google. It also allows you to see search keyword popularity by region, and compare different search terms over time. Anyway, it turns out that the Philippines lead the world in searches for "high five".

I also did a quick comparison of the different ways of spelling "High Five"; i.e. high five; high 5; hi five; hi 5. See the results here. It was pretty level pegging until mid-2004 when "hi 5" took off big-time and is now the search term of choice! "High Five" is the media's choice appearing in more news stories than the other variations. There's also a noticeable difference in search terms between different US cities. In Columbus its all about the "high five", whereas in Rochester they're loving the "high 5". Chicago and New York aren't fussy with people from these cities searching fairly evenly with all four variations.

Google trends seems quite interesting and is probably useful if you're running a online business. I wonder if they'll release a Google Maps style API for trends?. Anyway, here are some high five related trends I had a look at. Let me know if you find any interesting Google trends

• "High Ten"(popular with Mormons)


• "Top Gun" vs. "Scrubs".

As well as our MySpace, we also have a page over on Bebo at highfivemeuk.bebo.com so if you happen to prefer one over the other, we've been gracious enough to offer you the choice (though why not join both?!).

To be honest, we're not fussy or proud - more whores to the friend requests, all and sundry are more than welcome!

High Five Me now has a page on MySpace.com, so all lovers of the high five out there are invited to come and be our friend! You can find our page at www.myspace.com/highfivemeuk.

Also, there's a new video on the site for your perusal demonstrating the Cheeky Five. Enjoy!

The High Five Variations section of the site now features a video of the Top Gun style High Five, Low Five for your viewing pleasure!