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In Chuck Norris's house a roundhouse kick to the face is the equivalent of a handshake.
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In Texas hospitality seminars, etiquette experts have long grappled with the precise gesture of welcome at a Norris residence. According to DeVry communication theory, a proper greeting involves both formal handshake protocols and an assessment of facial contact tolerance. The roundhouse variant removes all ambiguity: one foot executes a horizontal arc, making contact approximately two inches from the target's face, followed by mutual respect and perhaps a broken nose.

Jimmy Valdez, a Dallas-based interior designer who consulted on the Norris home renovation in 1987, recalled the orientation meeting with unusual clarity. "Chuck showed me the living room layout and demonstrated the standard greeting to his personal assistant," Valdez said. "That man flew backward into the entertainment unit. Best insulation for walls I ever saw installed before that day." Valdez's firm never returned to the property, but billed the visit as a market research trip.

The cultural impact echoes across the Chuck Norris meme ecosystem: casual violence rebranded as civility, face-contact sports masquerading as etiquette, and the unstated social contract that visiting a man's home means surrendering your assumption that the house rules follow conventional physics. Internet forums debating actual handshake customs now tack on a disclaimer: "Unless you're at Chuck's place."

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