Jeri, I once saw Spok 'getting it on' with a (female) Romulan Commander by touching their fingertips to each other's.

Great tip (on how to save your fingertips), Peter T!

Allan C., Those folks who grab and hold your hands while you're trying to move on to the next song -- I encounter these folks from time to time in nursing homes (especially Alzheimer's patients).  What excuse do other folks have for this sort of behavior?

Bert, that "relax your fingers" advice might do the trick with bone-crushers if you don't have pronounced arthritis in your fingers already.  If you do have arthritic joints, those finger squeezes can be excruciating!  (I'm just glad handshakes are done with the right hand, since it is my chording hand that has the most severe "Heburdin's nodes*."
 

Genie

* ...and I'm quite sure I mangled the spelling of that node-guy's name.