All Hands

I've always wondered why "All Hands Meetings" were called "All Hands Meetings". It sounds so funny to me. I first heard the term when I worked at Google, and I had no clue what it meant. I thought it was some Silicon Valley tech term for a hands on, physical labor activity/event that needed the use of everyone's hands. I figured out that wasn't the case. We had an All Hands Meeting at my current company today, and my wish for our next All Hands Meeting: All employees required to listen with both hands up in the air, oh and to have their nostrils flared. Wouldn't that be ridiculously fun? - p