Culture Shock

I was doing a project in anatomy today. I go to a Christian school. The teacher was having us look up bible verses that had to do with the shedding of blood. I was making use of my bible concordance and generally making progress. However, I started to get tired and I looked up a verse in the wrong book.
What I stumbled upon was the culture shock of the century. It had to do with promises. Usually, when one makes a promise, one shakes hands with the other party. When you take an oath you might raise your right hand. You also might sign a notarized agreement.
The next time you make a promise try doing what one of the servants of Abraham did. It might create an interesting situation I will now quote the verse.
Genesis 24:9
"So the servant put his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and swore an oath to him concerning this matter."
I believe that this was a normal occurrence in those days. When you swore an oath to someone you put your hand under their thigh. I don't believe that Abraham made his servants do creepy stuff or anything like that. However, you wonder where exactly this servant put his hand and if Abraham was wearing undergarments.
These days, if you swore an oath to someone like Abraham's servant did, you would get into a lot of trouble.
This proves that there are some funny things that happen in the bible. It is not a completely dull and boring book. I think the old testament is way more interesting than the new testament. Many people dismiss the old testament as irrelevant. I believe these people are really missing out.