There are three of us that meet most afternoons, myself, Mick (all bow down and cringe he is after all a, 'Super Moderator'), and Peter, known as benipete on here, (or he would be known if he actually posted rather than just feed us idea's, I think he's shy).
Well anyway, today the topic around the table was each others 'body language', it came about because Mick, (all bow down etc), was trying to put a point across and was sat at the table fingers interlinked and twiddling his thumbs.
Immediatly both Peter and I sat there fingers linked, (not to each others fingers before you say anything Neil), twiddling our thumbs, (to be different I went anti-clockwise), later I was describing something and my gestures were as if I was dealing cards, the other two replied making similar gestures.
Then later Peter started to explain his theory of something, and moved his hands around the table as if he was shuffling dominoes, Mick and I replied and used similer motions.
We then discussed these gestures and came to the conclusion that because Peter used to play dominoes he always does his main concentration while shuffling the do's, I used to play cards, so my concentration is while dealing, Micks concentration however is during those idle moments when you are confused and don't know what to do next so, play possum, best not to do anything, keep your hands together pretend to be dead but move your thumbs so that nobody calls for an ambulance.
What gestures do you or someone you know use on a regular basis? (Other than the traditional one that archers used to use).
Well anyway, today the topic around the table was each others 'body language', it came about because Mick, (all bow down etc), was trying to put a point across and was sat at the table fingers interlinked and twiddling his thumbs.
Immediatly both Peter and I sat there fingers linked, (not to each others fingers before you say anything Neil), twiddling our thumbs, (to be different I went anti-clockwise), later I was describing something and my gestures were as if I was dealing cards, the other two replied making similar gestures.
Then later Peter started to explain his theory of something, and moved his hands around the table as if he was shuffling dominoes, Mick and I replied and used similer motions.
We then discussed these gestures and came to the conclusion that because Peter used to play dominoes he always does his main concentration while shuffling the do's, I used to play cards, so my concentration is while dealing, Micks concentration however is during those idle moments when you are confused and don't know what to do next so, play possum, best not to do anything, keep your hands together pretend to be dead but move your thumbs so that nobody calls for an ambulance.
What gestures do you or someone you know use on a regular basis? (Other than the traditional one that archers used to use).
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