Idiosynchronization

Recently a new friend gave me a gift. A gift I can't return and find difficult to get rid of. You see, this friend has a habit - a mannersim if you will- of making a wafting like movement with his hands when speaking of anything he likes. It seems as if he is savouring some sort of aroma but, alas, this is never the case. The problem is, somehow by my exposure to him he has communicated this habit onto myself to the point that I often find myself doing it. Even though I don't really like the fact that he does it. This is what I call inadvertant idiosyncronization.

My proposal is for advertant idiosyncronization. What I have begun to do, to payback my friend for this unwanted gesture is to intentionally invent mannerisms that I desire him to mimic through the same phenomina, even though I do not possess them myself.

For instance I've decided that when I speak of things of an arousing nature I'll grind my fist into my palm. I've also begun to punctuate my sentences while in his presence with that finger snap that the homies do. However, I suppose the movements and gestures are quite unlimited and varied.

To further aid in this conditioning I reward inadvertant mimickry with increased interest and attention to his dialogue and hightened humour to his jokes when accompanied by the wanted gesture.

"Muahahahahahaah" <puts finger to bottom lip in coy expression> "see how that works?"