1: Greeting and common hand gesture.
2: Acknowledgement of greeting with similar gesture.
1: Rhetorical question lacking meaning?
2: Meaningless response. Same question reiterated.
1: Same answer reiterated. Inquiry into family or family member?
2: White lie that saves time explaining the complicated nuances of lifelong relationships. [beat] Question about recent news or political event?
1: Confirmation of awareness of said event. Statement of uninformed but adamant opinions about said event, which might be received as either righteous or smarmy.
2: Restrained anger toward smarmy statement couched in some reference to the first amendment and the freedom to be a total bonehead.
1: Apparent intuition of this restraint.
2: Passive admission to disagreement.
1: Directly insulting statement.
2: Interrogative to verify insulting statement?
1: Confident re-confirmation of insulting statement.
2: Vulgarity toward you.
1: Vulgarity toward your family or family member mentioned earlier.
2: Punch in the face!
1: Punch in the side of the head!
2: Punch in the ribs!
1: Missed punch that grazes the ear!
3: [entering] Exclamatory! Exclamatory! Physical intervention! Call for peace!
1: Grunts while getting up!
2: Growls while getting up!
3: Loud, forceful scolding with a condescending tone of disappointment.
1: Guilty agreement.
2: Self-conscious, pathetic concurrence.
3: Parent-like powergrab. More scolding and social pressure.
1: Sigh. Half-hearted apology.
2: Breathy reciprocation.
3: Smug grin and guttural noise. Shout that signals the end of a play.
