Then they have to reply, open-mouthed, dabbing at the glass like toddlers at the aquarium.
Erskine's reply opened with a defence of the freedom of lawyers to represent whichever clients came to them, and followed with an exposition of his views on the nature of the freedom of the press arguing that the publication of radical tracts served only to improve the government by highlighting its weaknesses, and could not be seditious if published in good faith.
He came up with the name Alibaba in a San Francisco coffee shop; when he asked a waitress what she knew about Ali Baba, she replied: "Open Sesame".
The time lag between replies opened up room for confusion.
"Nope," the wizard replied, opening his empty fist to prove it.
"I saw a lot of dead people," he replied, opening the possibility that he had mistaken the commander for someone else.
Many replies opened with expressions of relief – "I've never encountered anyone or anything that was interested in the general ideas men have about masculinity".
"Are you talking about them?" John replies, opening up a Pandora's box of buried feelings, which the pragmatic Emily avoids.
Make your replies open-ended to encourage her to think more about what she's saying.
"Love you, too," I reply, then open my arms wide and wait for Rachel to let me hug her.
Mr. Cameron, in reply, held open the possibility that he would return to government after an inquiry by the parliamentary standards commissioner, expected to be completed this summer.
