The body language of appearing to be lost or have forgotten something is as effective as mind control. So is its inverse.

Posted on Twitter over 15 years ago and archived here at /twitter/2010/08/17/tweet-21514068087/ in the Twitter and Facebook collections.
Proximate posts in the Twitter collection
newer Twitter post from August 18, 2010, 21523072209 18 August 2010
this post Twitter post from August 18, 2010, 21514068087 18 August 2010
older Twitter post from August 18, 2010, 21510861448 18 August 2010
Proximate posts in the General collection
newer Twitter post from August 18, 2010, 21523072209 18 August 2010
this post Twitter post from August 18, 2010, 21514068087 18 August 2010
older Twitter post from August 18, 2010, 21510861448 18 August 2010