I first noticed it when our children were young. In trying to feed them in their weaning process, I would open my mouth with my eyes wide open trying to get them to open their mouth, so I could shovel the food in. You know--monkey see, monkey do.
Well, recently I was in the play Annie. And like it or not, with all the bright lights, you have to wear makeup in order to not look washed out. That means you have to wear lipstick as well. And my wife in trying to apply the right shade of lipstick to my lips would open her mouth wide in order to get me to imitate her, which I did . . . you know--monkey see, monkey do.
Well, I have now noticed on more than one occasion that after I have shampooed my hair and am blow drying it, that when I go to brush it into place, I see in the mirror that I am holding my mouth open in some sort of way as if that had something to do with getting my hair just into the right place. I thought, What is up with that? And I would promptly shut it. But somehow the process seemed to go better if I opened my mouth just so.
There must be some connection here--getting something just into the right place and opening your mouth--but I don't get it.
