CONVERSATION 12. Imagine Their Doppelgänger If you don’t know what someone looks like and can’t use webcams, print out a picture of a historical figure or celebrity you 1 think they look like and talk “to” that person. 13. Add a Foreign Language Try saying hello in a different language every time you answer the phone. To get you started (phonetically)—salam (Arabic); namaskar (Bengali); guten Tag (German); nee how (Mandarin); hola (Spanish); kumusta (Tagalog); M’ath (Dothraki). 14. Communicate Rank Rank your preference of communication and record it as part of your voicemail. Include “messenger pigeon” as a last resort. 15. Say It With Emoticons For more casual conversations over Instant Messenger, use in place of words. 1 If you want to imagine me as you read this book, just picture the love-child of Hugh Jackman and Conan O’Brien. 21