If your mate counters your ideas, feelings, and perceptions, or goes so far as to refute what he misconstrues you to have said, you may in either case say authoritatively and decisively, “Stop!” while holding your arm out in front of you at a right angle to your body, palm out, facing him, in the style of a traffic officer. Follow the word “Stop!” with the request: “Please look at my lips.” Then repeat your original statement while speaking slowly and distinctly.
