German shoe retailer Mime et Moi may have just solved this problem completely.
It'll be pretty boring if all you do is mime the other person's words during a conversation; there wouldn't be anything to discuss at all.
, Samuel Avital, a well-known mime artist who studied with Marcel Marceau, incorporates into his performances and teachings the idea that every word we utter should pass through 'three gates,' each with a gatekeeper asking .