I didn't start until after Episode II, when we got to see the proper Jedi hand motion for door-opening. I wouldn't have wanted to get it wrong.
What's that look like, exactly? And are we talking swing open or slide open?
Showing my inner nerd
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What's that look like, exactly? And are we talking swing open or slide open?
I've been known to walk into an elevator and say "Bridge" when the doors close...
do you go swissssshhhh! swissssshhhh!
Airplane 2 joke
I do it... and have been asked to "knock it off" when with family. 
I have done the Swisssssshhh swissssssshhhhh deal as well samurai.
Back when my father had one of the early flip open cell phones I would walk up to my brother, push buttons so it would make noise, and declare "There is no sign of intelligent life here"... That one cracked my mom up pretty good back in the day.
I have done the Swisssssshhh swissssssshhhhh deal as well samurai.
Back when my father had one of the early flip open cell phones I would walk up to my brother, push buttons so it would make noise, and declare "There is no sign of intelligent life here"... That one cracked my mom up pretty good back in the day.
yes. and when pulling the back door shut at work, i make a kind of pulling gesture to 'ensure' it swings shut behind me...
I don't get where that one's from.
i walk through the door, giving it a gentle tug as i pass, stop about 5 paces away, half turn and make a pulling gesture, and the door swings shut. it's a 'force pull'.
I didn't start until after Episode II, when we got to see the proper Jedi hand motion for door-opening. I wouldn't have wanted to get it wrong.
What's that look like, exactly? And are we talking swing open or slide open?
Slide door; right hand held out with the index and middle fingers extended, and making a swiping motion to the side.
Rÿcher
Fleet Captain
I didn't start until after Episode II, when we got to see the proper Jedi hand motion for door-opening. I wouldn't have wanted to get it wrong.
What's that look like, exactly? And are we talking swing open or slide open?
Slide door; right hand held out with the index and middle fingers extended, and making a swiping motion to the side.
Like this
Damn. I do everything mentioned in this thread, and more. I sometimes wear one of my many Superman or other superhero t-shirts under my dress shirt. I usually wear a Superman shirt under my red shirt, and often "reveal" it to the dismay of my students. I've named my car the Defiant. My first car was the Valiant, and in between, there was an Endeavor, Serenity, and yes, even an Enterprise. If I'm going on a long trip alone, I sometimes leave "captain's logs" in the tape recorder I keep in my car for recording ideas or reminders. I often work in Darth Vader quotes into my everyday life. My wife: "I thought we were going shopping tonight?" Me: "I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further." She then rolls her eyes. Or to my students. I'll ask: how was the test? They reply: Hard! My response: If you'd studied, it would've been (pause) all too easy. Or sometimes: I find your lack of faith disturbing. There's more, but I'm too embarrassed. 
I've been doing the door had gesture for years, but in the "Charlie X" manner...while singing "Kathleen..."
There is no inner to my nerd.
There is no inner to my nerd.
Damn. I do everything mentioned in this thread, and more. I sometimes wear one of my many Superman or other superhero t-shirts under my dress shirt. I usually wear a Superman shirt under my red shirt, and often "reveal" it to the dismay of my students. I've named my car the Defiant. My first car was the Valiant, and in between, there was an Endeavor, Serenity, and yes, even an Enterprise. If I'm going on a long trip alone, I sometimes leave "captain's logs" in the tape recorder I keep in my car for recording ideas or reminders. I often work in Darth Vader quotes into my everyday life. My wife: "I thought we were going shopping tonight?" Me: "I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further." She then rolls her eyes. Or to my students. I'll ask: how was the test? They reply: Hard! My response: If you'd studied, it would've been (pause) all too easy. Or sometimes: I find your lack of faith disturbing. There's more, but I'm too embarrassed.
Wow, I think you win the prize.
Never around women... 
Um...inner nerd? My nerd is on the outside for all to see. And yes, I do the force gesture all the time when I walk through automatic doors. It's fun, and life's too short to be self conscious about that.
I've been known to walk into an elevator and say "Bridge" when the doors close...
do you go swissssshhhh! swissssshhhh!
Airplane 2 joke
I've been doing that for years! So many years that I think I still do it subconsciously now.
That reminds me, I've also pretended that my asthma inhaler is a hypospray far too many times to count.
I've been known to say "Open Sesame!" Not when anyone can hear me, though.
Like this
Actually, with the hand held upright. If anything, it kinda looks like one is making the two-fingered swipe on a giant, invisible Macbook touch pad.
Rÿcher
Fleet Captain
I've been known to walk into an elevator and say "Bridge" when the doors close...
I do that too only when at a hospital, I say "sickbay". Course, the whole place is a sickbay.
Damn. I do everything mentioned in this thread, and more. I sometimes wear one of my many Superman or other superhero t-shirts under my dress shirt. I usually wear a Superman shirt under my red shirt, and often "reveal" it to the dismay of my students. I've named my car the Defiant. My first car was the Valiant, and in between, there was an Endeavor, Serenity, and yes, even an Enterprise. If I'm going on a long trip alone, I sometimes leave "captain's logs" in the tape recorder I keep in my car for recording ideas or reminders. I often work in Darth Vader quotes into my everyday life. My wife: "I thought we were going shopping tonight?" Me: "I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further." She then rolls her eyes. Or to my students. I'll ask: how was the test? They reply: Hard! My response: If you'd studied, it would've been (pause) all too easy. Or sometimes: I find your lack of faith disturbing. There's more, but I'm too embarrassed.
Wow, I think you win the prize.
C'mon, Dave...am I really that bad?
I've done that a few times times. I've also said "gorram" in conversation about half a dozen times since "Serenity".
And when I had this cleaning job where I wore a vacuum cleaner back pack, people used to say "Ghostbusters", to which one time I replied, "Who you gonna call, baby?".
