A Smile A Day Does Something Or Other.

Well class, today we're going to study faces. Smiles in particular. Which includes the mouth. And usually the eyes, although not always. It involves the cheeks too. Yeah, I guess it involves the whole face. Which is why we're studying the face as opposed to the ears. Now there are many different looks that we can put on our faces, some intended and some not so much. The best way to study faces is to look at faces. Lots of them. Memory is helpful in studying faces too. If you can remember what people looked like as they walk through the mall or the office or wherever you spend time outside your home you'll remember that some folks look like they're in a trance while others look like they'd rather be anywhere but where they are. Have you noticed some folks frown and some smile? Have you noticed the different kinds of smiles? There's the thoughtful smile. You know. When they think they've just solved a problem, but aren't completely sure. How about the ones that look like they were glued on. Actually I don't think they really use glue. Too obvious. More likely hairspray. That way if someone gets really close and notices it, they can claim they weren't paying attention and their hand slipped. Pretty hard to claim your hand slipped and you got glue on your face. Then there's the dopey smile. They look like they don't have a care in the world or thought in their head. Then there's the one who just heard a dirty joke and can't wait to tell someone else. How about the kid who just played a prank on mom? How about the forced smile on mom  as she grabs junior by the scruff of the neck and ushers him out to the car. Or how about the one who just saw someone do something dumb. Or the one who did something dumb and is embarrassed about it. That's a good smile. I guess my favorite is the one where the person just left the doctor's office with good news or got a great report card. That's about as good as it gets in the smile department.