He spit on his new shoes! Let me repeat that again slowly, he... spit... on... his... new...shoes... during introductions. "I always spit on new shoes for luck." Oh yeah right, that's what he told him. And I'm so glad he explained. Why? Because, oh I don't know, maybe because I might have mistook it as a sign of social status. You know, like dominate male apes throwing their feces at younger apes.