I usually begin by tickling the tines real softly, wait for a couple minutes, and then proceed to bang 'em together a bit more forcefully. Finally, I'll whack 'em together real hard, followed by aggressive rubbing and banging. I usually intersperse grunts througout the whole series.

My theory behind this is sort of like the concept of working a bass pond for the first time; it's better to start off with soft, delicate presentations -- such as a plastic worm -- as opposed to spooking everything in sight by banging a crankbait in on top of 'em. Sometimes it might take the crankbait to get a response, but at least you didn't scare off all the ones who were a bit more sensitive in the process.

Discipline -- not desire -- determines destiny.