R: Dad, you sure wear a lot of linen shirts these days.
M: It’s my new thing.
R: I thought tipping busboys for doing a good job was your new thing.
M: It’s my other new thing.
H: I thought wearing a different cologne for each day of the week was your new thing.
M: . . .
N: I thought wearing that dragon bracelet and sometimes the weird glass necklace was your new thing.
M: . . .
B: Maybe biting his lip is a new thing?