> What is your favorite food and why? How healthy is your fave food? When did you last eat your fave food? Do you have any special memories connected with your fave food?

You know, I liked the sound of this technique so much that I tried it out on someone--no one I knew, of course. I just walked up to the guy and said, "What is your favorite food and why? How healthy is your fave food? When did you last eat your fave food? Do you have any special memories connected with your fave food?"

I'd have to say that the ensuing conversation was indeed "fun", albeit a little brusque and soon over. It dealt mostly with an attempt to rebut several accusations that I was a nosey pollster, a stalker, or a certifiable lunatic. I usually don't have the chance to engage someone else's mind on topics like those, and I'd recommend the technique to others in search of fun conversations, too! Subsequent testing and research, in fact, has revealed that these questions are equally useful as a conversation *stopper*, so you're getting two for the price of one. Cool!

Okay, time to apologize to GreenJeanz, who just happened to be standing in the way when I was browsing through the Forum in an especially sarcastic mood... ;-)

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