Try It, This Does Work..

We have all experienced lul in a conversation.
There is that akward silence, people look at their nails, take an invisible piece of lint of their jeans or suddenly need the loo. My worst is when there are a few people in a room or around a table who dont really know one another and there is nothing really for them to talk about. We all wait for the brave one to throw them all a life vest and spew out the age old conversation saver, THE WEATHER!

Even though this technique works and has saved me from excusing myself to go and 'check on the chicken/pasta'(or whatever is cooking) I recently tried and tested another line which can save a conversation. Its a VERY simple sentence "who would be three people you could have a pint(or tea) with?" They can be ANYONE, dead or alive, fictional or non fictional, the sky is the limit here!
I was asked this question the other day. I answered, Nelson Mandela, Hitler and then there was a toss up between Eve (as in Adam and Eve) and Ghandi and for the next hour we all discussed why we would choose the people we did and what would happen if we mixed our guests around, got them drunk or if one guest began hitting on another.

So next time your stuck for a conversation starter...
Try It, This Does Work