I used to be like this, but since I became a journalist I’ve become used to it. I can talk to anyone about anything now… a good example was at a friend of mine’s wedding last year where I was the only person I knew… so I got shitfaced on Jameson and talked to some guys about fluke fishing, other guys about drinking, other guys about politics and corruption, etc. I just kept rolling with it.
Rule #1 of Casual Conversation- make it interesting.
Rule #2 of Casual Conversation- keep it short and sweet.
Rule #3 of Casual Conversation- avoid boring people like the plague.
Rule #4 of Casual Conversation- stay away from tequila unless you want to embarrass yourself, your hosts and hear about how you fucked up the guest bathroom until the end of time.
I just found out about Rule #4 recently 
[quote]SmilingPolitely wrote:
[quote]milktruck wrote:
Some of my married friends are somewhat not allowed to invite me to these boring occasions by their wives, and some of said wives are friends of mine I know from before I met their husbands,
because I am their hero.[/quote]
We have a tough time finding “couples” to hang out with because I always piss the girl off by starting inappropriate conversations. In my defense I only do it after we have been there for a while and I am good and buzzed. It’s gotten to the point that I only attempt to discuss Twilight related issues with these boars.
Sometimes if I am feeling particularly cunty I like to get the guys all riled up with sports or comic book related issues (depending on who we are hanging out with) and then walk away so their girlfriends have to deal with it.
This is why I have just taken to hanging out at bars. People are infinitely more interesting when you only know them for 2 hours. [/quote]
wow you are so cool
I usually find folks that are high are pretty boring, unless you are fucking with them and ruining their buzz. Those are some good knee slapper moments.
[quote]OctoberGirl wrote:
[quote]SmilingPolitely wrote:
[quote]milktruck wrote:
Some of my married friends are somewhat not allowed to invite me to these boring occasions by their wives, and some of said wives are friends of mine I know from before I met their husbands,
because I am their hero.[/quote]
We have a tough time finding “couples” to hang out with because I always piss the girl off by starting inappropriate conversations. In my defense I only do it after we have been there for a while and I am good and buzzed. It’s gotten to the point that I only attempt to discuss Twilight related issues with these boars.
Sometimes if I am feeling particularly cunty I like to get the guys all riled up with sports or comic book related issues (depending on who we are hanging out with) and then walk away so their girlfriends have to deal with it.
This is why I have just taken to hanging out at bars. People are infinitely more interesting when you only know them for 2 hours. [/quote]
wow you are so cool
I usually find folks that are high are pretty boring, unless you are fucking with them and ruining their buzz. Those are some good knee slapper moments.
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Wow. Is that sarcasm I detect?
[quote]SmilingPolitely wrote:
[quote]OctoberGirl wrote:
[quote]SmilingPolitely wrote:
[quote]milktruck wrote:
Some of my married friends are somewhat not allowed to invite me to these boring occasions by their wives, and some of said wives are friends of mine I know from before I met their husbands,
because I am their hero.[/quote]
We have a tough time finding “couples” to hang out with because I always piss the girl off by starting inappropriate conversations. In my defense I only do it after we have been there for a while and I am good and buzzed. It’s gotten to the point that I only attempt to discuss Twilight related issues with these boars.
Sometimes if I am feeling particularly cunty I like to get the guys all riled up with sports or comic book related issues (depending on who we are hanging out with) and then walk away so their girlfriends have to deal with it.
This is why I have just taken to hanging out at bars. People are infinitely more interesting when you only know them for 2 hours. [/quote]
wow you are so cool
I usually find folks that are high are pretty boring, unless you are fucking with them and ruining their buzz. Those are some good knee slapper moments.
[/quote]
Wow. Is that sarcasm I detect?[/quote]
yah that would be sarcasm. I worry sometimes about tone on the internet. I can lose the nuance of what I am saying. That could be “boaring”.
[quote]OctoberGirl wrote:
[quote]SmilingPolitely wrote:
[quote]OctoberGirl wrote:
[quote]SmilingPolitely wrote:
[quote]milktruck wrote:
Some of my married friends are somewhat not allowed to invite me to these boring occasions by their wives, and some of said wives are friends of mine I know from before I met their husbands,
because I am their hero.[/quote]
We have a tough time finding “couples” to hang out with because I always piss the girl off by starting inappropriate conversations. In my defense I only do it after we have been there for a while and I am good and buzzed. It’s gotten to the point that I only attempt to discuss Twilight related issues with these boars.
Sometimes if I am feeling particularly cunty I like to get the guys all riled up with sports or comic book related issues (depending on who we are hanging out with) and then walk away so their girlfriends have to deal with it.
This is why I have just taken to hanging out at bars. People are infinitely more interesting when you only know them for 2 hours. [/quote]
wow you are so cool
I usually find folks that are high are pretty boring, unless you are fucking with them and ruining their buzz. Those are some good knee slapper moments.
[/quote]
Wow. Is that sarcasm I detect?[/quote]
yah that would be sarcasm. I worry sometimes about tone on the internet. I can lose the nuance of what I am saying. That could be “boaring”.
[/quote]
And people wonder why I don’t get along with other girls.
[quote]SmilingPolitely wrote:
[quote]OctoberGirl wrote:
[quote]SmilingPolitely wrote:
[quote]OctoberGirl wrote:
[quote]SmilingPolitely wrote:
[quote]milktruck wrote:
Some of my married friends are somewhat not allowed to invite me to these boring occasions by their wives, and some of said wives are friends of mine I know from before I met their husbands,
because I am their hero.[/quote]
We have a tough time finding “couples” to hang out with because I always piss the girl off by starting inappropriate conversations. In my defense I only do it after we have been there for a while and I am good and buzzed. It’s gotten to the point that I only attempt to discuss Twilight related issues with these boars.
Sometimes if I am feeling particularly cunty I like to get the guys all riled up with sports or comic book related issues (depending on who we are hanging out with) and then walk away so their girlfriends have to deal with it.
This is why I have just taken to hanging out at bars. People are infinitely more interesting when you only know them for 2 hours. [/quote]
wow you are so cool
I usually find folks that are high are pretty boring, unless you are fucking with them and ruining their buzz. Those are some good knee slapper moments.
[/quote]
Wow. Is that sarcasm I detect?[/quote]
yah that would be sarcasm. I worry sometimes about tone on the internet. I can lose the nuance of what I am saying. That could be “boaring”.
[/quote]
And people wonder why I don’t get along with other girls.
[/quote]
I wasn’t wondering.
It isn’t you, it’s me.
I’ve been a bitch ever since that house fell on my sister.
Oh Hai Gais,
I agree completely.
So My daughter had a basketball game this past saturday! It was so cool, she defended really well even though she isn’t the most athletic kid on the floor. She made a basket 2 weeks ago too, I’m so proud of her.
OMG so my battery died in my car the other day. I got this battery charge and put it on a fast charge, it started up but then the next day it is dead again. So I go all in and switch the fucker onto a slow deep charge. Needless to say the battery is dead D. E. A. D. dead. Sucks too. Batteries are expensive, like 60 bucks or some shit.
Hey does anyone else in the north have Ice buildup on thier roofs? I got a big icicle running down my siding and this huge slab of ice is up on top. It doesn’t look good whatever it is but no water has come into the house yet.
Doods, my dog is so funny. He will literally lay on the couch on his back and hang his head off the couch upside down to where his nose is almost touching the floor and he will just pass out like that. It doesn’t even look remotely comfortable. What a weirdo.
kthxbye
V
1st page is funny as hell.
2nd page is a buzz killer.
More stories. Less personal statements.
Please continue.
[quote]Vegita wrote:
Oh Hai Gais,
I agree completely.
So My daughter had a basketball game this past saturday! It was so cool, she defended really well even though she isn’t the most athletic kid on the floor. She made a basket 2 weeks ago too, I’m so proud of her.
OMG so my battery died in my car the other day. I got this battery charge and put it on a fast charge, it started up but then the next day it is dead again. So I go all in and switch the fucker onto a slow deep charge. Needless to say the battery is dead D. E. A. D. dead. Sucks too. Batteries are expensive, like 60 bucks or some shit.
Hey does anyone else in the north have Ice buildup on thier roofs? I got a big icicle running down my siding and this huge slab of ice is up on top. It doesn’t look good whatever it is but no water has come into the house yet.
Doods, my dog is so funny. He will literally lay on the couch on his back and hang his head off the couch upside down to where his nose is almost touching the floor and he will just pass out like that. It doesn’t even look remotely comfortable. What a weirdo.
kthxbye
V[/quote]
If only that was a parody.
[quote]OctoberGirl wrote:
[quote]Vegita wrote:
Oh Hai Gais,
I agree completely.
So My daughter had a basketball game this past saturday! It was so cool, she defended really well even though she isn’t the most athletic kid on the floor. She made a basket 2 weeks ago too, I’m so proud of her.
OMG so my battery died in my car the other day. I got this battery charge and put it on a fast charge, it started up but then the next day it is dead again. So I go all in and switch the fucker onto a slow deep charge. Needless to say the battery is dead D. E. A. D. dead. Sucks too. Batteries are expensive, like 60 bucks or some shit.
Hey does anyone else in the north have Ice buildup on thier roofs? I got a big icicle running down my siding and this huge slab of ice is up on top. It doesn’t look good whatever it is but no water has come into the house yet.
Doods, my dog is so funny. He will literally lay on the couch on his back and hang his head off the couch upside down to where his nose is almost touching the floor and he will just pass out like that. It doesn’t even look remotely comfortable. What a weirdo.
kthxbye
V[/quote]
If only that was a parody.[/quote]
Haha it is parody, but it’s also all 100% true or recently true.
V
[quote]sen say wrote:
[quote]SmilingPolitely wrote:
We have a tough time finding “couples” to hang out with [/quote]
Same here…we have many ‘friends’ that are couples where the guy is okay, or the girl, but not both.[/quote]
SAME issue here… I can get along great with the guys!! but the girls always get on my nerves!! I mean i like shopping too and gossip but id rather shop alone and talk sports 
one time i convinced a girl that zebra stripes are horizontal. i think i said those were the males. same girl didnt know she had european ancestry, so after showing her how Poland, Ireland, Italy, and Germany were in Europe, I spent a long time convincing her that she was mongolian too, cause of gengis khan.
another party had me talkin about the gnomes that steal hats for a solid 2 hours
[quote]Kanada wrote:
one time i convinced a girl that zebra stripes are horizontal. i think i said those were the males. same girl didnt know she had european ancestry, so after showing her how Poland, Ireland, Italy, and Germany were in Europe, I spent a long time convincing her that she was mongolian too, cause of gengis khan.
[/quote]
That is awesome.
[quote]robilyn29 wrote:
[quote]sen say wrote:
[quote]SmilingPolitely wrote:
We have a tough time finding “couples” to hang out with [/quote]
Same here…we have many ‘friends’ that are couples where the guy is okay, or the girl, but not both.[/quote]
SAME issue here… I can get along great with the guys!! but the girls always get on my nerves!! I mean i like shopping too and gossip but id rather shop alone and talk sports :)[/quote]
Precisely. I will be polite and listen to conversations I have no interest in for a while, but at some point I will have had enough.
It’s a shame that more girls aren’t into sports. Even if you don’t know a whole lot about the game, there are so many great side stories going on. Seriously, it is better than any reality show on TV.
I wish I knew more chicks into sports. I love talking about it with guys, but they usually have little interest in my theories about how getting married/having a kid totally fucks up a player’s season (I’m looking at you Hamels!)
If I’m having a boring casual conversation with a stranger, I start making shit up. I try to make it more and more ridiculous while keeping a straight face. My 6th grade class still thinks i had a Nintendo Dolphin from a contest years back. And I’m pretty sure they still think I’m Jewish. haha oh good times.
[quote]silverhydra wrote:
95% of my casual conversations go as follows:
Them: “So what do you do?”
Me: “Dietetics student in University”
Them: “Really, how do I (Insert generic body comp/health question)”
Me: (Quick reply, change topic)
Them: “But I heard (Something inane to counter my point, usually illogical)”
Me: (Continue on topic change)
Them: (Gets pissy that I didn’t cater to their needs)
Funny thing is, they NEVER take the little bit of advice I gave them, since I’m only a ‘student’ and not an actual dietitian.[/quote]
I dated a girl like you for a while. You’re going to hate dealing with clients/patients/whatever professionally.
I always get in trouble because guys end up wanting to kick my ass…these 4 doods were talking about how great life was because their wives went to ‘book club’ every third Thursday night, so I asked what was so great about it and they said they got to have ‘complete control of the remote control’…
I said…you don’t have complete control when they’re home and they were all laughing and saying no…gotta watch John and Kate…and I was like…for real? I guess this isn’t an example of boring conversation so much as retarded males…anyway…I was pretty plastered and this one Irish dude was sober and I was pretty sure he was going to kick my ass so I started talking to this chinese dude that spoke very little english…turned out his wife was hot and the chinese dude thought I was hilarious, so I got to joke around with the non-english speaking chinese dude and his hot wife…
[quote]sen say wrote:
I always get in trouble because guys end up wanting to kick my ass…these 4 doods were talking about how great life was because their wives went to ‘book club’ every third Thursday night, so I asked what was so great about it and they said they got to have ‘complete control of the remote control’…
I said…you don’t have complete control when they’re home and they were all laughing and saying no…gotta watch John and Kate…and I was like…for real? I guess this isn’t an example of boring conversation so much as retarded males…anyway…I was pretty plastered and this one Irish dude was sober and I was pretty sure he was going to kick my ass so I started talking to this chinese dude that spoke very little english…turned out his wife was hot and the chinese dude thought I was hilarious, so I got to joke around with the non-english speaking chinese dude and his hot wife…[/quote]
Don’t these guys have more than one TV? When I was younger, my parents and I would eat dinner at the dining table, then as soon as we were done, my dad would go to his basement office to watch TV and cruise porn sites on the Internet, my mom would go in the family room and watch her shows, and I would either go upstairs to my room and play on my computer or go into the living room and watch what I wanted to watch. Kept us sane and not angry at each other.
Fuck the tv. You can have it:) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I’ll entertain myself in better ways.