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Fullcrum · 09-28-2008, 12:09 PM

Post 'em up over here. YOUR favorite, self-amusing ways to get outside your head and communicate and have fun with other people. Specifically, the opening, the beginning, the start of the interaction.

Here's some of mine:

- Speak mock French or German to them while walking up and looking intently in their eyes until they realize what I'm doing. This is extremely funny to me.

- I put my arms around two (or more) girls (or girls and guys) and start singing whatever song comes to mind. Last time I did this I sang "Close to the Edge" by Yes (Trippy ass progressive rock lyrics. Sun worship deluxe).

- "Hey, c'mmere! c'mmere! Oi! Wait!" "Hey, you're a true cutie, I had to meet you."

These are some of my funnier and more recent ones. If you want to know how I do this, I always look the person in the eye as if I was looking at a rock or a tree or any other random regular object. As in no "fluctuating" of eye contact. I almost look past the person I'm interacting with in the beginning - my eyes aren't nervously darting everywhere. I think the effect is calming.

My voice tone is usually somewhat breaking rapport, like my tonality is going down (like a command or exclamatory sentence) not going up (like a question). If you can visualize someone saying "Hey! What is this!?" but with a smile, that's basically me.

I hope this paints a good portrait of how I do things and you guys should post up your fun adventures, too!

09-28-2008, 12:09 PM	#1 (permalink)
Fullcrum Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,083	Fun Ways to Start Conversations with People (especially the opposite sex) Post 'em up over here. YOUR favorite, self-amusing ways to get outside your head and communicate and have fun with other people. Specifically, the opening, the beginning, the start of the interaction. Here's some of mine: - Speak mock French or German to them while walking up and looking intently in their eyes until they realize what I'm doing. This is extremely funny to me. - I put my arms around two (or more) girls (or girls and guys) and start singing whatever song comes to mind. Last time I did this I sang "Close to the Edge" by Yes (Trippy ass progressive rock lyrics. Sun worship deluxe). - "Hey, c'mmere! c'mmere! Oi! Wait!" "Hey, you're a true cutie, I had to meet you." These are some of my funnier and more recent ones. If you want to know how I do this, I always look the person in the eye as if I was looking at a rock or a tree or any other random regular object. As in no "fluctuating" of eye contact. I almost look past the person I'm interacting with in the beginning - my eyes aren't nervously darting everywhere. I think the effect is calming. My voice tone is usually somewhat breaking rapport, like my tonality is going down (like a command or exclamatory sentence) not going up (like a question). If you can visualize someone saying "Hey! What is this!?" but with a smile, that's basically me. I hope this paints a good portrait of how I do things and you guys should post up your fun adventures, too!