Best Ice Breaker for conversations?

[cipher]

What according to you is the best Ice breaker to start a converstaion with any body,
classify according to:
male to female
female to male
male to male
female to female is not required as they can have any gossip as an Ice Breaker, like, "hey Brad Pitt broke up with Jenny, I wonder what would happen to the world now!"

No pun intended he he
cheers

[sheffy4]

I know you meant that last part as a joke, but eh.. not funny.

Also, there are a bunch of other threads about this, but I would say there are two main ways to start a conversation.
1) notice something about the other person that interests you, and ask them a question about it.
2) compliment (genuinely) about something you admire about them (even if it's just like, "nice jacket.")
3) just introduce yourself, "Hey, my name is ___. What's yours?"

[cipher]

Sorry for the PJ... a women right?
Read the other threads too, and read your reply there also,
but these are not foolproof Ice Breakers, they may not start a converstaion... like Nice Jacket... ends up with a thank you! and now you have to figure out something else to continue.
A good Ice breaker is... " How long have you been here?" it gives ample matter in response, to get along with the conversation, if it doesn't.. then u may add "so how do u like it here?"
you can dig up and if the person is interested he/she will start walking the same path as you.

[Gozunn]

I try to avoid the smalltalk and get straight to the emotional part of the person, from the icebreaker itself.

Just look at their expression, if you can't find an expression just make up one. The best is the concerned type.

"Hey you look a bit down everything alright?" something like that (english is my second language, I can't really translate it from my language)

if the person looks joyful, display envy.

"Wow! So the sun does actually rise for some people"

Then they look at you wierdly and you explain yourself casually.

Its important to appear confident, and have a confident posture AND the best smile you can wield otherwise this technique will backfire. It works both as a PU line and as a way to make friends. Well at least for me it does (I haven't met that defensive crancky bitch/SOB yet)

[Herbalist]

"Something to drink?"
Or "Would you like to dance?"

That was enough for every single case of my life (male to female).

M2M: "Excuse me,...". That's all. Why would I need an ice-breaker with that?

[cipher]

Originally Posted by Herbalist

"Something to drink?"
Or "Would you like to dance?"

That was enough for every single case of my life (male to female).

M2M: "Excuse me,...". That's all. Why would I need an ice-breaker with that?

Good dude... but in my part of the world, it is not that easy...
male to female interactions are really difficult, people are not casual about it. You can not expect to be greeted or even smiled upon by someone you do not know. I can't even imagine myself asking a girl directly to accompany me for a drink, and to dance... my god... not till I am sane, in India you might even get a chance to say anything else ever again.

These lines are a complete blow off here.