Ice breakers paves the perfect entry for a good small talk. Personally fist bump works for me as long as it doesn’t turn into fist breakers.

Once during a social event just as I was on the verge of being bored to death, this pretty looking girl sat besides me and started checking out instagram. I noticed her liking a succession of cat pics so I broke the ice complimenting how lovely those cats are. Since she realized that we were strangers on the same page of boredom, started talking about how she was into cats and even have her own cat. So for the sake of small talk I decided to talk about the only cat I know about(not sure completely though)- The Schrodinger’s cat which made her seem excited. The phony physicist in me kicked in as I mentioned to her how Schrodinger put his cat in a box with a live bomb to see what will happen. She interrupted me saying how he was a cruel person and how someone could do this to their cat. Needless to say the conversation ended there- Perfect small talk as my skill prevented it from being a endless saga.

Dealing with a group of people no matter the situation must be daunting task but for me it’s just a matter of flair. This one time I was on the stage giving a presentation in front of my entire class, and out of nowhere the projector went rogue. The screen went dim,dull of colors and almost dark, so basically it became a class of dark magic arts, as even before they all realized the presentation was over. Going by the looks more than half the audience didn’t get the sorcery that was going on and my spells successfully charmed a few into sleep.

Small talk with adults can be done with ease no matter how limited the content you have, you will be surprised by your own self, just as I was so this one time that I remember. The elderly uncle was discussing how today’s youth are getting obese eating all these junk food. And this is how I went on sustaining admiration from his side throughout. “ In my opinion there should be chocolate frogs and jumping jelly beans out there in market just like how it is in J.K.Rowling’s world revolving around Harry Potter. Seriously gift the people you care about with these and they will have to run and chase and do things before they become eligible for their own food. On the wrappers it should be written ‘Hunt your own food, BE A MAN’. Of course on pink packaging it would rather read as ‘BE A STRONG INDEPENDENT WOMAN’. This is what dark fantasy should be.”

Now that you got a gist of examples in real life vary, here’s the much awaited exercise for you. Before I go into details let me be clear that this will only work if you are a guy in late teens and older, and you are going through a phase in life where you have no clue what to do next and is too lazy to make plans for your future. Two main plausible solutions is that either you are single and need someone in your life or else at the least you need a future plan set for your life.

THE TASK: Be a good-sport and invoking Mahatma Gandhi’s beliefs of peace, non-violence and harmony, approach the woman you like, make a small talk and let her know that you are interested.

OUTCOMES: 1) Lucky you! You have a date and a foreseeable future as you tend towards the other outcome. 2) You won’t believe this but apart from the rejection/break-up, this women has just planned everything and set the bar higher for you to look forward in life when she says to you that ‘YOU DESERVE SOMEONE BETTER’

So what are you waiting for, explore the wonders of small talk and do let me know about your interesting experiences in the comments. For those still confused, let me assure you that this task works Y times out of X, and I know you all want to know Y (pun intended). For that you just have to turn your researcher mode on.

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