A daily challenge for everyone here ...

*~[THE Ben Reilly]~* wrote:... from Eddie and me.

1) Start a conversation with someone you barely know, on a topic you rarely talk about.

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nicko wrote:Try that on the average English man and you'll either get ignored,  or told to fuck off and mind your own business  !

*~[THE Ben Reilly]~* wrote:... from Eddie and me.

1) Start a conversation with someone you barely know, on a topic you rarely talk about. This can be anywhere, work, a cafe, on Facebook, or on even on the forum. Talk about how that went in this thread.

2) Find a song, a book quote, a poem or an article that you heard or read long ago, and talk about how it made you feel.

3) Take a quiet moment, sit down, close your eyes and imagine you're watching traffic drive away from you. You can put one thing that's troubling you in one of those cars. What will it be? (This could be the same thing every day, or something different, and you can share it if you want, or keep it to yourself.)

Eddie and I will do it every day, and we'd love it if you'd join us!

*~[THE Ben Reilly]~* wrote:

nicko wrote:Try that on the average English man and you'll either get ignored,  or told to fuck off and mind your own business  !

Now, I came to England and had no problem chatting with people I'd obviously never met, who were without exception quite friendly and open.

To be fair, my darling wife has told me that many of those people seemed to treat me differently than they'd treat their countrymen, so it may have had something to do with my charming accent and/or lush beard.

veya_victaous wrote:

*~[THE Ben Reilly]~* wrote:


Now, I came to England and had no problem chatting with people I'd obviously never met, who were without exception quite friendly and open.

To be fair, my darling wife has told me that many of those people seemed to treat me differently than they'd treat their countrymen, so it may have had something to do with my charming accent and/or lush beard.

You have an American Accent so obviously an American 

and Being American is considered to be sort of like being Disabled/Handicapped, so extra nice to the 'special' one  

veya_victaous wrote:

*~[THE Ben Reilly]~* wrote:


Now, I came to England and had no problem chatting with people I'd obviously never met, who were without exception quite friendly and open.

To be fair, my darling wife has told me that many of those people seemed to treat me differently than they'd treat their countrymen, so it may have had something to do with my charming accent and/or lush beard.

You have an American Accent so obviously an American 

and Being American is considered to be sort of like being Disabled/Handicapped, so extra nice to the 'special' one  

Original Quill wrote:It won't work in New York City.  But I've found that Londoners are extraordinarily friendly and willing to help.

Fred Moletrousers wrote:

Original Quill wrote:It won't work in New York City.  But I've found that Londoners are extraordinarily friendly and willing to help.

Ah, but looking for a real Cockney (or even a real Londoner)  in London is a bit like hoping to find a diamond in a pile of doggy poo........

eddie wrote:I had a really good conversation with my daughter’s two best friends, both aged 6. We chatted about what they think of adults and the only thing they were adamant about was the fact that they wanted bright red long hair like mine. They asked their parents if they could dye their hair like mine  (the parents of both girls are my very close friends) and the answer was a firm “No”
Made me chuckle.


I was thinking my husband today and all those times he sent me songs to wake up to...one of them was about keeping eyes in a jar.


I put my concerns in the car. My concerns over an old friend who is doing something I really don’t fucking like.

eddie wrote:


I put my concerns in the car. My concerns over an old friend who is doing something I really don’t fucking like.

gelico wrote:

eddie wrote:


I put my concerns in the car. My concerns over an old friend who is doing something I really don’t fucking like.

but what did you fill the empty space with?