‘How was your day?’
That was the question we used to ask our kids.
It was a useless request; as it prompted ‘fine’ as a response. End of conversation.
We changed it to:
‘What was the best thing about today?’
‘What could have been better?’
‘What made you smile?’
Etcetera.
Last night I called our daughter. She’s a little older now, and on holiday with 10 mates in in house that resembles Frank N Furter’s castle* from the Rocky Horror Picture Show deep in the Scottish borders.
I still asked the same question, ‘What was the best thing about today?’
The answer.
‘We saw 100 piglets.’
Now that’s a conversation starter.
I firmly believe there are no boring people. Only people who don’t know how to ask the right questions.
Every weekend, I consider a question to post on my Facebook Group.
It takes a bit of thinking to hit the right balance of weekend x intrigue x bothered to answer but we always receive over 100 responses.
Some are amazing.
Here’s a request for you to consider.
What’s your best question to get a conversation started?
Post it below and I’ll send a copy of Flip It to our favourite.
Congratulations to Ben Brimson who won our last competition with his answer to ‘What was your best email subject line?’
He sent this to Next customer service in an attempt to get their attention
‘I’m down here on the bottom of your shoe.’
Your best question/conversation starter? Post below… Go…
Be Brilliant!
Michael
Here’s the place where the filmed the Frank N Further castle scenes for the Rocky Horror Picture show.
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Do you eat tinned fruit… who eats tinned fruit always gets people’s brains working
On a scale of 1 to 10 how amazing was your day and why?
Love the ‘I’m down here on the bottom of your shoe.’ Just sent it to my MP who’s not answering my pleas for help for our sector (softplay) that’s still closed.
What’s your story
Where’s the strangest place you’ve stayed overnight?
I start some great conversations with – “Wow do you know you’ve got a doppelganger…?”
What’ve you been up to recently?
Because people of all ages are usually ready to tell you things about their life and it gives you a chance to find out a little about them so you can make conversation in which they will be interested.
So you gorgeous piece of fabric, are you ready for your transformation?
If you won a £1M to create a business – what would be your business idea?
What superpower would you like to have and why?
Have you ever used a Pe3nis Beaker?’
so about 6 years ago I was out with friends and one was a new mummy.. that eve at dinner she was telling us a funny story that she read on MumsNet (I believe if you put P3nis Beaker in the search it’s still there..) anyway I just could not believe there was such a thing.. so later on that eve when we left the resto and went to the pub to meet more friends.. I told the story again.. oh how we all laughed with tears running down our faces again (go read it, it’s hilarious) anyway I started to ask random men as they passed our table if they had indeed ever used a beaker before.. one chap found the conversation so intriguing he sat with us for a bit, he chatted up a friend of mine (Karen), they swapped numbers, started dating.. and they have just literally had their second baby last week! 🙂 great question huh! 🙂
If you live inside a book – which book would it be?
What can I do to make your next holiday better
What sky stimulates, excites or relaxes you most (and the why? of course).
If you could give your 17 year old self one piece of advice what would it be ?
You can invite 6 people from ;The past,Present or future.For Dinner.At a location of your choice.The questions are :What,Why,Where,When,How and Who.
We used to have a stand at various interiors trade shows and we would ask potential customers “what caught your eye?”
Who do you think would win a fight between a mountain gorilla and a grizzly bear?
Who is your Celebrity crush ☺️
What’s been the biggest highlight of your life, so far?
Once asked this of an elderly lady at a ‘big’ birthday bash and was floored by her answer – representing GB in the 1936 olympics in Berlin! When asked what her second biggest highlight was, it was being taught to fly by Amy Johnson!! Another great story followed on the back of that, but too long to write here!
What is uppermost on your mind these days?
If you had the opportunity to invent a new ice cream flavour, what would it be?
“How the hell did you end up in this place, half way round the world?”
A question asked by a Geordie to a burly Aussie bar owner in our French village – pin drop moment!
We’ve been having these discussions with the children at dinner after the what super power/super hero would you be came the following:
If you could be in any world from a television programme what one would it be and why?
I’d like to be in Mr Benn’s world and visit the Fancy Dress shop!