Captivating Conversations – Blog Prompt

Prompt: Come up with a question to ask several people, list their responses, and talk about your favorite response.

I have thought about this question a lot, even though it may be simple and dull sounding. What makes a good conversation starter? I forgot about it for a little while but I was inspired by probably one of the most spontaneous people I know. Prepare yourselves some of these might get a little bit boring but bear with me because the last one practically put me in tears when I was asked this.

1. Brother #1 says ‘an insult’

2. Brother #2 says ‘Would you kill baby Hitler?’

3. Dad says telling an amusing story along the lines of Roman admiral performing a pre-battle ceremony… sacred chickens aren’t hungry…’if they will not eat then let them drink’… throwing them into the sea… losing the battle because he killed the sacred chickens. And mentioning that we are distantly related to the idiot who killed the sacred chickens.

4. Mom says she can’t think of anything quite as interesting as my father’s response. But she usually starts with ‘how are your kids doing?’ or something like that.

5. Last but not least, my dance teacher says ‘what would it be like if I could only move my head in sharp abrupt movements?’

                 The last one I definitely my favorite because it was so out of the ordinary and actually led to an extremely interesting conversation.

                What do you think about these responses? What do you think is the best conversation starter?