Ever talked to a random stranger?

towel401

I'm sure most Dubs haven't if you were drunk at the time it doesn't count :pac:

In about 50 years time people won't speak to anyone except their family. and their mail order bride. the world will be run through interactive web forms. most people will be too paranoid to talk to people in real life anymore. I know it's all because of dodgy characters like myself that make a bad name for all the other strangers but not a whole lot I can do about that

The Walsho

towel401 wrote: »

if you were drunk at the time it doesn't count :pac:

This is where I was counted out.

Quazzie

I usually spark a conversation with some inappropriate touching. "**** off perv" is always an ice breaker.

anti-venom

I don't usually talk to random strangers for the sake of it. If a stranger strikes up a conversation, on a train for instance, I will respond, though usually it the sort of dick you just don't want to listen to. It certainly helps of you are pissed.

I don't see that people will ever stop talking to random strangers. It's fundamental to our natrure as social animals. Your worries, if thats what they are, are unfounded and sound to me like the sort of warning that anarcho-primitivists or neo-Luddites love to spout.

SpookyWriter

How about some originality. There's already a thread with a similar theme. Now I would be obligated to speak with strangers who had an original thought.

SV

always talk to strangers.

Some people are very very interesting, got talking to a guy in the gym who had run 40 marathons and was running one again and he was 70!

MizzLolly

I talk to strangers all the time.

No joke.. literally everday!


Love it!

ScumLord

I usually stay in hostels when I go abroad and travel alone so I'm always talking to strangers.

I also invite strangers off the internet to stay in my house.

MagicMarker

Well, everyone i have ever known was a stranger, that is, until i talked to them.

arybvtcw0eolkf

I think one of our best traits as Irish people (esp. the working class Dub) is our ability to strike up a conversation with almost anyone.

I talk to everyone, taxi drivers - my barber - bar staff and strangers at the bar & even the drunk taking a piss beside me in the pubs jacks.

As a matter of fact, this isn't confined to Dub's, its Irish people in general.

I served in Lebanon a number of times and was always amazed at the locals with west of Ireland accents, or the children with "Bleedn Duublin" accents, and even old people with Cark accents.

And no where else did I find that in Lebanon, and it came from us talking bollox to them over the year's.

Yup, over a pint I'd talk to the devil himself.

Dave147

Always, the world doesn't revolve around me (not for the time being anyway) so I'm interested in what other people have to say. I've made alot of friends that way, it would be a very boring world if we didn't.

towel401

SpookyWriter wrote: »

How about some originality. There's already a thread with a similar theme. Now I would be obligated to speak with strangers who had an original thought.

might as well get all the 'strangers' threads over with in one go

Sharpshooter

Mairt wrote: »

Yup, over a pint I'd talk to the devil himself.

Yeah , l tend to agree , we do strike up conversations out of nowhere and often found it bemusing when you'd say to someone you hadn't clapped eyes on before " how's it going , are ye enjoying yourself ?":D
Made great friends with a Welsh couple in spain through just that kind of question and got on like a house on fire.
l guess we have the gift ect.:D

WiseMona

Mairt wrote: »

I think one of our best traits as Irish people (esp. the working class Dub) is our ability to strike up a conversation with almost anyone.

I talk to everyone, taxi drivers - my barber - bar staff and strangers at the bar & even the drunk taking a piss beside me in the pubs jacks.

As a matter of fact, this isn't confined to Dub's, its Irish people in general.

I served in Lebanon a number of times and was always amazed at the locals with west of Ireland accents, or the children with "Bleedn Duublin" accents, and even old people with Cark accents.

And no where else did I find that in Lebanon, and it came from us talking bollox to them over the year's.

Yup, over a pint I'd talk to the devil himself.

I agree wholeheartedly. After living abroad in the US and Switzerland for 15 years, it is sooooooooo nice to come home and talk to complete strangers who in some cases end up being your new best friend.

challengemaster

Mairt wrote: »

I talk to everyone, taxi drivers - my barber - bar staff and strangers at the bar & even the drunk taking a piss beside me in the pubs jacks.

Rule 1, eyes front, mouth shut. YOU DO NOT BREAK RULE 1!:eek:

Aisling(",)

ive done it a fair few times even set up my mate with her current boyfriend that way

JC 2K3

I never do while just out at daytime normally, and no one ever seems to do it to me....

Out at night I will, but usually only with some alcohol and it's very mood dependant. If I'm introduced to someone I can usually talk to them fine, but I'm quite shy when it comes to initiating conversations.

Sharpshooter

JC 2K3 wrote: »

I never do while just out at daytime normally, and no one ever seems to do it to me....

Out at night I will, but usually only with some alcohol and it's very mood dependant. If I'm introduced to someone I can usually talk to them fine, but I'm quite shy when it comes to initiating conversations.

How's it going , is a general Dub expression and generally will get a positive reply.:)

Kiera

Yes I talked to strangers. I get it from my Dad. Being from the country he used to talk to everyone when we were out. As a kid I got pretty embarrassed but now find I do it myself. Mainly if I’m in a queue or at a bus stop.

6th

I do it a fair bit.

el_bandita

Never. I'm way to shy...