Stumbled across this fantastic article yesterday encouraging everyone to talk to strangers. My favourite bit:
People don’t usually go around telling strangers stuff – it’s why God invented talk radio – and that’s why you have to ask them questions. When people start their answer, those first few clacks of the tongue will reveal an ocean of information: where their grandparents’ grandparents’ came from; whether they smoke and drink whiskey; whether or not they’ve chipped any teeth after falling against a table-edge or shoreline rock; whether they prefer garlic or curry; whether they are grateful that you asked or annoyed that you bothered them.
And you know, those answers are the stuff of life. So go get some.