Felix once told me that a good conversation filler is asking someone what they had for lunch

I'm sure he doesn't remember this, and I'm very very sure that this isn't one of the rules by which he lives his life, but it is a thing I think about quite often. You obviously can't do this to like a stranger, but when there is a lull in a conversation with someone you know well (especially if you have got on their tits, or even more especially if they have got on your tits and you want to make a point of Forgiving And Forgetting)and you can't think of what to say, you just go "So what did you have for lunch?"
It really actually does work, and also it is interesting. I love to find out what people had for lunch.
Another thing that seems like a way to fill a silence but is actually FASCINATING is asking people what their scariest movie is. I asked everyone the other night. My mum said Psycho. Cathy said Silence Of The Lambs. Allan said "Cape Fear. That bit where he hangs on to the bottom of the truck. That's when I thought, Jesus Christ, this guy will stop at NOTHING."
I don't know why that makes me laugh so much.