Stating the obvious...

Me, Fuzz and Adlin (who came down yet again from KL) were talking about how sometimes people can really run out of things to say. Especially, folks who hardly know each other bump into each other in the most awkward situations. That doesn't help to build conversation.

Example 1
When I was having meepok for lunch in a food court a couple of weeks ago, someone I met briefly came up and said hi. The first thing he asked: "Having lunch ar?"

Example 2
At a Zara sale, you are queuing to pay for your clothes. An old nemesis bumped into you accidently. "Oh it's you. Buying clothes ar?"

It's a goddamned self-defense mechanism which everyone is guilty of. It's true. I guess, sometimes it breaks the ice when you obviously have nothing to relate to the other person. However, it can be quite fun to irritate each other with it.

Reading my blog entry ar?