Some time ago, Louise bought me the above book, partly because she knows I'm a fan of the comedian Richard Herring, but mostly (I suspect) because she knows I'm crap at making small talk. The book promises "1001 conversation starters for every occasion" and so I thought I'd use them to encourage a little conversation on this blog, rather than it all just being about me trying to convince you that Huey Lewis deserves more of your respect.
So I'm going to select a question every week or so and give you my answer. Hopefully then you can leave your own answer in the comments box. It'll probably fall flat on its arse as most of these things do, and I'll quietly bury the idea in a couple of weeks, but let's give it a go, eh?
I skipped the first two questions because they were too silly or inappropriate, but question three was right up my avenue of interest...
3. Have you ever seen a ghost?
Now I'm not actually going to bore you all with my answer to this, since I wrote about it in detail some years ago starting here.
I will tell you though that for his part, Richard Herring responds to his own question by saying, "Interesting fact for after the question has been answered: ghosts do not exist. Anyone who says they have seen one is thus mentally imbalanced." But he's a comedian, and comedians often talk bollocks for humorous effect.
I'll throw in the next question for good measure...
4. Have you ever seen a Bigfoot?
Only on film. And as I'm sure I've mentioned before, I wholeheartedly believe the Patterson–Gimlin film was not a fake.
(My money's on Ernie for this one.)
And to finish off...
8. Has your sibling ever seen a ghost?
Actually, I'll settle for anybody in your family or close circle of acquaintances. As long as you believe them. And why wouldn't you?
