Ice breaking stats

This came up last night so I thought I'd share my 2 cents. The start of every conversation is, undoubtedly, the toughest part of the conversation. I don't buy those who say ending a conversation is hard, just leave. Some conversations are harder to get going than others, especially the first time conversations. So how do you break in and get going. Well its tough and everyone goes about it a different way of dealing with it. Sometimes someone else makes the first move, sometimes something presents itself to give you a hand and sometimes you just have to tough it out.

I'm about to drop a mind bomb.

That's right, here's my golden secret. When it gets tough I've got some go to ice breakers. The first and best is the whistle test. It is a proven statistic that (enter percent >50) of women can't whistle. This sort of challenge won't go unmet and not only will you be able to engage the person in front of you but you may engage the entire room. The second and less effective method that I will share is the milk test. No women like to drink milk. None. Its not really a challenge but it at least get someone talking, even the whole room. It is less effective because you have to leave the room and essentially the room to get milk to test the theory, but you get the gist.

This came up last night because there really is no limit to what you can do to break the ice. For example, my friend James has chickens. 10 chickens that is. He didn't get them as a conversation piece but they are nevertheless.

UPDATE: In talking more with James recently he shared a tidbit that could come in extremely handy. Upon meeting someone who claims you have met before, and you have not the slightest clue who they are, 2 out of 3 times you can play it off with one simple phrase/question. You simply come up with something about their hair looking different that last time you met (pretty much only works on girls), but remember it only works 2 out of 3 times.