Obviously the premise of "two things" is fairly ridiculous, but I bet it's an interesting thing to ask people at parties. I cannot stand party small talk, and t

Obviously the premise of "two things" is fairly ridiculous, but I bet it's an interesting thing to ask people at parties. I cannot stand party small talk, and the most fun I've had socialising with strangers were when I ask them straight questions like these. Another thing I ask people, just out of curiosity since it's not insightful at the same level, is to just go through their average day. Sort of like a bottom-up description of their work/study/whatever live, instead of the top-down answer you get when you ask "so, what do you do". Some people may think it's weird, though.