Topics of the most boring dinner conversation i’ve so far had to endure (in a steak house)

  • something surprisingly boring about aeroplanes
  • public transport
  • real estate (in general)
  • building an extension on the roof
  • house prices in milan, london and malta
  • tax law (for crying out loud!)
  • car models in comparison, and investments, and some more about money
  • how long it takes to get to cardiff by coach (apparently it takes 4 hours. however, they managed to keep this topic going for around 10 minutes, as there might be inclement weather conditions, trains might be out of order, etc)
  • the story of how this accountant once took the coach to cardiff
  • the various types of tiles one could lay in one’s kitchen

Topics of a (decent) dinner conversation i had last night (in a garden)

  • elizabethan make-up (painted blue veins, lead powder & black teeth)
  • robin drumsticks served with fly steak and ant kebabish
  • building bird houses (the perils thereof)
  • Leo Bersani’s essay “Is the rectum a grave?” (and the related question “does anal sex mean loss of self?”)
  • Luce Irigaray, and Tom of Finland
  • what punks and the blacksmiths in czech fairy tales have in common
  • cheap clothing retailers, glory holes, japanese football comics
  • the story of how a friend once kissed a soho hooker who then died
  • how to poison people with small yew trees, and the perfect alibi