Idle Chat

Lines that keep an inane conversation flowing. Not quite so easy to pull out of the bag when you're talking to someone you have no desire to speak to/have nothing of any worth to say to/see maybe twice a year tops. In almost all cases, you don't care what their answer is - you just want to look interested so nobody thinks you're a bastard. I know a fair few people at university, but when they bump into me out and about, a considerable proportion of them are only ever going to hear painfully methodical, stilted japes such as the following:

January - Did you have a good Christmas?
February - How did your exams go?
March - How were your exam results?
April - Did you have a good Easter?
May - Did you have a good Easter? (There really is nothing else to ask in May.)
June - How did your exams go?
July - Are you having a good summer?
August - Are you having a good summer?
September - Are you having a good summer?
October - Did you have a good summer?
November - How is your course going?
December - What are you doing this Christmas?