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Originally Posted by lurkette
And I have another friend who will just talk on and on long after your eyes have started wandering and you've started shifting your weight, and you can't interrupt him - he just keeps talking.
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Good news, I found out a little trick to interacting with talky people. You Have to interrupt them. This turns their monologue into a dialogue. After a while, they pause to give you a chance to talk. I tried it once with this one gal, and it works. 
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Roger Zelazny
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