"The Conversationalist" joke
A rather awkward and shy young man asked one of his more experienced friends how he was always so successful with the ladies.
"It's easy," explained his friend. ""The trick is to get the conversation rolling. I always start with one of three topics: family, food or philosophy. Any girl in the world is bound to have something to say about one of those subjects. Once you get her talking, it's easy from there."
The next night, the young man had a date, but in the first five minutes a complete silence had fallen over the table. Finally, remembering his friend's advice, he cleared his throat and began, "So, do you have a brother?"
"No," his date replied.
Noting that hadn't gone very well and his date hadn't offered any kind of follow-up information, he thought perhaps he would have better luck with food. "So, do you like Italian food?" he asked.
"No," replied his date.
Now desperate, he thought and thought, trying to come up with some kind of philosophical question. Finally, he said, "So, tell me, IF you had a brother, would HE have liked Italian food?"
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