Will you take a look at my rash? What do you think that is?
Because it is September, I am setting aside time to read every night. I'm on book #3 in The Sunday Philosophy Club, a light and cheery series by Alexander McCall Smith. Moral and ethical issues are whimsically raised and examined by the heroine, only to be set aside or interrupted. One ethical diversion that caught my fancy, though, was the question of how one deals with being trapped in a conversation at a social function/party. Resign yourself to tedium and try to act interested, or try to politely excuse yourself? And, if the latter, how? The author suggests two ways to extract yourself from an undesirable conversation:
1) Mention your infectious disease.
2) Say, "Let's talk about religion. Let's really talk about it."
Unfortunately, in the circles I run in, those two option would more likely be conversation starters, not stoppers. So, now I ask you, what is your strategy for tactfully removing yourself from a dull conversation?
(GC was once in a conversation with a girl who talked about how she could communicate with her cat...)