As a general rule I don't talk to strangers unless I know them pretty well. You can imagine how this is an inconvenience in the shopping mall where there are strangers everywhere and most of them seem repulsed by my hula hoop skills and ability to hum The Battle Hymn of the Republicans with a mouth full of peanut butter and jelly. I suppose it's just as well. Not talking to them gives me more time to concentrate on spackle, and everyone should be doing that daily.