Steering a conversation

We all have our kinks … l'm interested in how to get another person to reveal things about themselves that l'd like to know. One way l might use myself is to ask about a person's childhood illnesses (innocuous, presumably) and then to go on to ask about whether they had any childhood operations (which are likely to interest me, with my kinks!) Another example: l might ask about what they think of dentists (they might have just been to one) and then ask about whether they - like me - had had any teeth out as a kid, which gives me opportunity to learn if they did too, and then to ask whether it needed full anaesthesia (note: both dentistry and anaesthesia are of interest to me!).

Etc., etc. I'm sure Zity-ers can mention examples from their own life, actual or invented. Or comment on the general idea.

- Ken