Questions for friends, best friends and new friends

If you woke up tomorrow as a pigeon, what is the first thing you would do?

Answers divide into flying somewhere nice and settling a score with one particular parked car. Ask how they would let the rest of you know it was them, because that plan is worse than they think.

From: Dumb Questions to Ask Friends

Which two products should never be sold as a two-in-one?

Toothpaste and orange juice is the kind of answer you are fishing for. It rewards the quiet thinker among your friends, so leave a pause, and then ask what it says on the bottle.

From: Funny Questions to Ask Friends

What got you into this in the first place?

For a friend you met at a class, a club, a team or a new job. The activity is the one thing you already share, and the reason behind it tends to be a better story than the activity: a dare, a doctor's nudge, a friend who quit after week one.

From: Questions to Ask Your New Friends

Have you ever scrolled so far back on a crush's profile that you were scared of liking an old photo by accident?

Everyone with a phone knows this fear: one slip of the thumb on a picture from two years ago. Ask how far back they got and what they found out. If someone admits the slip really happened, they owe the room the story of the next ten seconds.

From: Crush Questions to Ask Your Friends

How can you tell one of your friends likes someone before he has said anything?

He'll describe the tells he has seen: a name that keeps coming up, a sudden new hobby, a guy who starts caring about his hair. It's funny on its own, and handy the next time you're trying to read someone.

From: Questions to Ask Your Guy Friend

What's one plan under ten dollars that this chat could do together this month?

A price cap keeps ideas realistic: a picnic, a thrift store challenge, a walk to the good bakery. Vote with reactions and give the winner the job of picking the day.

From: Fun Questions to Ask Friends