It gets the other person to talk, and people love to talk! I had a string of birthdays memorized in my head from March 2 to March 12 of various people I'd known or worked with or met at the bus stop. Also a 5-day string in April.
Quando di fronte a me mi ritrovo un'anima pura e candida il mio cuore trema ardentemente perché ha una immensa paura di non saperla accogliere nelle mie disordinate stanze del destino...