A good pun may be admitted among the smaller excellencies of lively conversation.

A good quartet is like a good conversation among friends interacting to each other's ideas.

The suspect was in the Laundromat and overheard the conversation. The victim did not know her attacker,

In person, if possible, Anubis was even more drop-dead gorgeous. [Oh . . . ha, ha. I didn't catch the pun, but thank you, Carter. God of the dead, drop-dead gorgeous. Yes, hilarious. Now, may I continue?]

There is no such thing as a worthless conversation, provided you know what to listen for

There is no such thing as a worthless conversation, provided you know what to listen for. And questions are the breath of life for a conversation.