“That was impressive. Do you come here often?”

That was cliched, but he'd run out of creative ways to initiate conversations days ago. The bar had proven to be a wealth of information, though. People were willing to strike up a conversation with anyone, about anyone, after having enough alcohol. He had not seen this woman before and wondered if she was from out of town. He could possibly unload some local rumors on her, if she were the idle chatter type.