I don’t know if it was the alcohol, but when he started (1)________, I didn’t get a chance to say anything. He made some (2)________ jokes and laughed at them himself (I didn’t think they were (3)________). I didn’t want to listen to silly jokes. I wanted to talk about more (4)________ things – you know, get to know him better, his family, his interests and (5)________ and so on.