Sodding silence

I wonder what the rules are for confident and easy conversation are, do they include being interested in the other person and what the other person has to say, are they about having fun and witty anecdotes to fill those spaces?  What are those spaces, what is all that sodding silence about?

Strenuous physical exercise in hot conditions is not actually as strenuous as it would be in cool conditions, I found. Sleeping in hot conditions is another thing that is not as restful as it would be in cool conditions. Not rocket science.

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