Booorrring....
By TheRealDawn
@dawnald (85146)
Shingle Springs, California
December 5, 2009 12:43am CST
What's more boring than losing at slots? Listening to somebody talk about losing at slots....
What's more boring than stocks that went up or down? Listening to somebody talk about it?
What's more boring than watching a bad movie? Listening to somebody recap a bad movie...
What bores you to tears and how do you deal with it?
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20 responses
@username182 (35)
• United States
6 Dec 09
this girl talsk to me sometimes she is the biggest s1ut ever. all she evr talks abotu is her body and whos all over it. and how much se gets it. makes me fele like i wasted myw hoel life just beign around her. and shes so full of herself. crazy boring
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
7 Dec 09
Oh geez, some people need to let everybody know how insecure they really are!
@cynthiann (18602)
• Jamaica
5 Dec 09
Boring people bore me to tears. I put on an interested look on my face even though I know that my eyes have gone glassy and inside my head I am singing some old time rock n roll song.
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
7 Dec 09
I usually stay and "listen" for far too long while thinking out escape strategies and looking for the right moment...
@Bionicman (3958)
• Czech Republic
5 Dec 09
Listening to somebody recap a bad movie can be quite fun actually
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@thea09 (18305)
• Greece
5 Dec 09
Anything technical, especially computers and the things they expect us to do for them. The whole idea was to make life easier but they confuse to boredom. How do I deal with it? Put off whatever it is for as long as I can get away with it. Hold on that's the same thing I do with cleaning too, another of lifes great bores.
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@msfrancisco9369 (10002)
• Boston, Massachusetts
5 Dec 09
Hi Dawn,
Listening repeatedly to complaints about how hard life is and still not doing anything about it. THose who complaints are those who are so lazy to land a job. It's very ironic to see them being drank and still no money to buy food for the family.
Another thing is--complaining about how to make ends meet-- but spending a lot for other things and not prioritizing the family's needs...poor money management.
@Maggiepie (7816)
• United States
6 Dec 09
[b]Not boredom, but anger hits when I encounter such people. I'm afraid I lack the patience to even stay where they can "mitch & bone" to me! Where's the door?! I want out NOOOOWWW!!!
Maggiepie___^..^
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@msfrancisco9369 (10002)
• Boston, Massachusetts
6 Dec 09
Hi Maggie,
You're right the simple boredom, can be an irritant and the worst is makes you really angry. There are just lots of insensitive people who are so self-centered and attention-seeker that wants to always have an audience for their petty things. Things that are not only boring but can blow your mind and heart away out of anger! Keep your cool Maggie!
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@allknowing (137773)
• India
6 Dec 09
I am nowhere near anything that bores me but it makes its appearance without any invitation! I have never really got into household chores as I always had maids but of late I am with help which plays truant with me and those dirty dishes glare at me - certainly a boring chore!!!!
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
7 Dec 09
Can I just kick the know it all out and hire somebody to do the housekeeping?
@Maggiepie (7816)
• United States
6 Dec 09
[b]Hmm. To each her own, I guess. I'd rather do housework than listen to some know-it-all (who actually knows diddly-squat about his or her topic) blathering on & on!
Gah! SHOOT me! I literally have been bored to tears, sometimes. To me, Hell consists of boring, repetitious people, endlessly yammering on about things which have never sparked my interest, & never would.
"History of shoelaces, anyone? I have videos!"
AAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHLE!!!!
Maggiepie___^..^
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@allknowing (137773)
• India
7 Dec 09
So you prefer housework to someone who bores you with her/his story. Seems reasonable. I have the gift of the gab to get rid of them mostly when they are on the phone with me. Suddenly my bell would ring or I have something cooking that requires attention - the excuses are several. You better have some of your own!
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@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
5 Dec 09
Well basically the same that you have just written here
I deal with it by shutting of when I have heard enough, I know it is rude but I think about other things and only half listen
I do not watch bad Movies why watch it if you are not going to enjoy
@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
8 Dec 09
Hi there Alice no drawback at all Girl, if they ask a Question and I did not hear it and they will say are you listening, then I own up and say 'No not really, I got bored and I have told you so many times I don't want to know' , but I say it nicely honest and then they get the message you see I don't want to know hehehehehe
Dawn you need to be more attentive and listen it is no good getting caught out all the time
@scarlet_woman (23463)
• United States
20 Dec 09
my mom talking about her soaps..
stupid giggly K-5 kid's tv shows..ANY of these teenage movie/film/music people..
our governor trying to justify another tax increase while more than half the state is unemployed..well,maybe not boring,but i still don't want to hear it none the less..
i just try to get away from it.but i swear if i hear one more thing about twilight this week,i'm gonna puke.nothing like media oversaturation..
@cream97 (29086)
• United States
7 Dec 09
What bores me the most is when someone talks about someone that is supposed to be so special to them. Or if they brag about another person by exaggerating. I get so bored. And when they keep on talking about what they plan to do... Which I have heard like the zillionith time..
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@Maggiepie (7816)
• United States
6 Dec 09
[b]Boring to me is having to wait for something with nothing else--book, video game, puzzle book, whatever, to do while waiting. Boring is also when I'm forced to sit through a long-winded person's lecture when I already know more about the subject than they do!
I can literally be bored to tears on these & other like occasions! People watching (especial BORED people) only goes so far, & is excruciating after a while.
The bottom line on all of this is, boring, to me, is being trapped somewhere, a captive audience, which good manners (or loss of a job) prevent me from just walking away!
ARGH!
Hm. At least this wasn't boring...but note: I wanted to be here!
Maggiepie___^..^
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@Maggiepie (7816)
• United States
8 Dec 09
Oh, aye, a real riot. Shoot me. Please. That's beyond boring; that's soul-freezing!
Maggiepie
LEGALIZE THE CONSTITUTION!
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@Wizzywig (7847)
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5 Dec 09
Having someone prattle on about reality TV shows...Any discussion/gossip about "celebrities" I just dont listen.
Strategic board (bored??) games... I feign ignorance so I'm not asked to play
Corporate training days... drift off into my own little world and hope no-one asks me a question or hears me snoring!!
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
7 Dec 09
So then I won't tell you all about the board game challenge on the last celebrity Survivor!
@Maggiepie (7816)
• United States
6 Dec 09
[b]Oh, yeah..."reality" shows, soap operas, celebrities, certain board games (tops: Monotony--I mean, Monopoly...). And boring staff meetings. Agh...here come the tears of frustration/desire to run screaming away!
Maggiepie___^..^
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@paula27661 (15811)
• Australia
6 Dec 09
Listening to someone’s Navy stories over and over again for half an hour a day for around five years; that’s boring! One of my bosses used to catch me every tea or lunch break sit next to me and start the same stories over and over again…Ahhhh! It was truly horrible!
Watching golf is pretty boring to me and so are people that go into too many useless details before getting to the point of whatever it is they are trying to say! Booooring!!!
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@sunnycool (12714)
• India
5 Dec 09
I would get bored when all of my friends are really busy and we dont get any time to hang out at our spots but we cant do anything but go on with our works and some of my friends are into buying shares and he keep on talking about the current market and which one is going to loose its value and all other stuff which i really hate to hear about.gud day.
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@mysteriousrouge (90)
• United States
6 Dec 09
When my friend recaps about a movie I can only listen for so long then change the subject and talk about something else or I'd walk away.
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@Maggiepie (7816)
• United States
6 Dec 09
[b]I just plop a big paper bag over their irritating head. Bro-THER! If I haven't seen the movie, I hate it when someone ruins it for me that way! Grrr! And if I have seen it, why would I NEED a blow-by-blow recap???
Maggiepie___^..^
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
7 Dec 09
and you can't get a word in edgewise or everything they do is so much better than anything you do.... zzz
@GardenGerty (160949)
• United States
5 Dec 09
I have lots of people in my family that want to tell me all the plots, and subplots of books and series of books that are of genre's that do not interest me. I either avoid them in the first place or find a reason to leave. I am too busy to spend my life that way.
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
7 Dec 09
I'm OK with a brief (very brief) summary and then let me go read it if I'm interested, but yep don't give me the whole story even if it IS a genre that I like!!!
@polachicago (18716)
• United States
5 Dec 09
Boring is also when people don't know when to stop talking about the same subject over and over again. I know some people who start and finish every conversation about granddaughter and detail story what she did and what she didn't....
People who only talk about themselves and all other topics are not important.
I just finish conversation, giving the person brief reason for sudden escape...
like...sorry to interrupt, but I need to leave...or if on the phone...I need to walk my dogs...
@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
7 Dec 09
bla bla bla can't get a word in edgewise bla bla bla
Yep, that's boring...
@cloudwatcher (6861)
• Australia
5 Dec 09
Life is too full to be boring.
I think the only time I am bored is when I am not busy, and thankfully that isn't very often.
What is slots? The only thing I could imagine is a poker machine - putting money in the slot?
@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
7 Dec 09
Slot machines, yep. There is an Indian casino very close to home, and we have gotten into the bad habit of going there Friday nights. Some of them are fun - if you are winning enough for it to be interesting...
@camomom (7535)
• United States
11 Dec 09
Just dropping in to say Hi. I'm WAY behind on my friends posts. Sorry for the generic comment. Happy Holidays!!!
@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
7 Dec 09
Wake up, surely there is something interesting for you to do?