i've occasionally picked up books in charity shops if they look awesomely dull - proud members of my library include 'Copper Compounds In Modern Agriculture' and 'Concrete Design'
You think the old saying "That book put me to sleep" is a cliche, but ten minutes with characters with names like Fainall (oh... OHHH how DROLL!) and Manly (oh yes, quite), who make the most gruesomely banal commentaries on then modern society, will have your head hitting the pillow during high noon.
It isn't that there isn't something to learn from all the ribald cuckoldry (tittering laughter), or insights to be gained from nobility traveling freely between England and Spain during the early 1700s, or of the moral relaxation of English society during Charles the II's reign, it's just that...
Trying to memorize Department of Defense form numbers, and their purposes.
That also reminds me of something... having to memorize US government acronyms... each department had a handbook, small typed, of many-many pages. They had an acronym for literally everything... luckily, I have forgotten them all
Henrik Ibsen. There are some alright Norwegian playwrights, but he, who just happens to be our most acknowledged one, literally makes me turn emo and want to cut myself on the paper after reading just a few pages. Literature that dry is what scares people away from reading. :rolleyes:
In TV's dull things, I love watching skynews just to hear that music when they show weather and news of the day... ta ta tataaaaaa... taaaaaaaa... taaaaaaa...
[edit] Oh wait... they have changed it ! Damn I prefered the old one, they did the dullest thing
Glandular Fever (or Mono as you strange perverters of the English language are wont to call it). Not sure you could make that into a joke though. But there's nothing quite as dull as a month of lying on your back feeling too ill to move.
A three-hour letchure on contemporary art from a teacher that sounds like Ben Stien, but lacks any kind of knowledge on the subject matter in a surprisingly comfortable letchure room after sundown.
The dullest three hours of my life. Have way through the semester, I took the period as my nap time.
Once upon a time I was in a band called Daytime Television....
(I didn't expect this thread to last so long. Apparently talking about dull things is less dull than doing dull things.)
Not quite. Normal dullness has become dull to us. We are trying to transcend dullness, by taking the thought of everything of a dull nature, and combining their powers. It's the path to boredom, and therefore, enlightenment.
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It isn't that there isn't something to learn from all the ribald cuckoldry (tittering laughter), or insights to be gained from nobility traveling freely between England and Spain during the early 1700s, or of the moral relaxation of English society during Charles the II's reign, it's just that...
*Head hits keyboard*
*Drool covers keys*
*Snores resound*
Software Engineering format documents. Duuulllllllllll.
Try finding a good military software specification document.
That also reminds me of something... having to memorize US government acronyms... each department had a handbook, small typed, of many-many pages. They had an acronym for literally everything... luckily, I have forgotten them all
Turn to page 24 if you sweep the kitchen.
*flip flip*
You didn't sweep the kitchen and it becomes infested with ants.
That would be pretty dull, but not as dull as waiting for a new episode of Sam N Max!
Watching the Weather Channel*.
*When I visit my aunt and uncle in Minnesota, it's invariably on TV and on mute.
[edit] Oh wait... they have changed it ! Damn
"One. One. One. One. One.....
....
One."
The dullest three hours of my life. Have way through the semester, I took the period as my nap time.
Err, wait...
On topic: Waking up in the morning and going through your morning ritual is pretty dull (shower, brush teeth, smash an alarm clock etc.)
That's not dull. Its frustration.
a dusty, ancient bowling ball.
HUURRR HURRRR!! WORDPLAY!! *DOWNS CLAP*
(Thought i had put more than 10 characters.)
Once upon a time I was in a band called Daytime Television....
(I didn't expect this thread to last so long. Apparently talking about dull things is less dull than doing dull things.)
Not quite. Normal dullness has become dull to us. We are trying to transcend dullness, by taking the thought of everything of a dull nature, and combining their powers. It's the path to boredom, and therefore, enlightenment.
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