Is this boring...or fascinating? (Dave Barry) (LOL)

Miami Herald ^ | Dave Barry

[yankeedame]

Fishing is boring, unless you catch an actual fish, and then it is disgusting.

LOL!!! A man after my own heart!
Thanks for the article, Nuconcert! Always time for a good laugh!

[nuconvert]

Pong

[MaryFromMichigan]

"Men can take maybe 45 seconds of yearning, and then they want everybody to get naked. Followed by a car chase. A movie called Naked People in Car Chases would do really well among men."

Lol!
It's so true!

[wizardoz]

My brother-in-law can bore a person to tears in no time flat. He tells these long, long, slow stories about hunting. For ducks. With his dog. Out in the swamps. By the cornfields. With his friends. Around Christmas. When it's cold. And he just keeps adding details till your eyes glaze over.

And there is no alcohol in that house, either. You either sneak your own in or sit and listen to him stone cold sober. It's Hell.

[nuconvert]

LOL.
I feel sorry for your sister

[SvdByFaith]

HeHe! I have to agree, but there's something missing from the scenario. Men like movies with naked people and car chases, but they also like to see things go boom. Throw an explosion into the scenario and it's a perfect man-flick.

[x]

Of course it's boring to a third party listening in to be entertained. But the conversation didn't happen for Dave Barry's benefit.

The conversation he's talking about isn't about anything but the contact between the people involved. Maybe they're old acquaintances who never had much to say to each other but are getting used to being together again. Or maybe they're people who've just met and have no idea what each other's interests are. Or else they're just trying to pass the time while waiting. It's hard to get into "interesting" mode with people you don't know at a time when you'd just as soon be napping.

Of course, they could just be boring people. But "that's a big bag" conversations are very common in the world. They happen, for example, when people are waiting for hours for a bus or plane. Or when you have to sit next to a distant relative, you have nothing in common with, at a family occasion.

A good playwright and some talented actors could do a lot with such a conversation. Or at least, most playwrights today -- Pinter, Sheppard, Mamet -- tend to write lines like those Barry overheard.

[nuconvert]

"But "that's a big bag" conversations are very common in the world."

Yes, and that's what makes it funny. Everyone can relate to either having heard or having taken part in a smiilar boring conversation, whatever the reason for it.

btw - Dave Barry is a humorist. And I thought his re-telling of the "big bag" conversation was very funny.

[T Minus Four]

I couldn't read your whole post. It was too boring.

[nuconvert]

LOL

[Sofa King]

Don't forget:

[Theresawithanh]

Thank you for posting this Dave Barry, he's funny all of the time!

I think he also wrote a very funny column about the cell phone conversations you overhear everywere you go.

[Old Professer]

Barry could have been describing any day around Floyd's Barber Shop.

[rockprof]

A movie called Naked People in Car Chases would do really well among men.

That sounds like a good movie, where's it playing?

[Onelifetogive]

The conversation he's talking about isn't about anything but the contact between the people involved. Maybe they're old acquaintances who never had much to say to each other but are getting used to being together again. Or maybe they're people who've just met and have no idea what each other's interests are. Or else they're just trying to pass the time while waiting. It's hard to get into "interesting" mode with people you don't know at a time when you'd just as soon be napping.

I think I just fell asleep while reading your post.....

[A Longer Name]

Fishing is boring, unless you catch an actual fish, and then it is disgusting.

Bump.

[Boxsford]

"Is this boring...or fascinating?"

lol, it's funny! thanks for the ping.

[Boxsford]

lol, that is too funny. I think that could be a thread all on its own. everyone would try to top the most boring person they'd ever met.

[Boxsford]

okay, I have to ask. Were you FIRST PERSON in Dave's story? Do you own a big bag?