# How bored are you? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 4, 2014, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bored-are-you/680533 "2014-02-04T23:46:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![3trew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/13edae/32.png) [@3trew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3trew)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2014, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bored-are-you/680533/1 "2014-02-04T23:46:10Z")
I just arranged my Hawaiian shirts by colour, from red to violet. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2014, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bored-are-you/680533/2 "2014-02-04T23:52:13Z")
Just spent over an hour on SDMB ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2014, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bored-are-you/680533/3 "2014-02-04T23:58:47Z")
> [@3trew](#): > > I just arranged my Hawaiian shirts by colour, from red to violet. For some values of “Hawaiian shirts” that I have seen, that would be from infra-red to ultra-violet. That’s how bored I am, I just wrote that. Roddy ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2014, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bored-are-you/680533/4 "2014-02-05T00:06:39Z")
I’m reading this thread. ETA: editing minor grammatical oversights as well. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2014, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bored-are-you/680533/5 "2014-02-05T00:07:57Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I’m reading this thread. > > ETA: editing minor grammatical oversights as well. Then expanding on previous comments. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2014, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bored-are-you/680533/6 "2014-02-05T02:41:30Z")
Not bored at all. I’m a little tired, though. ---
**Author:** ![SerafinaPekala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@SerafinaPekala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SerafinaPekala)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2014, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bored-are-you/680533/7 "2014-02-05T03:04:58Z")
I frequently check [www.boredpanda.com](http://www.boredpanda.com) ---
**Author:** ![Tethered\_Kite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@Tethered\_Kite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tethered_Kite)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2014, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bored-are-you/680533/8 "2014-02-05T03:25:40Z")
I haven’t had a bored moment since my last Senior driving skills refreshment class. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2014, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bored-are-you/680533/9 "2014-02-05T05:43:24Z")
There’s a bit I love from one of P.N. Elrod’s _Vampire Files_ novels–Escott’s response to a suggestion that he was bored: > [@Charles Escott](#): > > One cannot help inactivity, but boredom is a self-inflicted disease. I firmly believe there is a special Providence watching us all for signs of boredom. The moment we declare ourselves in that state, some disaster will occur to take our minds right out of it. Note to the Universe: I’m not bored at all. I’m entertaining myself nicely. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2014, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bored-are-you/680533/10 "2014-02-05T19:54:10Z")
> [@3trew](#): > > I just arranged my Hawaiian shirts by colour, from red to violet. So bored that I watched you. You’re low on milk, BTW. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2014, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bored-are-you/680533/11 "2014-02-05T23:31:13Z")
Pretty bored. Waiting for a patch to be applied so I can close the fiscal month. ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2014, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bored-are-you/680533/12 "2014-02-05T23:43:50Z")
So bored that I can’t even focus on a computer game. So bored that I keep refreshing facebook to see if anyone has posted anything in the last 5 nanoseconds. So bored that I’m actually considering doing some homework. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2014, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bored-are-you/680533/13 "2014-02-06T00:25:31Z")
> [@Balance](#): > > There’s a bit I love from one of P.N. Elrod’s _Vampire Files_ novels–Escott’s response to a suggestion that he was bored: > Note to the Universe: I’m not bored at all. I’m entertaining myself nicely. 😃 My mom was cut from the same cloth - her surefire cure for bored kids was household chores. I’m still very, very infrequently bored - there’s always something to do, and if nothing else, I can clean something or bake something. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2014, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bored-are-you/680533/14 "2014-02-06T01:25:18Z")
> [@3trew](#): > > I just arranged my Hawaiian shirts by colour, from red to violet. All my shirts are arranged in rainbow color order as a matter of course. Bored or not, I would say it was a good use of your time. ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2014, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bored-are-you/680533/15 "2014-02-06T02:33:25Z")
I tried to find My Facebook Movie. I never did. > [@Rhiannon8404](#): > > All my shirts are arranged in rainbow color order as a matter of course. Bored or not, I would say it was a good use of your time. You worry me. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2014, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bored-are-you/680533/16 "2014-02-06T15:16:48Z")
> [@Rhiannon8404](#): > > All my shirts are arranged in rainbow color order as a matter of course. Bored or not, I would say it was a good use of your time. At least you have a rainbow of shirts. Even more boring, my shirts are all blue or black. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2014, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bored-are-you/680533/17 "2014-02-06T15:46:31Z")
**DEATH** : Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom. ---
**Author:** ![Obnoxious\_Hood\_Ornament](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3be4f8/32.png) [@Obnoxious\_Hood\_Ornament](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Obnoxious_Hood_Ornament)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2014, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bored-are-you/680533/18 "2014-02-06T16:34:51Z")
> [@3trew](#): > > I just arranged my Hawaiian shirts by colour, from red to violet. I have to ask: how many do you have? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2014, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bored-are-you/680533/19 "2014-02-06T16:37:57Z")
> [@Obnoxious\_Hood\_Ornament](#): > > I have to ask: how many do you have? He has two. One red, one violet. Took him all day to arrange them. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2014, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bored-are-you/680533/20 "2014-02-06T16:47:57Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > So bored that I watched you. You’re low on milk, BTW. I’m so bored that I watched Doctor Jackson watching 3trew … aaaand ordered up the milk to be delivered to 3trew’s home. 3trew, Hope you like Silk Soymilk. Nice job on the shirt organization. Doctor Jackson, Should that floor be vacuumed? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bored-are-you/680533.md?page=2)