# I'm bored... give me something to do... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 1, 2002, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bored-give-me-something-to-do/139780 "2002-12-01T16:03:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Loneraven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c0e974/32.png) [@Loneraven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loneraven)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bored-give-me-something-to-do/139780/1 "2002-12-01T16:03:40Z")
I’m bored. I have my mock exams soon, and I promised everyone I would revise. But I am bored. I want to procrastinate. What can I do? ~Raven ---
**Author:** ![Ryan\_Liam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ryan_liam/32/3965_2.png) [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bored-give-me-something-to-do/139780/2 "2002-12-01T16:16:39Z")
Hey someone near the age of me! Hooray! ---
**Author:** ![Loneraven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c0e974/32.png) [@Loneraven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loneraven)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bored-give-me-something-to-do/139780/3 "2002-12-01T16:18:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ryan\_Liam \* > \*\*Hey someone near the age of me! Hooray! \*\* Near the location of you, too. Ugh. Boreded. ---
**Author:** ![Ryan\_Liam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ryan_liam/32/3965_2.png) [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bored-give-me-something-to-do/139780/4 "2002-12-01T16:33:30Z")
OK em, what ya doing when you leave? What do you look like?Whats your interests? I have Brown/Black hair, Blue/Green eyes an 17 years of age. I am doing a business studies course at college. You? ---
**Author:** ![Loneraven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c0e974/32.png) [@Loneraven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loneraven)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bored-give-me-something-to-do/139780/5 "2002-12-01T16:56:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ryan\_Liam \* > \*\*OK em, what ya doing when you leave? What do you look like?Whats your interests? > > I have Brown/Black hair, Blue/Green eyes an 17 years of age. I am doing a business studies course at college. > > You? \*\* I’m fifteen… I’m doing a hell of a lot of subjects at the moment, but hope to narrow down to English, Politics and Physics for AS. As for what I look like - just how you would expect someone called Raven to look like… ---
**Author:** ![Mysphyt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dbc845/32.png) [@Mysphyt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mysphyt)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bored-give-me-something-to-do/139780/6 "2002-12-01T19:10:54Z")
Er. So you’re a foot tall, silky black feathers, taste for eyeballs and an intense hatred for the word “Nevermore,” then? ---
**Author:** ![Ryan\_Liam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ryan_liam/32/3965_2.png) [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bored-give-me-something-to-do/139780/7 "2002-12-01T21:27:05Z")
Come on Raven! Anyway, I’m hopefully gonna become a Human resources manager when I’m older, and move to OZ. What do you wanna do when your older? ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bored-give-me-something-to-do/139780/8 "2002-12-01T22:41:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by loneraven \* > \*\*Near the location of you, too. > Ugh. Boreded. \*\* And me. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bored-give-me-something-to-do/139780/9 "2002-12-01T22:58:31Z")
Translate The Bible into 1337;) [sub]Hey, you didn’t say it had to be interesting or worthwhile…[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bored-give-me-something-to-do/139780/10 "2002-12-01T23:05:41Z")
That was fun when we were doing that. I managed to learn 1337 that way! I’ll probably forget it though. ---
**Author:** ![Loneraven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c0e974/32.png) [@Loneraven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loneraven)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bored-give-me-something-to-do/139780/11 "2002-12-01T23:27:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mysphyt \* > \*\*Er. So you’re a foot tall, silky black feathers, taste for eyeballs and an intense hatred for the word “Nevermore,” then? \*\* Got it in one, darling! ~Raven ---
**Author:** ![ILENSER](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/977dab/32.png) [@ILENSER](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ILENSER)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bored-give-me-something-to-do/139780/12 "2002-12-01T23:31:58Z")
Clean your room! ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bored-give-me-something-to-do/139780/13 "2002-12-02T00:03:49Z")
How come nobody with this problem ever thinks of the solution “browse the boards”? We’ve had at least three seperate threads with titles and themes exactly like this one in the last month or so that contained numerous links to some truly excellent ways to kill time. ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bored-give-me-something-to-do/139780/14 "2002-12-02T00:09:31Z")
My gutters need cleaning. So does the rest of my house. Wanna kill some time? There’s plenty here for you to do!🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bored-give-me-something-to-do/139780/15 "2002-12-02T00:09:44Z")
Go down to the corner of 14th and 57th streets. Wait for a man in a green trenchcoat. Tell him “The junebugs are looking for their spackling solution.” He will know what to do. (with much gratitude to Dave Barry) ---
**Author:** ![Loneraven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c0e974/32.png) [@Loneraven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loneraven)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bored-give-me-something-to-do/139780/16 "2002-12-02T00:21:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Persephone \* > \*\*My gutters need cleaning. So does the rest of my house. Wanna kill some time? There’s plenty here for you to do!🙂 \*\* You know what? Maybe being bored isn’t such a bad thing… I mean, who was it who said _J’adore á rien faire!_ Yeah… maybe I’ll just toddle off… revision ain’t so bad… I mean, I can’t die… I’m sure my history notes are here… I just haven’t tidied my room yet… ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bored-give-me-something-to-do/139780/17 "2002-12-02T02:02:01Z")
If your room looks anything like my brother’s room, you’ll be searching for a _long_ time… F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bored-give-me-something-to-do/139780/18 "2002-12-02T02:59:38Z")
> [@](#): > > Yeah… maybe I’ll just toddle off… revision ain’t so bad… I mean, I can’t die… And what lesson have you learned here? Probably the same one I learned when I was your age…don’t ever say “I’m bored!” within earshot of an adult, because they WILL find something for you to do, and it will suck way worse than homework… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bored-give-me-something-to-do/139780/19 "2002-12-02T12:40:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by loneraven \* > You know what? Maybe being bored isn’t such a bad thing… I mean, who was it who said _J’adore á rien faire!_ [Rainman]French Definitely French Definitely somebody French Definitely definitely french Definitely somebody French French French French Definitely - Definitely somebody Definitely somebody French.[/Rainman] ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bored-give-me-something-to-do/139780/20 "2002-12-02T12:46:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ryan\_Liam \* > **I’m hopefully gonna become a Human resources manager when I’m older** Please don’t take offense, but I find this ambition faintly depressing. BTW, my wife’s a Human Resources manager, but at 17 I’ll bet that wasn’t her dream. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bored-give-me-something-to-do/139780.md?page=2)