# Quest for the world's most boring title ever **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 17, 2013, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quest-for-the-worlds-most-boring-title-ever/647557 "2013-01-17T22:31:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quest-for-the-worlds-most-boring-title-ever/647557/1 "2013-01-17T22:31:33Z")
OK, I was bored out of my skull, and got to wondering if I could recall the names, first and last, of every woman I’ve ever boinked (OK, all together: “Why don’t you just ask her, PRR?” and now we’ll do “One is called ‘Right Hand’ and the other is called ‘Left Hand.’” OK, all done? Let us proceed) and I’ve got this list compiled on my hard drive, but I don’t want to label it “List of women I’ve boinked” for the same reason I try to wear clean underwear when I step outside–if I were to have an accident, someone might pry where they’re not meant to go, and it would be embarrassing. So I’m looking for some label to slap on the file such that no one would be tempted to open it. “baseball statistics”? “students’ grades 1997-8”? “locker combination”? Suggestions welcome. ---
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quest-for-the-worlds-most-boring-title-ever/647557/2 "2013-01-17T22:36:15Z")
pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber\_SDMB\_posts 😛 ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quest-for-the-worlds-most-boring-title-ever/647557/3 "2013-01-17T22:37:17Z")
> [@](#): > > Dickens had bookshelves installed in his study at Gads Hill Place, some of which contained dummy books the titles of which he invented to reflect his own prejudices and opinions, including Hansard’s Guide to Refreshing Sleep, History of a Short Chancery Suit in twenty-one volumes, Socrates on Wedlock, King Henry the Eighth’s Evidences of Christianity, and the series The Wisdom of Our Ancestors: I Ignorance, II Superstition, III The Block, IV The Stake, V The Rack, VI Dirt, and VII Disease. Alongside these was placed a very narrow dummy volume entitled The Virtues of Our Ancestors.[ > **[Gads Hill Place](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gads_Hill_Place)** > > Gad's Hill Place in Higham, Kent, sometimes spelt Gadshill Place and Gads Hill Place, was the country home of Charles Dickens. Today the building is the independent Gad's Hill School. > The house was built in 1780 for a former Mayor of Rochester, Thomas Stephens, opposite the present Sir John Falstaff Public House. Gad's Hill is where Falstaff commits the robbery that begins Shakespeare's Henriad trilogy (Henry IV, Part 1, Henry IV, Part 2 and Henry V). > Charles Dickens first saw the mansion whe... ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quest-for-the-worlds-most-boring-title-ever/647557/4 "2013-01-17T22:39:16Z")
Just dump it in a text file and call it insert.log ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quest-for-the-worlds-most-boring-title-ever/647557/5 "2013-01-17T22:42:43Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > Just dump it in a text file and call it insert.log Slot\_B.txt ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quest-for-the-worlds-most-boring-title-ever/647557/6 "2013-01-17T23:23:37Z")
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**Author:** ![ReticulatingSplines](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@ReticulatingSplines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReticulatingSplines)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quest-for-the-worlds-most-boring-title-ever/647557/7 "2013-01-18T01:18:26Z")
Jesus, you need a Word file for your list? I could do mine on a Post-it note. In crayon. ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quest-for-the-worlds-most-boring-title-ever/647557/8 "2013-01-18T02:39:14Z")
> [@ReticulatingSplines](#): > > Jesus, you need a Word file for your list? I could do mine on a Post-it note. In crayon. Well, when I’m done, I was thinking of getting the list tattooeed on my arm. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quest-for-the-worlds-most-boring-title-ever/647557/9 "2013-01-18T03:26:45Z")
> [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](#): > > Well, when I’m done, I was thinking of getting the list tattooeed on my arm. I would get it tattooed on my dick if I were you. That way, when you are old and senile, you can have a chance of remembering what that list was about in the first place. The only problem with that is if you are worried about your future urologist asking you who in the hell ‘Cherry’ and ‘Lexus’ are. ---
**Author:** ![bldysabba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@bldysabba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bldysabba)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quest-for-the-worlds-most-boring-title-ever/647557/10 "2013-01-18T04:17:25Z")
I call mine “the list”, and only put in initials. So while it may be clear what it is, who’s in it won’t be 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quest-for-the-worlds-most-boring-title-ever/647557/11 "2013-01-18T04:29:24Z")
readme.txt ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quest-for-the-worlds-most-boring-title-ever/647557/12 "2013-01-18T04:46:17Z")
I’d love to help, but I’ll be busy for a while compiling my own list of “unlikely things about this OP.” ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quest-for-the-worlds-most-boring-title-ever/647557/13 "2013-01-18T10:28:13Z")
I was going to suggest that those trying to come up with an idea for me might look on their own desktop or folders for their most boring title, but I decided to do it myself first: my most boring title was “mailing list” and it was an Excel file of names and addresses. I then got the notion to embed my list into that Excel file, starting about 300 names down the list. I might be able to come up with an even more off-putting title, so I’ll ask: what’s your own least attractive file name if a stranger were to poke around in your computer? Go ahead, look on your desktop or folders, and LMK. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quest-for-the-worlds-most-boring-title-ever/647557/14 "2013-01-18T13:04:03Z")
To answer seriously: if it’s actually something you don’t want someone else to stumble across, just using a boring filename is a pretty unreliable solution. Use TrueCrypt and encrypt the file (or an entire disk or partition), or zip/rar it using a password, or just use a login password on your computer. I assume we’re talking about a friend or family member and not Homeland Security? ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quest-for-the-worlds-most-boring-title-ever/647557/15 "2013-01-18T13:26:42Z")
Car maintenance records.txt To me, that’s a plausible record that someone might keep but would be horribly boring to read. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quest-for-the-worlds-most-boring-title-ever/647557/16 "2013-01-18T13:43:06Z")
> [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](#): > > “List of women I’ve boinked” [“It’s a coffee table book.”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a17ul-afTCE) Make it a .txt file with some computery name (sysefil.txt) and it’ll look like a system file to the casual observer. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quest-for-the-worlds-most-boring-title-ever/647557/17 "2013-01-18T15:41:02Z")
How organized are your folders? I’d dump it in a subfolder of a subfolder of a subfolder. [client name/2008/name of project/interviews] ---
**Author:** ![Fool\_in\_the\_Rain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8491ac/32.png) [@Fool\_in\_the\_Rain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fool_in_the_Rain)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quest-for-the-worlds-most-boring-title-ever/647557/18 "2013-01-18T16:48:00Z")
Subfolders within subfolders **W** indows \> **O** perations \> **M** unge \> **E** xecutables \> **N** orthbridge ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quest-for-the-worlds-most-boring-title-ever/647557/19 "2013-01-18T17:01:01Z")
install.log ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quest-for-the-worlds-most-boring-title-ever/647557/20 "2013-01-18T17:15:53Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > How organized are your folders? I’d dump it in a subfolder of a subfolder of a subfolder. [client name/2008/name of project/interviews] My suggestion as well. I have a couple of sensitive documents hidden this way. A folder with a generic sounding title contains 5 folders with seemingly random 10-digit numbers. Each of these folders contains 5 folders with 10-digit numbers, each of which in turn contains 5 folders. One folder out of the 125 has my files in it, and only I know the correct path. (Yes, I had a little time on my hands when I set that up.) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quest-for-the-worlds-most-boring-title-ever/647557.md?page=2)