# The Boring Thread **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boring-thread/110040 **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **Created:** [May 21, 2002, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boring-thread/110040 "2002-05-21T03:04:37Z") **Posts on this page:** 20 **Page:** 2
### Author: ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas) #### Post date: [May 21, 2002, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boring-thread/110040/21 "2002-05-21T13:02:37Z")
I got a new computer yesterday. ---
### Author: ![S.Mussberger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@S.Mussberger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/S.Mussberger) #### Post date: [May 21, 2002, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boring-thread/110040/22 "2002-05-21T13:28:53Z")
So a midget comes in to a bar and… no wait… a horse comes in to a … uh …no that’s not it… eh… Nevermind… ---
### Author: ![Simetra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Simetra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simetra) #### Post date: [May 21, 2002, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boring-thread/110040/23 "2002-05-21T13:30:46Z")
I’m tellin’ ya man… that water is some powerful wet stuff. Yup. 😉 ---
### Author: ![istara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e79b87/32.png) [@istara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/istara) #### Post date: [May 21, 2002, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boring-thread/110040/24 "2002-05-21T13:50:15Z")
Yeah. ---
### Author: ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin) #### Post date: [May 21, 2002, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boring-thread/110040/25 "2002-05-21T15:02:08Z")
Yup. ---
### Author: ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom) #### Post date: [May 21, 2002, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boring-thread/110040/26 "2002-05-21T15:10:41Z")
uh-huh ---
### Author: ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222) #### Post date: [May 21, 2002, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boring-thread/110040/27 "2002-05-21T15:18:38Z")
You betcha. ---
### Author: ![MrVisible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@MrVisible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrVisible) #### Post date: [May 21, 2002, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boring-thread/110040/28 "2002-05-21T15:33:58Z")
Did ya see that sky today? Talk about blue… ---
### Author: ![roadrunner70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@roadrunner70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roadrunner70) #### Post date: [May 21, 2002, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boring-thread/110040/29 "2002-05-21T15:40:02Z")
I’ve got a couple free passes to the Crazy Horse. Anybody wanna go? ---
### Author: ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu) #### Post date: [May 21, 2002, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boring-thread/110040/30 "2002-05-21T15:45:23Z")
I just blinked. No, really. ---
### Author: ![zig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/bbe5ce/32.png) [@zig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zig) #### Post date: [May 21, 2002, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boring-thread/110040/31 "2002-05-21T17:02:05Z")
Whacha wanna do? ---
### Author: ![BurglarGenie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BurglarGenie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurglarGenie) #### Post date: [May 21, 2002, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boring-thread/110040/32 "2002-05-21T17:04:05Z")
Can we have some more information about wells? It’s such a deep subject. ---
### Author: ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm) #### Post date: [May 21, 2002, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boring-thread/110040/33 "2002-05-21T17:11:42Z")
Well well well. ---
### Author: ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe) #### Post date: [May 21, 2002, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boring-thread/110040/34 "2002-05-21T17:18:32Z")
“If you’re bored, I can find you something to do. Go clean your room.” ---
### Author: ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan) #### Post date: [May 21, 2002, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boring-thread/110040/35 "2002-05-21T17:29:13Z")
Well, first of all, you need to understand the difference between term life insurance, and other kinds of financial instruments. Term builds up a cash value as your policy matures. Other kinds, of course, have their advantages and disadvantages. As you reach your mature years, you will be moving into higher tax brackets. Let me bring up my spreadsheet, collect a few numbers, and we can set up the kind of policy that is right for you. Do you have a pen I can borrow? I seem to have left mine in my… AIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! Not the wolverines! Please! I have children! I have a wife! I have payments left on my… _(Sound of angry beasts devouring the liver of the hapless, mixed with screams. Eventually, there is silence.)_ So, is Divorce Court on yet? Regards, Shodan ---
### Author: ![Soba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7cd45c/32.png) [@Soba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soba) #### Post date: [May 21, 2002, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boring-thread/110040/36 "2002-05-21T17:48:44Z")
I have a hole in my sock. ---
### Author: ![pluralgravity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/2bfe46/32.png) [@pluralgravity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pluralgravity) #### Post date: [May 21, 2002, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boring-thread/110040/37 "2002-05-21T18:27:38Z")
It’s a mild, grey evening here in London. Might rain soon. Oh…it is raining. Lightly. ---
### Author: ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom) #### Post date: [May 21, 2002, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boring-thread/110040/38 "2002-05-21T18:38:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Giraffe \* > \*\*“If you’re bored, I can find you something to do. Go clean your room.” \*\* Mom?? :eek: ---
### Author: ![Canby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Canby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canby) #### Post date: [May 21, 2002, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boring-thread/110040/39 "2002-05-21T19:41:30Z")
You know, I think the paint _is_ perceptibly drier now… ---
### Author: ![Doubting\_Robert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e495f1/32.png) [@Doubting\_Robert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doubting_Robert) #### Post date: [May 21, 2002, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boring-thread/110040/40 "2002-05-21T19:47:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Shodan \* > \*\*Term builds up a cash value as your policy matures. > \*\* No, it doesn’t. Whole life builds up value. The only way to get anything out of term life is to die. Just as boring, but more accurate. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boring-thread/110040.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boring-thread/110040.md?page=3)