# The things we do when we are bored. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 18, 2003, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-things-we-do-when-we-are-bored/155849 "2003-02-18T10:26:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [February 18, 2003, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-things-we-do-when-we-are-bored/155849/1 "2003-02-18T10:26:45Z")
I did the following in Microsoft Word because I was bored. > [@](#): > > Blank Page. > > Not any more since I typed ‘Blank Page’. > > It gets less blank as I type ‘Not any more since I typed ‘Blank Page’’. > > With the typing of ‘It gets less blank as I type ‘Not any more since I typed ‘Blank Page.’.’.’ it starts to get crowded. > > By the time I have typed ‘With the typing of ‘It gets less blank as I type ‘Not any more since I typed ‘Blank Page.’.’.’ it starts to get crowded.’ The pattern is obvious. > > And the typing of ‘By the time I have typed ‘With the typing of ‘It gets less blank as I type ‘Not any more since I typed ‘Blank Page.’.’.’ it starts to get crowded.’ The pattern is obvious.’ Is the moment when this whole thing has become too boring to continue. What weird/stupid/pointless things have you guys and gals done when boredom got the better of you? ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-things-we-do-when-we-are-bored/155849/2 "2003-02-18T10:36:26Z")
Posted replies to boring and pointless threads on the SDMB. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![bifar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@bifar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bifar)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-things-we-do-when-we-are-bored/155849/3 "2003-02-18T10:48:34Z")
Lobsang, I am so bloody bored right now, I am considering doing what you’re doing, even though it is dead dead pointless and silly. My current work schedule is as follows. Open document. Close document. Write another line in journal. (Sample text: ‘I’m bored!’). Click on the SDMB for a few minutes before anyone becomes suspicious. Rinse and repeat. In short: I’m so bored, even what I do to relieve boredom is boring. Sigh. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-things-we-do-when-we-are-bored/155849/4 "2003-02-18T10:58:14Z")
Well, “pointless” just about covers when I got so mind-screamingly bored at one job, I ended up readin’ women’s magazines. No. Please, no, never again. No, not that. Aarrghhhh!!! I _hate_ boring jobs. Unless I have a good library book with me. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-things-we-do-when-we-are-bored/155849/5 "2003-02-18T11:09:55Z")
Read the SDMB, realise I should actually be preparing a class and writing a paper, but push that to the back of my mind. Stare nervously out of the window, praying that none of my supervisor’s fourth year undergraduates decide to try and find me to help them with their work, since my supervisor’s not here. Drink coffee, black, with no sugar. And finally, stare dreamily out of the window, wondering if M’s decided to do the decent thing and forget the fact that he has any feelings for me… ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-things-we-do-when-we-are-bored/155849/6 "2003-02-18T15:17:01Z")
I have been known to try making mosaic-style art in [Excel](http://www.lamarcklabs.com/WebPages/XLArt.htm) (link not mine) by setting the column widths so that each cell is perfectly square and then coloring in the cells. I’ve never produced any masterpieces yet, but at least it passes the time (also check [this link](http://www.kristinsavage.com/excel.html) out.) Sometimes I will draft out material that I want to post to my web site, so I’ll compose it at work and then email it to my home account. Other than that I’ll just daydream and think about whatever happens to be on my mind that day. They need to give me more to do around here, really, they do. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-things-we-do-when-we-are-bored/155849/7 "2003-02-18T16:41:39Z")
Sometimes I draw pictures in Paint. ---
**Author:** ![Horrifying\_Howler\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Horrifying\_Howler\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horrifying_Howler_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-things-we-do-when-we-are-bored/155849/8 "2003-02-18T17:01:59Z")
I don’t have a computer at work, but I do have glue. So when I am bored I glue things to other things. The first night after I bought the glue I just stuck money to the floor. That was funny for awhile. Later I glued all the staples in the staple box together. I found some dried up leaves while I was cleaning, so now those are stuck on the ceiling. Good times. ---
**Author:** ![Lorenzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4da419/32.png) [@Lorenzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorenzo)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-things-we-do-when-we-are-bored/155849/9 "2003-02-18T18:26:27Z")
I haven’t been bored since 1975. ---
**Author:** ![IThinkNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ce73a5/32.png) [@IThinkNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IThinkNot)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-things-we-do-when-we-are-bored/155849/10 "2003-02-18T23:05:01Z")
I write song lyrics on everything. And I mean everything. When I’m sitting in computer class and I’m about to fall asleep, I grab my notebook and start writing whatever song is stuck in my head. That leads to other songs, and as it is, I have the lyrics to about twenty songs written neatly on all my notebooks. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-things-we-do-when-we-are-bored/155849/11 "2003-02-19T00:07:06Z")
See the “a” thread, in this forum.