Watching bored guys
June 13th 2007 20:33
I love to watch bored guys. I'm constantly amazed at what they come up with to alleviate said boredom.
I try to avoid making generalizations at all costs, but I have to say that the way males handle boredom is quite a bit different than the way females do--in my observation, anyway.
Bored males of all ages and social backgrounds seem to either 1) get into trouble, or 2) invent or perfect some cool but totally useless thing.
All of those tricks you see guys do in bars, like flipping a cigarette into the mouth or snapping a Zippo open one handed..making a rose out of a bar napkin, or a ring out of a dollar bill; all of these took a lot of time to learn.
Spinning a ball on one finger, twirling the sticks while playing drums, spinning a 180 degree turn when bringing the car to a sudden stop...even down to spitting a perfect end-over-end loogie for the farthest distance; these are all things that can be traced back to--that's right--bored guys finding a way to pass the time.
As for the getting into trouble part, many Darwin awards have been given out to bored guys. You just don't see a lot of women featured on the Darwins, unless they were under the influence of something. Take for example the bored guy in Brazil who tried to disassemble a rocket grenade by running over it repeatedlywith his car. (Darwin Awards, Aug. 2006) When that didn't work, he pounded on it several times with a sledgehammer, which did work. Very well.
You just can't beat watching a bored male for sheer entertainment value.
What do you do when you're bored?
I try to avoid making generalizations at all costs, but I have to say that the way males handle boredom is quite a bit different than the way females do--in my observation, anyway.
Bored males of all ages and social backgrounds seem to either 1) get into trouble, or 2) invent or perfect some cool but totally useless thing.
All of those tricks you see guys do in bars, like flipping a cigarette into the mouth or snapping a Zippo open one handed..making a rose out of a bar napkin, or a ring out of a dollar bill; all of these took a lot of time to learn.
Spinning a ball on one finger, twirling the sticks while playing drums, spinning a 180 degree turn when bringing the car to a sudden stop...even down to spitting a perfect end-over-end loogie for the farthest distance; these are all things that can be traced back to--that's right--bored guys finding a way to pass the time.
As for the getting into trouble part, many Darwin awards have been given out to bored guys. You just don't see a lot of women featured on the Darwins, unless they were under the influence of something. Take for example the bored guy in Brazil who tried to disassemble a rocket grenade by running over it repeatedlywith his car. (Darwin Awards, Aug. 2006) When that didn't work, he pounded on it several times with a sledgehammer, which did work. Very well.
You just can't beat watching a bored male for sheer entertainment value.
What do you do when you're bored?
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I'm bored, and trying to stay out of trouble. I already know how to twirl my sticks.
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I've been known to flip quarters an inordinate amount of times while waiting for something. Every flip is a surprise -- will it be heads or tales? The suspense always kills me.
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If I'm with one of my friends, we're probably playing a rousing game of, "If you had to, would you do this terrible, awful disgusting thing, or this other terrible, horrible disgusting thing?" That game can go on for hours.
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Funny post!
I read somewhere about a guy who wanted to see what would happen if he held a drill to his head. An electric drill. It was on. Yep. He was bored.
Well I do.
...But then that's not motivated by boredom...it's compulsion!....and I'm never bored!
Be well D Armenta.
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Bored? When do I get time for that?
I'm too bust flipping cigarettes into my mouth and spinning wheels at lights.
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Dusk--Hahahaha! That sounds so spot on--a drill to the head! I could do another whole post about strange things guys have stuck their --er-- weenies into.
You be well, too..and thank you.
Damo--Learn that Zippo trick and I'll really be impressed..
Philip--I used to do that too, but it became too much of a strain..
Wendi--I bake, too..unfortunately that doctor's waiting room wasn't the place, so I ended up making origami out of "Cosmo" pages.
Really crappy origami, I might add, but it beats actually reading Cosmo...
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I can honestly say that in all the time i've ever been bored, I've never turned to my girlfriends and said "hey, you know what we need to do? We need to get nude".
Though hearing that conversation could certainly cure the boredom of any guys within hearing range I guess.
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JD--I hear ya; I've had many a stupid moment on rollerblades.
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I remember a few years back a whole bunch of us were bringing in the new year on a cozy Sydney beach when the boys decided to nude up and go for a swim at the stroke of midnight.
Fools....we ran off with their clothes.
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I love the Darwin Awards. I haven't visited it in a while...
My favorite, and in my opinion, the most stupid, was the one where a bunch of guys decided to outdo one another. It ended with one of the guys decapitating himself with a chainsaw...what can I say, I have a sick sense of humor.
There was a woman, who wasn't drunk, and who happened to be on safari in Africa. She ran up to a lion (or tiger, I forget) to pose it for a picture she wanted to take; I think you can guess how that ended.
I don't get bored. I can always find something to do. I think a lot. A lot. I will read everything and anything. I'm happy just listening to music or looking out my window at the snow, rain, birds, etc.
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Noth mastered, both fun, both useless (when the hell am I going to spin an basketball on one finger in an actual game unless I was a Harlem Globetrotter - now there's turning boredom into a career...)
I'll often pick up my guitar if handy, otherwise my phone is an endless source of amusement. It has pretty buttons that light up.
People watching is always fun - look for all the women looking for bored guys
"... the boys watch the girls as the girls watch the boys who watch the girls go by..."
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I'm trying to decide whether it was 10 years in the Navy that made me this way, or being on the road with an otherwise all-male band...
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