Things that were made out to be good fun but turned out to be boring.

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Westmarcher

23 March 2016, 01:00:40 PM
[no cracks please about this thread]  :P

Painting boiled eggs at Easter when you were a kid and rolling them down hill. Kept stopping. Wouldn't crack. And when they did crack open (with some judicious use of force), the egg got all dirty. Where was the fun in that? What a disappointment!  =)

Happy Easter break everyone!
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.

fsn

23 March 2016, 01:04:31 PM #1
My father used to enthuse about a "tattie-craw". This turned out to be a potato with some crow (or other large avian) feathers stuck in it.

You then threw it into the air, and it, as these things are wont to do, fell back to earth.

Trust me, it's not as much fun as it sounds. 
Lord Oik of Runcorn (You may refer to me as Milord Oik)

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Ithoriel

23 March 2016, 01:09:40 PM #2
Life ;)
There are 100 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who can work from incomplete data

fsn

23 March 2016, 01:10:43 PM #3
Battlestar Galactica (the more recent porn version, not the 1970's one)

Painting a fence (damn you, Tom Sawyer!)

Watching football

Game of Thrones

Pong

Amanda Jeavons

Calligraphy (That's just writing neat)




Lord Oik of Runcorn (You may refer to me as Milord Oik)

Oik of the Year 2013, 2014; Prize for originality and 'having a go, bless him', 2015
3 votes in the 2016 Painting Competition!; 2017-2019 The Wilderness years
Oik of the Year 2020; 7 votes in the 2021 Painting Competition
11 votes in the 2022 Painting Competition (Double figures!)
2023 - the year of Gerald:
2024 Painting Competition - Runner-Up!

FierceKitty

23 March 2016, 01:48:29 PM #4 Last Edit: 23 March 2016, 02:03:07 PM by FierceKitty
Team sports.
Parties.
China.
I don't drink coffee to wake up. I wake up to drink coffee.

Roy

23 March 2016, 01:49:54 PM #5
Quite the number of wargames rules.
Rimmer: "Aliens."

Lister: "Oh God, aliens... Your explanation for anything slightly peculiar is aliens, isn't it?

Rimmer: "Well, we didn't use it all, Lister. Who did?"

Lister: "Rimmer, aliens used our bog roll?"

Techno

23 March 2016, 01:56:29 PM #6
Virtually every televised sport nowadays.

Especially Sumo Ball and Formula 1......I used to enjoy both of those hugely, in the past !
Kiss ball (as Nosher calls it !).....That's got one redemption this year, as there's a completely 'non trendy' team that might win the Premiership (I SO hope they do.)

I'm with Nobby on 'Game of thrones'......Can't get into that, at all.

More later.  ;D

Cheers - Phil

d_Guy

23 March 2016, 01:57:13 PM #7
Watching motor racing

Deer hunting

Taffy pulling

Cricket (unless playing full contact)
Encumbered by Idjits, we pressed on

Ithoriel

23 March 2016, 02:01:08 PM #8
How can anyone NOT like GoT!?
There are 100 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who can work from incomplete data

FierceKitty

23 March 2016, 02:03:52 PM #9
Quote from: Ithoriel on 23 March 2016, 02:01:08 PM
How can anyone NOT like GoT!?

Aka Tits and torture.
I don't drink coffee to wake up. I wake up to drink coffee.

d_Guy

23 March 2016, 02:06:22 PM #10
Quote from: Ithoriel on 23 March 2016, 02:01:08 PM
How can anyone NOT like GoT!?

Well - fsn is not just "anyone" - I think a different plain of existence may be envolved.
Encumbered by Idjits, we pressed on

Ithoriel

23 March 2016, 02:43:08 PM #11
Quote from: FierceKitty on 23 March 2016, 02:03:52 PM
Aka Tits and torture.

Actually Tits and Dragons if Ian McShane is to be believed :)
There are 100 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who can work from incomplete data

Techno

23 March 2016, 02:47:53 PM #12
Quote from: Ithoriel on 23 March 2016, 02:01:08 PM
How can anyone NOT like GoT!?

I was given series one as a prezzie.
I watched the first three episodes, and found it really tedious, I'm afraid.

I'll give it another go, if it 'gets on with it'.  ;)

Cheers - Phil

Duke Speedy of Leighton

23 March 2016, 02:54:23 PM #13
Quote from: d_Guy on 23 March 2016, 01:57:13 PM

Cricket (unless playing full contact)
Wow, hold on! Contact cricket?!? What!
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Roy

23 March 2016, 03:07:55 PM #14
Quote from: mad lemmey on 23 March 2016, 02:54:23 PM
Wow, hold on! Contact cricket?!? What!

Its when the ball hits you in the nuts and your not wearing a cup
Rimmer: "Aliens."

Lister: "Oh God, aliens... Your explanation for anything slightly peculiar is aliens, isn't it?

Rimmer: "Well, we didn't use it all, Lister. Who did?"

Lister: "Rimmer, aliens used our bog roll?"
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