Specifics!

Quick post today, due to some reason or other that is even more boring than this post is!

I wonder if there is a term for something that captures the feeling of something that is boring in the nth degree… something boring in the ultimate extreme… something at the outer reaches of wherever boring can stretch? A specific word that conveys what it actually means, yet doesn’t.

Dull, for instance, kind of goes there. We know that if something is dull, it isn’t appealing, but it isn’t actually boring either. Boring doesn’t actually take the meaning to the levels I’m intending for it to go. Dulling, During, Bull… no. Not good enough.

Never mind. I’m sure a word will turn up one day for what I need.

A few bloggers who I follow (who most definitely ARE NOT boring – I really must be specific about that!) have recently posted search terms that brought the searchers to their blogs. I’d decided to do the same with this post, until I realised that my search terms must fall into the category of the word I’m trying to find that encompasses the ultimate boring but not quite.

However, one or two did amuse:

hayfever sneezes tickle or itch or tickles or itches or itching or tickling or itched or tickled
There’s nothing like being specific in a search, is there?

how can i have snowflakes on my computer screen
…now, in general or specifically?

lips telling a secret
Secret? What secret?

tom guess who
Who?

ad “is this working” “oh it’s working”
What? What!?

catch phrases of curiosity
I know I’m curious now…

aquatom1968; aquatom blog;
Now how did these bring you here?

illusions that make you pass out
I’ve seen that one before

волк
Bonk? (Actually, I know this doesn’t say ‘Bonk’… it’s Russian for Wolf!)

cucumber sayings
I know it’s not, but it is an odd search term at the same time

wet rain
As opposed to the dry stuff

surreal reality
You’ve found that alright!

guess who old
The readers of this post if they’ve got this far, that’s who!

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Post ends! Phew. Sorry, but I did say it was boring.

My next post will hopefully be less so…

Feb 19, 2013

Confusion, Feel GOOD!, Mystery, Questions, Random, Virtuality, Words

32 responses to “Specifics!”

Andra Watkins

Feb 19, 2013

But, these search term posts can be so, so entertaining, Tom……

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1. Tom (Aquatom1968)
  
  Feb 20, 2013
  
  They can be if they aren’t boring, Andra! I thought this one was beyond boring, but it was all I could muster…
  
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Laurie Buchanan

Feb 19, 2013

Oh my gosh – seriously?! This is hysterical. Thank you for making me laugh today!

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1. Tom (Aquatom1968)
  
  Feb 20, 2013
  
  Thanks, Laurie – glad you had a laugh! That makes me feel good!
  
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Ellie at Emerald Pie

Feb 20, 2013

Ah Search terms are always good for a laugh. Now where exactly do you mention russian wolves?!

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1. Tom (Aquatom1968)
  
  Feb 20, 2013
  
  The terms that find me usually aren’t funny, Ellie – these were the best of the bunch!
  I’ve written a couple of posts featuring wolves in the past, and I think some of the folk in Russia are looking for wolf tales. I don’t think my posts are about Russian wolves per se, but they may be… I’ll have to read them again to check! 😉
  
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shreejacob

Feb 20, 2013

I LOVE the first one!!! Sounded like someone on a pendulum….hehe!
The 4th was funny too! and the 5th one!
Not a boring post at all!!!

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1. Tom (Aquatom1968)
  
  Feb 20, 2013
  
  Thanks, Shree!
  The first one was the funniest one, I found, although a bit repetitive. I’ve no idea how the searcher was directed to me… 😉
  
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Let’s CUT the Crap!

Feb 20, 2013

Boring? This post was anything but boring. How about enlightening. Well it was to ME.

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1. Tom (Aquatom1968)
  
  Feb 20, 2013
  
  Thank you, Tess… I’m happy to have ‘enlightened’ you then!
  
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Elaine – I used to be indecisive

Feb 20, 2013

Compared to the usual searches that find my blog, these are top notch! Definitely not a boring post. 🙂

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1. Tom (Aquatom1968)
  
  Feb 20, 2013
  
  Thanks, Elaine. These are the best of the bunch, I’m afraid to say… it may be a while until I post another of these search posts…
  
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prenin

Feb 20, 2013

Looks like everyone agrees Tom! 🙂

You are NOT boring!!! 🙂

Just had to save Doug’s sorry ass – he had a garbage fire in his living room and was so drunk he slept through a 90 decibel smoke alarm that got ME out of bed across the hall!!!

He’s OK, but his living room was garbage city, so it was sheer good luck it burned itself out without spreading…. 😦

His response on being saved?

Ever since he broke his arm (he bruised it falling out of bed) his life has turned to shit.

He forgets I’ve seen him destroy his own life a piece at a time because of drink and I’m ‘way past giving him any sympathy – or the money he was hinting I could lend him…

God Bless!

Prenin.

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1. Tom (Aquatom1968)
  
  Feb 20, 2013
  
  Thanks, Prenin.
  And good on you for saving Doug, even if he can’t appreciate it himself.
  
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mairedubhtx

Feb 20, 2013

The searches that turn up for our blogs always amaze me. I haven’t tried my own, thinking that the searches would be too boring, but yours have some really unusual terms. How do they come up with these. Tilly Bud always has some amazing ones, I know. Hers are hilarious, but then her posts usually have me in stitches. How yours got cucumbers in them I haven’t a clue. But they are interesting.

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1. Tom (Aquatom1968)
  
  Feb 20, 2013
  
  Tilly’s searches are hilarious, Maire, far better than mine! Mine are just oddly amusing in comparison!
  
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kateshrewsday

Feb 20, 2013

Boring? Your posts? Never, Tom!!
A word I use a lot is tedium. It kind of encompasses the weariness of boredom.

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1. Tom (Aquatom1968)
  
  Feb 20, 2013
  
  Thanks, Kate – I was at a loss for something, anything, to write yesterday, but wanted to write. I was torn. And bored.
  Yes, I like the word tedium. It fits nicely!
  
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Deb

Feb 20, 2013

There is anything about you that’s boring, Tom! 🙂
xx

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1. Deb
  
  Feb 20, 2013
  
  I meant “isn’t,” not is.
  
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  1. Tom (Aquatom1968)
    
    Feb 20, 2013
    
    😀 I know! 😉
    
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2. Tom (Aquatom1968)
  
  Feb 20, 2013
  
  Thanks, Deb. There is, lots actually, but well hidden. In a roundabout way… 😉
  
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Diane Henders

Feb 20, 2013

“Cucumber sayings” – sounds like an illusion that might make me pass out…

Funny post, Tom! You’re never boring. 🙂

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1. Tom (Aquatom1968)
  
  Feb 20, 2013
  
  Thanks, Diane. I do try.
  Not to be boring, that is.
  Have you ever seen an illusion that has made you pass out? I can’t say I have… I do know a cucumber saying though!
  
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  1. Diane Henders
    
    Feb 20, 2013
    
    You do? Besides “cool as a cucumber”? Now I must know…
    
    If I’ve ever passed out because of anything, I don’t remember it, illusion or otherwise. A talking cucumber might do it, though.
    
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    1. Tom (Aquatom1968)
      
      Feb 20, 2013
      
      ‘Tis not her coldness, father,
      That chills my labouring breast;
      It’s that confounded cucumber
      I’ve ate and can’t digest.”
      
      “To see cucumbers in a dream denotes that you will speedily fall in love. Or, if you are in love, then you will marry the object of your affection.”
      
      Actually, Diane, I only knew the cool as a cucumber one. I searched the internet for cucumber sayings for these two. My blog was the third on the list of results…
      
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      1. Diane Henders
        
        Feb 21, 2013
        
        LOL! I bet you’ll be top o’ the list after this post. 🙂
        
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        Tom (Aquatom1968)
        
        Feb 21, 2013
        
        Probably… although I don’t want to search for it again to find out!
        
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The Laughing Housewife

Feb 20, 2013

You may be bored of hearing this Tom: funny post!

Cucumber sayings is my favourite. Bizarre.

Are you thinking of ennui?

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1. Tom (Aquatom1968)
  
  Feb 20, 2013
  
  Actually, Tilly, I’m more surprised to hear it than bored of it!
  And yes, I was thinking of ennui *scribbles ennui down on piece of paper to check dictionary*
  A gripping listlessness or melancholia caused by boredom… that’s it! I actually was thinking of that!!! 😀
  
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Sue Dreamwalker

Feb 21, 2013

Tom your posts are never boring.. and I always come away from your blog with a big smile, and that is a gift my friend 😉 so Boring you are NOT!

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1. Tom (Aquatom1968)
  
  Feb 21, 2013
  
  Ah, thank you for saying so, Sue. 🙂
  
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