tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post5135104957034602948..comments2024-03-27T20:34:09.464+01:00Comments on zmkc: Drilling a Yawning Holezmkchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-1659370315340008732015-12-26T23:15:13.643+01:002015-12-26T23:15:13.643+01:00The phrase " very probing questions" cov...The phrase " very probing questions" covers all sorts of mind boggling possibilities. I think a person cannot really be defined as a bore if they show a corresponding interest - rather than just a prying desire to gather information to use against you later (me? paranoid?), of coursezmkchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-60171946145829400202015-12-26T22:54:14.226+01:002015-12-26T22:54:14.226+01:00I can forgive the bore if they show a correspondin...I can forgive the bore if they show a corresponding interest in the minutiae of my life, but I'm still waiting for that to happen. So far, I've only met people whose self-obsession is matched by an astounding lack of curiosity about the lives of others. There is no 'only connect' for them. <br /><br />However, I find that if I ask these people very probing questions, they either rise to the challenge and become more interesting, or they quickly move on.Steerforthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-30787474241614847022015-12-18T22:33:53.207+01:002015-12-18T22:33:53.207+01:00There are two problems with the Coolidge method:
...There are two problems with the Coolidge method: <br />1) For a top class bore, silence is just the gift of empty air into which more words can be poured;<br />2) it requires the practitioner to be very bad mannered. If you smiled while remaining silent it might be feasible, but it might also be taken as encouragement, so that would be no good. <br />The only guaranteed solution is to leave full time work forever so as to avoid office social eventszmkchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-10701662194156909602015-12-18T01:30:33.071+01:002015-12-18T01:30:33.071+01:00It seems to me that some definitions of "aced...It seems to me that some definitions of "acedia", usually given in English as "sloth", do cover willful boredom. On that view, we would not need to go on to an eighth deadly sin. I suppose that one could consider the need to tell acquaintances of one's dog's treatment for gingivitis as a special case of pride, in which case you could consider them deadly sinners as well as deadly bores. However, I am no reliable guide to theology or casuistry.<br /><br />Calvin Coolidge thought that he could stop the most energetic talker by simply sitting still and make no response by word or expression. You could try that, but Coolidge had two advantages most of us lack: the prestige of his office; the condition that most of those talking to him wanted something he could give or withhold.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14819154529261482038noreply@blogger.com