Dull Men’s Club
Reading through Yahoo’s Odd News, they had an article about a club for dull men. I started reading through the article and realized that I wanted to be a member of that club. At first I was offended by the idea of being, well, dull. But who cares. It is what I enjoy doing. Not everyone can be extraverted and exciting. Not everyone is charismatic and bold or thinks they are. Of course, it if you spend time watching television, everyone is fun to watch, good looking, has some quirk that makes them fascinating. Well, unless their show gets cancelled.
The club has what I would call interesting things on their web site. The article picks a few like the percentage of airport carousels that rotate clockwise or the discovery of soap. I find those Jeopardy, nerd, useless fact, information to be fascinating where most people would rather watch paint dry or ice melt. I would find the rate at which various paints (latex vs. oil) dries or the variations in ice melt times due to humidity and temperature interesting. It is more for informational purposes than actually knowing to be able to use the facts. I guess I would fit right into that Dull Men’s Club.
That is one of the reasons I started this site. I find the mundane, little known tidbits to be interesting. Well, most of them anyway. If you ask me about sports, I know a few things but to quote stats or who plays or played for which team when is beyond my ability to care. But sports are not for dull men. Sports are exciting times with plenty of cheering and yelling. Well, maybe curling could be considered a dull man sport. But then again, sports enthusiasts are not big curling supporters. There is no National Curling League with teams in most metropolitan areas. But the team names could be fun. You could have the New York Curling Irons, the Miami Curling Q’s, the Denver Hair Curlers or the Boston Broomers. Well, it may be dull but at least you learn a few useful skills like ice skating, how to brush ice, and how to say eh with the right accent.
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Cobb
The club has what I would call interesting things on their web site. The article picks a few like the percentage of airport carousels that rotate clockwise or the discovery of soap. I find those Jeopardy, nerd, useless fact, information to be fascinating where most people would rather watch paint dry or ice melt. I would find the rate at which various paints (latex vs. oil) dries or the variations in ice melt times due to humidity and temperature interesting. It is more for informational purposes than actually knowing to be able to use the facts. I guess I would fit right into that Dull Men’s Club.
That is one of the reasons I started this site. I find the mundane, little known tidbits to be interesting. Well, most of them anyway. If you ask me about sports, I know a few things but to quote stats or who plays or played for which team when is beyond my ability to care. But sports are not for dull men. Sports are exciting times with plenty of cheering and yelling. Well, maybe curling could be considered a dull man sport. But then again, sports enthusiasts are not big curling supporters. There is no National Curling League with teams in most metropolitan areas. But the team names could be fun. You could have the New York Curling Irons, the Miami Curling Q’s, the Denver Hair Curlers or the Boston Broomers. Well, it may be dull but at least you learn a few useful skills like ice skating, how to brush ice, and how to say eh with the right accent.
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Cobb
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