Boring Bloke Bingo

[All uphill]

This wonderful phrase popped up in another thread and I felt it was too good to lose, even if my English teacher told me to always avoid alliteration.

I fall into a haze when a person says

"You would be better to take the third exit...."

"26tpi unless its Italian..."

"Its a well-known fact that..."

"Great film, it was based on a true story about..."

What sends you into a gray torpor?

(I may have said each of the above and have a distant inkling that I may, on occasion, be a little bit of a BB)

 

[Darius_Jedburgh]

Could someone explain what all that is about?

 

[mudsticks]

Could someone explain what all that is about?

"I think you'll find...."

That would be waayyy too obvious.

 

[dodgy]

 

[sleuthey]

 

[LCpl Boiled Egg]

Any sentence that starts with "Methinks" usually does the trick.

Edit: The only exception is Timothy Claypole from Rentaghost...

 

[Ming the Merciless]

What team do you support ?

 

[Beebo]

Wine snobs discussing various different bottles.
Coffee bores too.
Just drink it and shut up.

 

[MichaelW2]

A pint of your finest ale

 

[Specialeyes]

"What are you driving these days?"

My biggest glaze-over? Not since MLK has anyone ever said anything interesting about their dreams!

 

[AndyRM]

"What you want to do with that is..."

"In my day..."

 

[Drago]

"During the war"

"That was the best car I ever had"

"They faked those moon landings they did"

"We live in a police state", often followed by "quick, call the police, someone called me a rude name on Facebook."

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Birkenstocks, Hush Puppies or Skechers?

 

[AndyRM]

Birkenstocks, Hush Puppies or Skechers?

Are you looking for the "Stereotypical Lesbian Footwear" thread?

 

[Mr Celine]

What sends you into a gray torpor?

Them Americanisms are worse than wot misplaced apostrophe's are.