Boring things you think are amazing

Babybuff · 24-04-2012 04:21AM

Chuck Stone wrote: »

Those LIDL and ALDI leaflets that come through the door.

I love those things.

I got an official written warning in my previous place of employment for reading one of those when I was supposed to be working. Check out them hiking boots, nice.

dave3004 · 24-04-2012 04:24AM

The origin of words.

Love when I find out where words originated from. Usually from dictionary corner in Countdown !

Thefirestarter · 24-04-2012 05:45AM

Chuck Stone wrote: »

Those LIDL and ALDI leaflets that come through the door.

I love those things.

You get them through the door? Fancy:eek:

I live right beside and Aldi and anytime I do my shopping in there I always look forward to picking up their magazine to see what weird and wonderful stuff they are trying to flog me. I'm convinced I need hiking clothes.

Susie_Q · 24-04-2012 05:50AM

Stationery!

Gel pens, spiral notebooks, 2B pencils, big fat erasers, plastic folders... squeee! Stationery shopping was always the best part of going back to university.

Cookie_Monster · 24-04-2012 06:05AM

stoneill wrote: »

Very small stones.
I mean really really small stones. Tinchy tiny things.
And lots of them. Millions and billions and squillions of them.
And make them damp - not wet, just damp.

what, like a beach?

galwayrush · 24-04-2012 08:12AM

Pneumatic Drills, amazing.

itac · 24-04-2012 08:30AM

Stars. And Space. Space is awesome, yet it only hits me just how awesome now and again if I'm outside on a clear night & the thousands upon thousands of stars are visible. Makes me feel rather tiny & insignificant, but in a good way. So yeah, Space is awesome.
(yes I know that sounds rather nerdy. Don't care, space is awesome!)

sunflower27 · 24-04-2012 08:35AM

itac wrote: »

Stars. And Space. Space is awesome, yet it only hits me just how awesome now and again if I'm outside on a clear night & the thousands upon thousands of stars are visible. Makes me feel rather tiny & insignificant, but in a good way. So yeah, Space is awesome.
(yes I know that sounds rather nerdy. Don't care, space is awesome!)

I agree with you - and I don't think it is nerdy at all.

It is incredible!

TeddyTedson · 24-04-2012 08:38AM

Where To wrote: »

Well AHers, ages since I started a thread here as they mostly get locked, wonder why.

Futtering about on boards touch here and I managed to PM myself, totallly freaked me out!

What mundanely everyday things fascinate you?

I love trains. I could watch them all day, I don't, but I could... At least I think!

sunflower27 · 24-04-2012 08:41AM

The human body is pretty incredible, too

looksee · 24-04-2012 08:44AM

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

what, like a beach?

The beach gets sorted into sand, those teeny stones, slightly bigger ones then up to the ones you can't walk on. You can get those really tiny ones in a gravel suppliers, great big bags of tiny little stones, you really have to pick up a handful and let them trickle back into the bag.

Why do pebbles get worn smooth like that, but sand keeps sharp edges so it makes sandcastles?

ukonline · 24-04-2012 08:47AM

Louis CK talking about people who don't appreciate amazing things.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grxL5umOE6g

crazygeryy · 24-04-2012 08:51AM

An airplane.how something so ****ing humongus can get off the ground its amazing to watch.

And looking out to sea ...............just contemplating everything.

who the fug · 24-04-2012 08:51AM

The way I can walk diagonally across a busy train concourse whilst holding a cup of coffee, thinking about ****, whilst my body automatically adjusts speed direction to avoid bumping into people.

Joey the lips · 24-04-2012 08:55AM

Love train tracks. Dont know why. Just find it nice to stand on top of a bridge and stare down at them for ages.

xzanti · 24-04-2012 09:40AM

Boards.ie

(to non Boardsies)

foxyboxer · 24-04-2012 09:52AM

I think Golf is considered a snooze-fest by a lot of people.

I think it's awesome.

Doc Ruby · 24-04-2012 09:58AM

Paper: its a sheet of pressed bleached vegetable matter, but when you take a bit of graphite you get poetry, epic stories, scientific formulae, diagrams, art, the secrets of life, shopping lists and more! Paper is what civilisation is all about.

Also I like looking at the sky. Often boring but sometimes the most fantastical, eerie, beautiful lightshows imaginable hang just a tilt of the head away. Yesterday we had bright blue evening skies with dramatic crimson, grey, gold and peach well defined clouds slashed by no less than three rainbows. I didn't even bother taking a picture, no camera could really capture it.

Why don't more people look up?

Mr Benevolent · 24-04-2012 10:23AM

Aircraft. Amazing vehicles, the complexity and thought required to design, build, fly and maintain them is staggering. And boobs. Boobs and curves are incredible.

sbsquarepants · 24-04-2012 10:26AM

Doc Ruby wrote: »

Paper: its a sheet of pressed bleached vegetable matter, but when you take a bit of graphite you get poetry, epic stories, scientific formulae, diagrams, art, the secrets of life, shopping lists and more!

You might get those things - I just get doodles, which are cool too, so it's all good.:D

Ping pong balls - it's amazing how quickly the time passes when performing the mental trigonometry required to correctly position your hand to recieve a small sphere of squidgy rubber that you've just ricochet'd around the room for no apparent reason other than to see if you could! Good times:D

hightower1 · 24-04-2012 10:44AM

Microwave overns - still find them totall sci fi.
Wireless internet - Amazing even after all this tme.

Cokeistan · 24-04-2012 10:47AM

I think a lot of people would find fishing fairly boring. I absolutely LOVE IT!!!!!

44leto · 24-04-2012 10:55AM

Maybe boring to non tech heads. But I did something amazing last night. I was in work and I was reading the paper at a down time. I came to the tele section and a programme "The King and the Playwright: A Jacobean History" (about Shakespeare) was on and I really wanted to see it.

So I went into my phone downloaded the Sky+ app and set my Sky+ recorder from work, from my phone and I am looking at it now.

Utterly incredible technology, it has made me **** green, an amazing age we live in.

44leto · 24-04-2012 11:39AM

Paddy Cow wrote: »

How It's Made. Glued to the tv while it's on but never remember any of it afterwards.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHSu0trGkRg

Porno

paddyh117 · 24-04-2012 12:13PM

re Flute video

don't know who that woman is doing the voiceover, but it's a terrible voice compared to the English guy on the show over here!!

John Doe1 · 24-04-2012 12:22PM

Bubble wrap:)

24-04-2012 01:04PM

clean bedding if i was rich i would have my bed changed everyday .

mikemac1 · 24-04-2012 01:26PM

Scented candles

Love to chill in the evening and have a candle going, Vanilla is my favourite

Not just for the ladies you know, anyone can like them

Flincher · 24-04-2012 01:34PM

Thefirestarter wrote: »

New socks. Put them on. Feel the first-time-wearing-sensation.

I think it's a sock losing it's virginity.

I'm fascinated by the fluff left on my feet after wearing new socks for the first time.

If I take new socks off, and hop straight in the shower, I often end up staring at the fluff at the drain wondering where it came from, before finally realising "oh ya, I was wearing new socks"

Jordan 199 · 24-04-2012 01:34PM

John Doe1 wrote: »

Bubble wrap:)

I love squeezing the bubbles in bubble wrap until they pop. So damn diddly great.

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