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Boredom takes up two years of our life: Study
First off, I thought it could be too boring to make this post and bore my readers as well. But then, what the heck, if I’m gonna spend two years of my life in boredom, I might as well bore myself ten minutes writing this post, and hopefully bore you as well.
Well, before it gets REALLY boring, let’s get going:
I discovered that a recent study in the UK has revealed that an average person could be spending more than two years of their life in sheer, painful, mercilessly boring boredom.
Experts say the typical adult will be bored nearly six hours a week feeling entirely and honestly bored with life, according to The Daily Telegraph.
So that works out to 312 hours per year of utter boredom.
Next, if one still managed to stay alive for 60 years, that would be 18720 hours of boredom per lifetime, which works out to 780 days.
And that would be Two years, One month and 19 days of non-stop, utter, unadulterated boredom.
So what was the ‘average’ person bored with?
“Having no money…” (of course) ranked the highest, followed by “dissatisfied with the humdrum of daily life”, says Scott O’Donnell of triviala.com, which commissioned the survey.
The research also revealed 55% of us are bored of having to watch the pennies and budget to get through the month.
Another 47% of people said they quickly became bored waiting in queues for people to serve them and 45% said listening to people whine about feeling ill bored them.
People also complained about getting bored with reality TV, work, their social life and eating the same food day in and day out.
Now, are you getting bored yet? Wait a minute…
Before you look for other ways to get bored, you might want to answer my own little survey, and if even that is excruciatingly boring, you might just want to see the results. Here:
Well, if you’re truly bored now, I’m sorry – it’s been my fault.
Perhaps I could make up for it. How would you like to see the 246 photos of my family vacation with my six cute grand kids?
‘Mule’ 20 Pence Coin Sends Britons Scrambling
A specialist British firm has offered to buy faulty 20 pence pieces for 50 pounds, sending Britons scrambling in search of one of the approximately 50,000 undated coins.
So what’s faulty? These coins have no date on them.
The Royal Mint has admitted it made a rare error, producing coins without a date on them for the first time in centuries.
The latest error happened when the Royal Mint issued a new design of the coin that moved the year from the back side to the one that bears the head of Queen Elizabeth II. But mint spokesman Jadon Raj said one batch that didn’t add “2008″ to the head’s side got through quality control.
The letters “F.D.” have been printed where the date “2008″ should have been. A coin with mismatched sides is known as a “mule” and they are extremely rare. The last time one appeared in circulation was during the reign of Charles II more than 300 years ago.
Raj said the mint couldn’t issue a recall because the coins are legal to use.
“As far as were concerned their face value is 20 pence, so there isn’t an issue for us,” he said.
The mint said Monday that at least 100,000 of the year-less 20-pence coins, normally worth 33 US cents at face value, slipped into circulation at the end of last year.
The coins first appeared at the end of 2008, after a batch which included between 50,000 and 200,000 of the faulty 20-pence entered circulation. The last time a mistake was made on the casting of a coin was in 1983, when a batch of 2-pence coins went into circulation with the words “New Pence” rather than “Two Pence” on the reverse side. These coins fetched up to 650 pounds in top condition.
Some numismatists say the last time the Royal Mint accidentally left out the year on a coin was in 1672.
The mint admitted the mistake after a private British company called the London Mint Office launched a promotion Monday offering to pay 50 pounds ($83) per coin. Market experts noted that the coins already have been quietly selling to online collectors for up to six times higher.
Lost in translation [PICS]
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| Could be an identity theft case. |
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| Only in the USA. |
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| ‘Civil War submarines’ would make equal sense. |
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| Next line could be ‘Painter rewarded.’ |
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| ‘We had no idea anyone was buried there.’ |
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| Thought we were democratic. |
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| Some people need to be told everything. |
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| See this man in your neighborhood? |
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| What did they expect? Lingerie? |
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| I’d say it drops off even better after 80. |
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| Ok, that’s just mean. |
Howie Mandel Takes the Strain Out of Working Out
Trust Howie to do just that. I mean, you never know if that guy is kidding or is for real.
Check out this cool and funny video on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rcMbpPDlmg. But that’s just half the fun… lots more online at buy.com.
The first thing I check out is their What’s Shakin’ and Deal of the Week areas. And there’s almost always a sale going on there. You never know what snazzy gadget you might find! Just as this video reveals, you never know what Howie’s gonna come up with!
Top 10 Recession Quotes
1. The US has made a new weapon that destroys people, but keeps the building intact. It’s called the stock market – Jay Leno
2. Do you have any idea how cheap stocks are? Wall Street is now being called Wall Mart Street – Jay Leno
3. The difference between a pigeon and an investment banker: The pigeon can still make a deposit on a BMW.
4. What’s the difference between a guy who lost everything in Las Vegas and an investment banker? A tie!
5. The problem with investment bank balance sheet is that on the left side nothing’s right, and on the right side nothing’s left.
6. I want to warn people from Nigeria who might be watching our show, if you get any emails from Washington asking for money, it’s a scam. Don’t fall for it – Jay Leno
7. Bush was asked about the credit crunch. He said it was his favorite candy bar – Jay Leno
8. The rescue bill was about 450 pages. President Bush’s copy is even thicker. They had to include pictures – Jay Leno
9. President Bush’s response was to meet some small business owners in San Antonio last week. The small business owners are General Motors, General Electric and Century 21 – Jay Leno
10. What worries me most about the credit crunch is that if one of my checks is returned stamped ‘insufficient funds’, I won’t know whether that refers to mine or the bank’s.
Bonus Quote: 11. Where did all the money go??? Duh.
C’mon, let’s look at the lighter side of recession for a change — what’s your favorite quote???
ATM Goes Generous
Who’d worry about the global economic slowdown if all the ATM’s in the world were as generous as the one at a petrol station in Manchester, UK?
At 11 am this last Thursday, this ‘adorable’ ATM simply started doubling the requested cash for everyone. Hundreds flocked to the Nationwide ATM with multiple bank cards and made hay during the ‘happy hour’ which actually extended till 5 pm until an engineer was called to fix the cash-happy machine.
“There was a problem,” a spokesperson for Nationwide commented. “We are investigating what transactions took place.
“It is disappointing no one reported the matter earlier in the day when lots of people were aware and it is disappointing some people were deliberately using the machine to take extra money. Legally, recipients of payments made by mistakes are not entitled to benefit from it.
“We will reserve the right to contact people about the matter on an individual basis.”
Is this the first time in history that an ATM went berserk? Not really. An article about a similar incident appeared in the Indian edition of the Reader’s Digest in 2007.