tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post239022843837829121..comments2024-03-29T01:35:22.790+00:00Comments on TONE DEAF: On being insultedRoderick Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-59280486271196409732022-05-20T15:42:16.643+01:002022-05-20T15:42:16.643+01:00One may bore others in a variety of ways. Repetiti...One may bore others in a variety of ways. Repetition is the commonest, a growing tendency with age. Seems a shame given one should have lots of original experiences to draw on but then no one ever said getting older was much fun. Almost equal is via cliché - excessive use of over-familiar words and/or phrases expressing attitudes, beliefs and insistences - proof (alas) that the borer has not re-examined his/her thoughts for ages. No one is entirely proof against being a bore, other than by demonstrating - at high speed - an ability to switch tracks. Anyone with an iota of introspection should consider the attractions of saying or writing something original. Easier said than done, of course - and that too is a cliché.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-73498698213293831192022-05-19T10:07:27.456+01:002022-05-19T10:07:27.456+01:00Agh, to be called " a bore", what do peo...Agh, to be called " a bore", what do people know! Jealousy.<br />The most common insult I have received abroad - on all continents! - was "German" and the more detailed versions referring to WWII and/or soccer failures/successes. <br />Universally, there's "woman" or "just a woman". Never ends.Sabinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09015827501648296977noreply@blogger.com