Not convinced that any of them are boring really. Good on these blokes who've found stuff that interests them. The real boring people are those that deride others' interests as boring.
Not convinced that any of them are boring really. Good on these blokes who've found stuff that interests them. The real boring people are those that deride others' interests as boring.
That's a fair point. The whole thing reminds me to watch Detectorists on BBC iplayer.
Looking at the list, at least some of the hobbies get them out of the house. Measuring hills, involves walking around some nice countryside and exercise up and down hills. Even photographing hedges involves walking around gardens. The writing down every time you have mowed the lawn sounds a bit OCD at least he is outside mowing the lawn. Building a tank involves craft and engineering skill and is a typical eccentric British thing to do. Not sure about collecting vacuum cleaners though, isn't that a variation on hoarding ?
No, but a lot of my exciting soon-to-be hobbies are ;-)
I edited the cheap, easy pot shot comment which was along the line 'Is this because you are on the list Stig (or have any hobbies on the list)'. Put it back in to help make sense of your response ;-)
Bloke at work is obsessed with ticking off a list of countries. When he went to Italy, he spent a day driving to and from San Marino just so he could say he was there. He went to Croatia recently, ticked off Bosnia and had to be stopped from adding Serbia, Kosovo, Montenegro and Albania. That's not "travel" to me.
Bloke at work is obsessed with ticking off a list of countries. When he went to Italy, he spent a day driving to and from San Marino just so he could say he was there. He went to Croatia recently, ticked off Bosnia and had to be stopped from adding Serbia, Kosovo, Montenegro and Albania. That's not "travel" to me.
Lots of men are completists. Having every release by a band (every 12 inch, remix, bonus track etc), doing the 92, collecting football programmes, owning every episode of Doctor Who or Star Trek etc
Completism is all well and good (didn't I say Andrew Dowd was my hero on the last page?) as long as you actually complete your quest. Honduras dude needs to visit all the countries before I pay him any attention
It mostly comes down to aesthetics. Visiting every railway station in GB is a labour of love, an obsession realised and potentially a means to compile a wealth of useful information about a vast, mysterious and fundamental institution. Visiting lots of countries is a luxury and strikes me as egotistical above all - not an original collection of arcana but a means to profess one's own superiority.
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Looking at the list, at least some of the hobbies get them out of the house. Measuring hills, involves walking around some nice countryside and exercise up and down hills. Even photographing hedges involves walking around gardens. The writing down every time you have mowed the lawn sounds a bit OCD at least he is outside mowing the lawn. Building a tank involves craft and engineering skill and is a typical eccentric British thing to do. Not sure about collecting vacuum cleaners though, isn't that a variation on hoarding ?
It mostly comes down to aesthetics. Visiting every railway station in GB is a labour of love, an obsession realised and potentially a means to compile a wealth of useful information about a vast, mysterious and fundamental institution. Visiting lots of countries is a luxury and strikes me as egotistical above all - not an original collection of arcana but a means to profess one's own superiority.
You are digging other people out for being dull?
:-)