IS THIS YOU?

***SEVEN TOPICS THAT MAKE YOU SEEM BORING***

Sometimes people find a topic so interesting . . . they forget that it's NOT interesting to anyone else. Here are seven boring topics you should avoid, since each one leaves the listener with NOTHING to add . . .

#1.) A DREAM. When you talk about a dream, YOU might think it's profound and interesting . . . but to other people, you're just recalling a bunch of things that didn't actually happen.

#2.) THE RECENT CHANGES IN YOUR CHILD'S NAP SCHEDULE. Unless you're talking to a child psychologist, or someone with a kid that's the same age as yours, this subject is snooze city.

#3.) THE ROUTE YOU TOOK TO GET THERE. If you start talking about all the right and left turns you made to get to the restaurant or the movie theater, you might need to read up on the art of conversation.

#4.) A GREAT MEAL YOU ONCE HAD. Unless you ate it yesterday or happen to be sitting in the SAME restaurant that served the outstanding dish, don't bring it up. Describing how great something tasted seven years ago is outrageously boring.

#5.) THE LATEST ADDITIONS TO YOUR WINE CELLAR. It makes you sound boring, and it also makes you sound stuck-up. If you start talking about your wine collection, get ready for eyes to start glazing over.

#6.) AN ACCOUNT OF YOUR LAST TENNIS GAME. You aren't Andre Agassi, and everyone knows it. Once you win the U.S. Open, feel free to talk tennis as much as you want. But until then, don't.

#7.) THE PLOT OF A MOVIE, PLAY, OR BOOK. Recalling a specific quote or scene is fine as long as the other person is familiar with it. But don't give them a play-by-play account of the whole thing. --If you do, your retelling will be hard to follow, it won't do it any justice, and might even turn your friend off of it for good. (Yahoo.com)