JFF Mind-numbing Conversations

With my kids, it was Pokemon.

I just read this out loud to my 23 year old son, and he started reciting the list of their names. Again. He still remembers them >.<

Hands down, it is "weaponry and war" topics in general.

"Hey, Mom....do you think a Sherman tank could beat a Tiger tank?"
"Mom....Which rifle sounds better?"
"Hey,Mom....Would you rather get the firing squad or a lethal injection?"

There is no end.......only bed time!

My son is 5.
He also does this.
I find it so amazing, all this "data" he keeps in his head.
Also, if one little piece of a Lego is missing, he knows. And he knows where it is. He has this inventory in his head, about what pieces he has or is missing or where it is.
And my son also has his Lego handbook. Which he also knows by heart. ;)
I don't know how he keeps track of all those piles of Legos.

He also does this with his Pokemon cards and his Beyblades.

Ah, any of the myriad of games that my son plays or has played. He is almost 16 so I have been hearing about Runescape for years; I praise God every day that the PS3 is broken so I don't have to hear about the Call of Duty games; oh, and the child can still speak Pokemon and Yugi-oh with the best of them.

Thankfully, I get a little high school gossip thrown in, and occasionally, he actually talks about his classes. LOL

I do believe I lose 10 IQ points every time he wants to "share" his games with me.

But of course, his eyes glaze over when I talk about my day at work - so I guess we are even. Haha.

Thats when you get equally excited and show them the ins and outs of what you are interested in or something random.

Sooo this is how the washer works.. this button will set it for a large load, and this knob will turn it on and here's the soap we use. Oh! And here's the dirty clothes. Now you can do the wash! :)

What I find interesting was when my kids could talk about the latest Pokeman stuff and could remember what all the players on a game could do, how rare a certain card was and how much it was worth, etc add nausium,

But couldn't remember to do their homework ! ! !

When they finally got a "valuable" card and asked for more money to add to their collection, I got to the point where I would say, "If the card is worth so much, sell it, show me the money and I'll add two dollars to it. They never asked for the two dollars, because the $50 card was never worth even $25 in the real world.

Good luck to you and yours.

Electronics....ugh.....anything regarding memory space and megabytes and ram and bits and pixels and blue-ray and newer versions of yadyada software.

Ditto Grandma T...us older types should not discuss our health concerns unless the other person specifically asked. Period.

But a cute one today....My 10 year old DD asked me, "Mom, how do you rent Space?" I ask, "Where?" She says, "You know, outer space, where the universe is, and the sun and the stars and moon." Honey, I don't think anyone can rent space. I don't even think satellites rent space. People can buy stars though." She said, "Well, the bus stop bench says 'Rent Space' and there is a picture of an astronaut." How cute is that mis-interpretation?

POKEMON! EVERYTHING, EVERYDAY is Pokemon with my 8yo. Cards, video games (has 4 and keeps talking about new ones!), cartoons, movies on the computer, figurines, 4 or 5 ultimate guide books, you name it, I hear about it! I HATE IT!!!!

I know it sounds callouse, but I have instituted an "I don't want to hear another word about Pokemon" policy. And when he gets in trouble, I don't take away the DS, I take away everything Pokemon-no movies, games, cards, books, nothing!

My 10 year old has discovered the comic books (Garfield, Dilbert, Calvin and Hobbes, etc.) on my shelf which, as a child/teen/young adult I have read several times in the past. Yet in spite of my reminder to him that I have read all of them many times, he insists on first telling me about it (describing the pictures and almost quoting it word for word) then getting the book and reading it to me to make sure he got all of it. Sigh. I can't fake the laughing anymore...

I used to be a groupie as my boyfriend of 6 years was in a band that was well known in our small college circle. His friends where from the band of corse, and when I was with them socially all they talked about was music. It board me to tears as I was only so interested. Later married a physician and many of his friends were from medical school ( I myself am not medical) and listened to story after story about crazy patients they encountered. They were so apologetic that I was board, but crazy patient stories are so entertaining compared to hearing cover to cover regurgitations of Rolling Stone.

Well, my boys are 16 and 18 now, but I surely remember knowing every pokemon and how it evolved and what it could do. Definitely mind-numbing! Fast forward to now, and I listen to and hang on every word they say, lol! Also, with my husband, I glaze over when he is talking about tools and how to do this or that project, blah blah blah. He knows I don't care, but he tells me anyway, lol! The worst is when he goes into giving me a verbal description of how something works.......might as well be talking greek........in fact, I'd probably understand greek better!

lol tricia, i am in the midst of pokemon. ugg

better than the sports talk i hear at work though, that is just beyond mind numbing.

Five year old could go on and on about her imaginary friends clothes. Humpf. My husband blathering on about quantum physics, and the way things used to be in his day. He seems to forget that I have heard like 100 times. I try for pity sake, but I generally doze off half way through both topics. I usually nod with no understanding to to my daughters ramblings, and say uh huh uh huh oh thats nice thats cute.

My grandson telling me about all the armor that he has earned in a game he plays sometimes. I have to look at it as it rotates on the screen...he tells me all the magic each piece has and how much it cost him to purchase it...using money or whatever he has earned on the game. I am just like...."wow....cool....really...that's awesome"...but I'm thinking....he'll never finish talking about it if I don't interject!!!

I'd probably have some terrific conversations with your mom!

My 6yo grandson likes specs and stats, too. They are not interesting to me in themselves, but I so enjoy watching him mastering so much information. (No excuses for you in math or history class, kidlet!)

I hate it when someone tells me that the doctor just told them then need tests for blahdeeblahdeeblah, and carry on like they just got home from the surgery already as if it's already happened. YAWNER.

Oh my goodness, my 6 yo's dreams. Every morning. On and on and on. I totally zone out but manage to get a few "Uh huh's" in there while I'm making her lunch ;)

My son talks about batteries, wires, volts, capacitors, AC adapters and his favorite android games. At least he is polite in return when I drag him outside to see a cool insect in the garden.

I had to stop my friend the other day from talking about dog hair for another second. Seriously, almost 20 min about dog hair! Ahhhh!

Oh my gosh, this isn't just kids. We recently had a girls night out, 6 of us girls... and one women talked the ENTIRE 4 hours. She would not shut the hell up, we were all bored to death and getting frustrated by the end of the night . No one freaking cares about your younger brother's best friend in the fourth grade that had to wear big glasses or whatever.

I teach my kids to look for social cues and how to engage in conversation, though that can be hard when they are really young. My kids don't really do mind numbing topics... but they have this thing where they repeat what they said over and over and over again. It really does get irritating, so we always have to tell them, "Say it ONE time!"

My MIL and gardens...

Let's just say that when we told her that we were expecting a baby... We spent about 5 minutes talking about the new baby and an hour and a freaking half talking about her garden!!!

My fiance is a lot better about it but whenever he starts up with hunting or fishing... My mind just turns off.

ok, this isn't so much mind numbing, but more humorous... my now almost 4 year old and I had a 30 minute conversation about poop when he was potty training. He even involved the cashier at the grocery store (teenage guy, that actually took it quite well! Must have had younger siblings at home!) who just joined in on the conversation like he always talks about poop with people that come through his line. LOL

Every now and then my little guy will start that conversation up, but then someone always finds a way to distract him and change the subject.

My BIL is an engineer. He could bore for America.
My husband uses conversations about electronics and technology against me.

Alien conspiracy theories. How our own government really blew up the Twin Towers. Genealogy. Outer Space (after a few minutes). Sports. Celebrities. Recipes. Baby allergies.

Oh, Lego... the bane of my existence! ;D
So, yeah. Lego stories bore me to tears. My boy also has a HUGE imagination (he just turned 6) but also seems to have this thing for aliens/pirates/bad guys in general. I hear constant stories of wars, battles, fights... you name it. Don't get me wrong - I LOVE that he has such a great imagination, but mom is so tired of the constant battle that I've actually told him that I need an afternoon without that kind of talk! (which usually works, but not always!)

my hubby is studying to be a doctor and works at a hosptial...he goes on and on about all these medical terms and medicines and some things he's seen....I have no interest, nor do I know if he is even speaking english! lol