The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1892-08-04
WHAT Is A BORE.
Some Definitions of That Very Nu-
NnerOuS Person.

Bits offered prize Tor the best delnl-
tions of bore. The definition ad-
judged the best was:-
: A person whose silence is irritating:
land whose conversations is eXasperailng.:
The following are some of the best
definitions sent in
A talkative guest protected by the
cloak of courtesy.
A person who persists in delivering
the whole stock, where sample would
be more than sufficient.
"The busy mans DOGGY man.
That freak of Nature which has
plenty OF time with which to help to
waste that of busy people.
An old familiar, dreaded more by
friends than foes.
A no-go person.
One who values the time of another
as little as the latter esteems the So
ciety of the former.
A man vino knows nothing, and
misses no opportunity of imparting
it.
A human hurdy-gurdy with only
one tune.
One whose yarns only can yield
yawns.
A Bore, fnd-I write it with sigh
Is thou, he, she or it, but never Il
The conversational constant drop
ping that wears away the stone of
patience.
An irrepressible pilferer of good
time.
The personifcation of the crack"
One who knows little, thinks less,
and talks much.
Civilizations nightmare.
A continual cackle with cracked
Uranium.
The echo of an eternal "I."
A talking parrot who ought to be
knocked from his perch.
Sinbad's cold Man of the Sea"
borne on the shoulders OF Society.
The eleventh plague that the Egyp-
tians were spared.
A tool that by too much using has
lost it's sharpness, but is still capable
of spelling ones good temper, and
frequently making a hole in. ones
good manners.
Two's company but three's none
the thirds bore.
An unconscious egotist.
Indigestible information.
The dullest awl in creation, boring
holes in patience.
An excavator in the tunnels OF good
temper.
An imposer on mans patience, time
and company.
A human mosquito.
A piercer of ears.
A kind of button-hole which no one
wears, but which wears everyone.
An unsolicited administrator of the
overflow of ignorance.
Your creditor.
A person with more tongue than
tact.
Ignorance endeavoring to trample
upon intelligence.
A tiresome two-legged talking ma
chine.
The spectre in attendance at all So
cial gatherings.
One who hasn't got anything to say,
and is continually saying it.
An inexperienced traveller who mis-
takes his way while journeying to
Friendship.
vapidity, Verbosity, Vanity, Es-
quire.
A thorn in the flesh of Society.
A fellow who has the bad taste to
persist in talking about himself, when
we are anxious to talk about our
selves.
What is a Bore2-Twinsl
A musical acquaintance who merely.
produces discord. by continual grind
Eng on our organs of hearing.
Persistence without wisdom.
A trumpet without music.
A specimen of humanity who inter-
ests nobody but himself.
The chief partner in the firm OF Gam
noyance, Worry and Co."
The man who knows everything,
and tells everybody.
A Bore, there's no knowing, may be
you or me,
For nobody knows what plague
he may be.
Conceited ignorance trying to be af-
fable.
The wrong person in the wrong
place, at the wrong time.
The perfection of tiresomeness.
The proyerbial bad shilling in the
currency of Society.
A person, be he dolt or sage, who
hasn't learnt the simple lesson of the
humblest flower-when to "shut up!"