Just Plain Bored!

Advantages: It's not terribly expensive
Disadvantages: It's not terribly funny

...For years, a friend of mine kept going on about a book that was a parody of "The Lord of the Rings". At the time it was out of print, but he would quote one of the lines from it at every opportunity and bemoan the fact that he never had a copy of his own. Fortunately, the surge of interest in the original books when the films were being made resulted in a republication of the parody and so he was finally able to own his own copy of "Bored of the Rings". Intrigued by years of his going on and on about it, so was I. Following rather loosely the plot of "The Lord of the Rings", Frito Bugger is charged with a quest to travel across the world and destroy a ring. He is accompanied on his quest by his friend Spam, the magician Goodgulf and a couple of rather annoying boggies, Moxie and Pepsi. Legolam the elf, Gimlet the dwarf, Stomper...

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Review of Bored Of The Rings - Henry Beard & Douglas Kenney

BORED, BUT NOT BORING.

Advantages: Can be lots of fun.
Disadvantages: You should be spending you're time better.

..."I'm bored', whined my daughter, as thirteen year olds are wont to do. Resisting the temptation to deliver the usual, 'when I was your age we couldn't afford to be bored and we had to live on bread and lard' etc., I told her to use her imagination instead. Not much more use than the speech, I admit. However, the result of this was, she promptly typed 'I'm bored', into Google. Up came a selection of pages containing, conspicuously, Bored.com. So we went and had a look! The first thing of note here is that this is a links page. This means it is made up of a collection of 'links' to other pages. There are well over a hundred, so I won't list them all or we'll be here all day. I'll just mention some of the ones I liked and then try and give you an overview. Some of these pages are worthy of an op of their own. I'd like to point out...

alma 03.03.2003 · Read review
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Are you bored me lil mucker

Advantages: Gives you something to do
Disadvantages: Looks like a cheap site

...Bored.com is a website that hosts a huge load of links to other sites on the net. The point of bored.com is to make you not bored by providing you with these links in order to give you something to do! Pretty simple idea that works quite well and the site is quite a well known site on the internet now. (why can’t I come up with these kind of ideas!?) The site actually states ‘For when you have nothing better to do’ so it seems like a great website for when your bored in the office, but is it? The front page lists the newest sites that it has added to its database. Each site listing has a description next to it so that you know what your in for. A click on the link and your into that site, no messing around or pop up windows to play with. Down the left hand side of the page you have other options to explore like free...

GR-Design 13.04.2001 · Read review
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The site to go when you are bored

Advantages: wide choice of things to do, loads up quickly
Disadvantages: none

...This website is for people who are bored. To check this website out go to www.bored.com I heard about this site from a friend so thought I would check it out. As you go on the site, there are loads of links to different sites. Here are some of the sites they have:- Virtual bubble wrap which is popping bubble wrap with your mouse. I have to admit though it's not as good as the real thing though and does not really sound like it either. Karoke where you can sing along to songs. Dreams so you can see what your dreams mean There are loads more, and you'd have to check the site out, especially when you are feeling bored. It's so easy to go these differnt sites too all you do is click on the one you want to go on to, and it takes you directly there. It couldn't be easier. The site loads up really quickly, so you don't have...

tabyorky 01.10.2001 · Read review
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Only go to if you are REALLY bored

Advantages: fun and intersting
Disadvantages: links are sometimes bad

...As the name suggests, this site is for people who are bored and want to find a interesting, fun and safe for kids web site. This brightly coloured site is attractive and fun for everyone. There's many things to do and things keep getting added eveyday. they're not just the normal features such as jokes. It's truly original- one of my old favourite features is Harry Potter- surfers would send ideas for future Harry Potter novels in. This was a great laugh and also brilliant for the user as they get to interact and have their bit on the site. The pretty average features they have are jokes, lots of interesting sites to go to and also many free offers. For example, this month there's free palm reading, hand writing analasys and over 900 COMPLETELY free (shipping, item cost everything) This site is full of fun moving, eyecatching...

kwhyte 26.03.2001 · Read review
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Are you bored

Advantages: Loads of links to visit
Disadvantages: Can make you ever border than what you already were!

...www.bored.com is one of those websites to visit if you are totally bored out of your skull, and just want to waste a bit of time doing mindless and mind numbing surfing! On the homepage is loads of different links to click on. Mainly joke pages, but there are other somewhat useful and entertaining sites to visit out there! Mainly all nonsense ones that are more of a laugh than anything! To the left of the homepage is a poll to fill in. Just a fun one where you can be in with a chance of winning a PC. You can also refer a friend, although why anyone would want to do this is beyond me! You can also create a website, either a family one or business one with facilities such as uploading your photos. And also an email service where you can get your own email. Okay, so I have visited the site on the odd occasion in...

Louise90 28.03.2001 · Read review
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I AINT BORED NO MORE

Advantages: Lots of links to choose from.
Disadvantages: None

...This website gives you links to, what they think, are the most interesting sites on the Internet! When entering www.bored.com you will instantly be greeted with a whole page full of links to weird and wonderful sites with a short summary of what the website entails. For instance, www.freakydreams.com. Here, you can find out what your dreams mean by using the online dream analyzer. And if you like popping bubble wrap (and who doesn't!), then go to the virtual bubble wrap site when you can pop the stuff with your mouse. Although, somehow it doesn't have the same effect as what it does doing it for real! I wonder why?? There are bored.com contests where you can win cool prizes, horoscopes. And visit the shop where you can purchase t-shirts, sweaters, mugs and hats. All are in dollars though. You can refer a friend, and there...

Robertpowles 26.08.2001 · Read review
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I will never be bored again

Advantages: You will never be bored again!
Disadvantages: Some links are purely American orientated

...Thank goodness I found this website when I did. I?ve been off work today; I have a really horrible cold and feel generally unwell (aahhhh I hear you all say!). I know I should be in bed getting better, but somehow for some reason I can?t sleep anymore. I?ve watched as much day time TV as I can handle and as I?ve said in another op there is only so much of The Sims (PC game) I can play. Time to surf the web and find something to amuse myself with, and this is where I found bored.com. What a fantastic website! It loads up very quickly and on the whole it is ironically quite a boring looking site, in this I mean it has no bright colours or elaborate moving pictures, however it?s the content of the site that is pure quality! The home page consists of bored.coms top rated sites. This is basically a page of links to other...

purpledragon 22.01.2002 · Read review
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Are you bored of being bored

Advantages: .
Disadvantages: .

...Thanks to Bored.com, I know when I'm gonna die! Bored.com is the site I go to whenever I have nothing to do on the net. It is often updated and has the links to the most interesting and amusing sites. The site is a list of many different links where you can interact, play games, watch videos, read jokes etc... You can listen to the radio as you browse and many other things. The site has a load of stuff to please just about everyone! Some of the links I find on it are pretty pointless though Bored.com has a few bad things about it. It looks pretty cheap, but its quick, due to no groovy graphics to slow it down. Among all the amusing links are many boring things which you have to skip through. You should check out bored.com if... 1) You want to find out when you're gonna die This gives you an average date of when you...

boynextdoor 25.07.2001 · Read review
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I'M BORED

Advantages: FUN FUN FUN
Disadvantages: None really

...Bored bored bored bored bored !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I was, until i found bored.com.It's an original innovative site that gives access to a number of attractions to suit everyone. Straight away when you access the site you are given a list of websites to click on which could be fun and elliminate u'r boredom.After accessing a celebrity grudge match site i was pleased to see it was all i hoped it to be, just fun rubbish!flipper versus Jaws i tried out and guess who won? That stopped me from being bored for 5 mins and then i moved on. If you access the site now you'd be able to see men and women and rate them hot or not, learn when things were invented(not boring at all, like the frisbee, send free e-flower cards, get useless information, make an online robot, go on a celebrity stock exchange or even read fictional stories about celebrities...

siany 27.03.2001 · Read review
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