History Main / IncrediblyLameFun

* ''{{Garfield}}'': occasionally used to show how boring a life Jon's family has on the countryside, since the most mundane things excite them (watching the washing machine instead of the TV ("Here comes the red sock again!"), counting every brick in the wall of the house, taking a trip to see the new water tower, going to the airport to watch the planes take off etc.)

Not to be confused with SoleEntertainmentOption or IncrediblyLamePun. Compare AGoodOldFashionedPaintWatching.

* Trolls in the {{Discworld}} books gamble by tossing something up and then betting on whether or not it will come down. To be fair, there's definitely some parts on the Disc where it's a legitimate [[IncrediblyLamePun toss-up]].

* In ''Xkcd'' [[http://xkcd.com/324/ #324]], a character finds that tapping different parts of a desk results in different pitches. "So what did you do all afternooon?" "Hung out."

* In the "Night Morning" episode of ''FanboyAndChumChum'', Fanboy invites his whole class to watch Chum Chum do his morning routine... [-[[RecycledInSPACE AT NIGHT!]]-]

* There are a few instances where it's simply a case of YourMileageMayVary. There are quite a few things that can entertain someone and bore someone else to tears. Watching it rain or snow, birdwatching, stargazing, and watching fish in an aquarium.
** [[TvTropesWillRuinYourLife Wiki crawling.]].

** It owes a lot to it's parent, [[KnightsOfTheOldRepublic Pazaak]]. [[DamnedByFaintPraise Which is exactly as fun as Quasar]]!

Not to be confused with EasilyAmused or IncrediblyLamePun. Compare AGoodOldFashionedPaintWatching.

* It owes a lot to it's parent, [[KnightsOfTheOldRepublic Pazaak]]. [[DamnedByFaintPraise Which is exactly as fun as Quasar]]!

* Trolls in the {{Discworld}} books gamble by tossing something up and then betting on whether or not it will come down. To be fair, there's definitely some parts on the Disc where that's a legitimate (puts on sunglasses) toss up.
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* ''{{Garfield}}'': occassionally used to show how boring a life Jon's family has on the countryside, since the most mundane things excite them (watching the washing machine instead of the TV ("Here comes the red sock again!"), counting every brick in the wall of the house, taking a trip to see the new water tower, going to the airport to watch the planes take off etc.)

* On ''{{Stella}}'', when the boys couldn't go to the amusement park, they decided to improvise fun rides with what they had at their home; naturally, their alternatives don't quite match up to the real thing, but they make due.

"Why bother watching [[ScienceIsBad television]] when you can watch a snail crawl for hours on end?"

* For a subjective value of "lame," this can happen when their is literally no modern engaging activities. For example, while the Inuit do have several complex games and traditions, the kids will play a game where they roll towards each other on the snow/ice and gamble on who can stick a stick into a hanging bauble first.

"Why bother watching [ScienceIsBad television] when you can watch a snail crawl for hours on end?"

* Trolls in the {{Discworld}} books gamble by tossing something up and then betting on whether or not it will come down.
** Be fair. There's some parts on the Disc where that's a legitimate toss up.

* Quasar in ''MassEffect'' is an incredibly dull adding game with two buttons, yet it has entire casinos dedicated to it.
* A troll in ''UltimaUnderworld'' II plays "White Rock Black Rock," in which the object is to correctly pick the white rock. From a pair of rocks ''in plain sight of both players''.