tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6232479.post4645149718965936101..comments2023-10-05T10:19:06.886-05:00Comments on Blogonomicon: On boredomAlanDPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00910363728370240226noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6232479.post-46844502883241953592008-07-29T14:19:00.000-05:002008-07-29T14:19:00.000-05:00I tend to agree with that one, too. I had never h...I tend to agree with that one, too. I had never heard the expression "drunk as a lord" before, but it makes sense. I seem to have a vague memory of them using the word "dissipation" where we would probably have used "boredom."AlanDPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00910363728370240226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6232479.post-16784802525985199492008-07-29T10:09:00.000-05:002008-07-29T10:09:00.000-05:00"(c) Was it because people were too busy trying to..."(c) Was it because people were too busy trying to stay alive to get bored? (But what about the idle English royalty and noblemen?)"<BR/><BR/>That one gets my vote. As to whether the royalty were bored, that is where the term "Drunk as a lord" tells us the answer.BobGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405172215849046373noreply@blogger.com