Q: Do you agree that the only thing more boring than fantasy
stories are bad beat poker stories? I don't think there is anything I
care less hearing about. You should do a top 10 things that are commonly
spoken about in which there is over a 95 percent chance the person
listening doesn't care.
-- Jesse, Staten Island</p>
SG: That's an easy list to slap together. Nobody really cares if you're telling a story that's longer than 20 seconds about ...</p>
1. Your fantasy team or fantasy draft.
2. A bad poker beat.
3. A stock you sold too early.
4. Anything that happened at work that doesn't involve an altercation, sex or porn being found on someone's computer.
5. Anything about the wedding you're planning.
6. Anything that happened at your child's sporting event if your child
is under 15 years old, unless it involves two parents fighting or
something truly incredible that happened.
7. Anything that happened during an exam you took with one exception -- I
had a roommate in college who once got so stressed out during an exam
that he discharged on himself during the exam. (Think Forrest Gump in Jenny's dorm room.) Swear to God. So you can only tell an exam story if it's as good as that one.</p>