It's the same reason that I love my boring but unbreakable Subaru Legacy wagon better than the finicky Audi s4 sports sedan it replaced.

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That's why parents talking about their children can be so tedious - other parents, I mean, not me or you - not because we doubt their love, or the child's charms, but because itemizing infinities is obviously the most boring thing imaginable.

BBC: A Point of View: The pain when children fly the nest

In the end, tapping putts for hours may be the most boring form of practice in golf and might seem far more tedious and ineffectual than a new love match or a seemingly sweet new swing that helps keep a balky knee healthy.

WSJ: Tiger Woods Should Credit His Return to No. 1 on Improved Putt