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

Sharp's new UX-B800SE Broadband Fax does the usual boring squelchy phone thing, oh sure, but it also has an Ethernet connection allowing you to send PDF or TIFF scans (two-sided, if you prefer) of your documents via email, as well as receive analog faxes and email them to you if you're like the tethered office drones of yesteryear, waiting around all morning for so-and-so's fax.

ENGADGET: Sharp launches UX-B800SE Broadband Fax

The beautiful thing about boring stocks is their tendency to put investment managers directly to sleep.

FORBES: More Boring Stocks That You Wouldn't Be Interested In

Boring can be a good thing when tax payer money is at stake.

FORBES: Jamie Dimon's Folly: Shareholders Over Customers

That's the thing, Cable: You were boring to a fault, but you worked the way you were supposed to most of the time.

WSJ: A Year Without Cable