I love finding out about things and watching tv programs about everything from the Plague to future trips to Mars and everything in between. I enjoy trivial pursuit to the Nth degree, and win quite often. I however do not know everything there is to know, nor do I spout off on things I haven't a clue about. I find these people to be beyond irritating. There are people that I do turn to for advice and consult for information on certain subjects b/c I know that they have the expetise and knowledge of a said subject. Do you find yourself in situations with someone who's 'done that', 'knows that', offers their 'expert' opinion on 'that', etc.?? Do you have someone of this nature in your midst?? Do share your stories and maybe we can combat this evil!!:wacko:

I have developed the art of simply walking away from people who bore with their misplaced belief in their own interllectual superiority...I don't even stop them I simply walk away!

If however this means of escape is not on offer I will simply avoid responding to anything they say and zone out to think happy thoughts...like how it would feel to shove and entire turkey down their throat with a stake knife.

I do not posess the right amount of so called etiquette and general politeness to entertain such drivilling and dire people.

There is a guy at work who does this all the time...spouts his unwanted oppinion or anecdote by thrusting it into a conversation he has not been invited to join...apparently he said to someone that he doesn't think I like him because I never talk to him...I have made no moves to cancel out this belief...since it's true!

...and breath....

I love finding out about things and watching tv programs about everything from the Plague to future trips to Mars and everything in between. I enjoy trivial pursuit to the Nth degree, and win quite often. I however do not know everything there is to know, nor do I spout off on things I haven't a clue about. I find these people to be beyond irritating. There are people that I do turn to for advice and consult for information on certain subjects b/c I know that they have the expetise and knowledge of a said subject. Do you find yourself in situations with someone who's 'done that', 'knows that', offers their 'expert' opinion on 'that', etc.?? Do you have someone of this nature in your midst?? Do share your stories and maybe we can combat this evil!!:wacko:

On a daily basis, ususally about three minutes after I log on here.

On a daily basis, ususally about three minutes after I log on here.

:D :applause: :laugh:

Unfortunetly my friends husband is one of those sort of people. Whatever we plan to do he`s done it before bigger and better or has a friend that has. Whatever we plan to buy he`s already got one or wouldn`t touch it with a barge pole as he`s in the "know" about these things. Any topic of conversation he will take over and i`ve learnt just to switch off now and play something fishy in my head (I always reach the elusive level 9 in there).

There is one bloke in my local pub who is a no it all. The trouble is, if someone bores me i have real trouble hiding it. Mr.B says im rude ... and i know i probably am - but i cant help it.

know it all's don't bother me as much as people who just have to be the first to know everything!

i used to work with a woman and she would never admit that she didn't know things, even boring stuff like management restructure, or when the toilets had last been cleaned out! Everything you told her she just responded with "yes I knew that" ... most infuriating ... of course also amusing to tell her something that blatently wasn't true and then watch her saying "yes I knew that".

Someone on here used to have the signature:

those of you who think you know everything are annoying those of us who do know everything! :kid:

know it all's don't bother me as much as people who just have to be the first to know everything!

i used to work with a woman and she would never admit that she didn't know things, even boring stuff like management restructure, or when the toilets had last been cleaned out!
Everything you told her she just responded with "yes I knew that" ... most infuriating ... of course also amusing to tell her something that blatently wasn't true and then watch her saying "yes I knew that".



Dol, you havent sent her to work with me have you? :evilmad: I have a colleague by the name of Sarah who is exactly as you describe above. If you tell her ANYTHING, she will say, "Yes I knew that" or "Yeahhhh, she said....." when we know damn well that she is lying. Luckily for her she has just gone on Maternity Leave, or Id have suffocated her by now....

My ex boyfriend's father was a 'know all' that actually knew eff all. Any little snippet of information that tripped off my tongue was met with a vociferous, "RUBBISHHHHHHHHHHH" ..... I was young and desperate to please then.

Now, Id kick him in the balls. :)

My husband drives me senseless sometimes. He has a whole stream of little anecdotes, most of them from way back, school stories even, and somebody only has to mention a "trigger point", say school for example, and he will go off into all these flaming stories about when he was at school and the things they got up to. When you hear them for the first time they are, well, mildly interesting but when you've been together for 23 years and you've had to listen to him trotting them all out to everybody - you get to breaking point.

I get embarrased because I can see people glazing over and shuffling their feet but he's totally oblivious. I've tried, politely, to point out that maybe his stories aren't as fascinating to others as they are to him but he can't see it.

Actually, it's a family trait with all the brothers - there's 5 of them (luckily Mazwad isn't like it). Mazz and I laugh at how the stories have got exaggerated out of all proportion over the years.

oooops I think I may have just fallen foul of this - I have just spouted some useless fact about Alfredo sauce in 'Whats for Dinner thread!!:blush:

But in general these people just bore me rigid, right after I amuse myself that I could have predicted what they were about to say.

I have a head full of mostly useless trivia (which is leaking as I get older) and I know what I know. However, I don't see any point in pretending to know things when you don't really. That just smacks of huge insecurity. I'm getting more and more used to saying either "I dunno" or "ooooo I know that one.......". What I do hate, though, is someone telling me I've got something wrong when I know I'm right. I can't just let it go and have to prove it somehow. Probably shows my own insecurity.

Luckily it doesn't happen very often. :wink2:

There are a few of these 'know-it-alls' in my class and they can be beyond belief with their silly nit-picking and contradicting of minor details.
I tend to ignore them when they're in "know-it-all" mode.

Oh I know the sort PJ.
The ones that just couldn't shut up.
That had to ask more questions when all you want to do is go home.

Actually there's a few like that in my ladies circle, they know all the rules and regulations in the rule book:sleepy: All I know is how to get to the bar:laugh: