Lee Robbins: “This shot sums up what can happen working a 9-5 desk job. Sometimes it’s the small things that relieve the boredom”Photograph: Lee RobbinsPeter Gray: “Watching paint [stripper] dry” Photograph: Peter GrayHugh Colvin: "The soundtrack to this would be ‘I can’t stand the rain, ’gainst my windo-ow’, sung by Ann Peebles; I’m stuck in a holiday cottage on the Welsh coast, and so bored I’m starting to focus on the raindrops”Photograph: Hugh Colvin
Carol Haig: “My son at a friend’s wedding”Photograph: Carol HaigTony Bullock: "Taken in the Masaai Mara, it may surprise people to learn that shortly after this was taken, the same lioness stalked and killed a warthog within the space of 1 minute!"Photograph: Tony BullockOscar May: "This is my friend Jordan looking rather bored in Paris!"Photograph: Oscar MayAdam Siese: "Boredom is... waiting for the tube"Photograph: Adam SieseNeil Morrison: "Our daughter decided she wanted to learn to write... it didn't last long!" Photograph: Neil MorrisonJane Ingall: "This seems to sum up how we all felt at some point during our 4 year building project"Photograph: Jane IngallConor Ferguson: "Even in Paris, one of the most exciting cities I've ever been in, could anything be more boring than waiting for your smalls to dry?" Photograph: Conor Ferguson
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