> I wonder if it might qualify as the best thought terminating cliché I've seen this year!

That is certainly the best back-handed compliment I have received in the last hour. Thank you. Your writing molests me.

> is that the people I find interesting are usually busy doing interesting things, so the boring ones are the only regular people at social gatherings.

That comes across to me as a refreshingly honest self-centred view.

You recall me of a friend who does contemporary dance as part of a troupe. I find them interesting - however I also find sewage plants and stink beetles interesting.

What's I'm trying to say is that finding people interesting (or boring) probably says more about you than it does about them.

The smartest people I know seem to be interested in everything. I often find people interesting for reasons I would find difficult to admit to them. I'm not that smart.

I find myself boring - contemptuous through familiarity?

And yeah, I'm rather cynical about "norms" too.