I hear that!  And the older a man gets the more likely you are to hear the same boring story time and time again.

Did I tell you that as a man gets older the more like he is to tell you the same boring story time and time again.

Did I tell you ...

The other thing you may wish to consider, though it is a personal statement, of OMG I am running into Victimizes again, don't want to say anything, so here is my old standby story to bore her to tears so she will go away.