Many moons ago, I wrote about the idea of the long talker:  A person who takes a long time to say a simple thing, often reiterating several points along the way, likely because they enjoy talking and/or like to hear themselves talk.  Two additions to that include the following: 
  1. Long story teller - A person who starts off with the statement, "I have a funny story about Thanksgiving," making you think, "Hey, I like funny things, and I like Thanksgiving; surely I'll like a funny story about Thanksgiving," only to leave listeners so incredibly overwhelmed by the vivid and meaningless details of the plot and setting ("It was raining outside.  Actually it started raining an hour after dinner.  Or was it already raining by dinner?  Either way that's not important.  It was after dinner.  Yeah.") that everyone loses interest until about 15 minutes into the story when some kind soul blurts out, "So what's your funny story?"
  2. Life story giver - This is the person who tells their life story on a regular basis.  This just happened to me last weekend.  I asked a guy a simple question about the church he went to, and he quite literally told me the entire story of his life, starting from when his father was 17.  You know it'll be a long one when it begins before the teller was even born.
A common occurrence when listening to long talkers is the thought of "How do I get this person to stop talking?"  I have to give the long story teller credit.  He/she knows how to command the attention of a group of people and not let go.  But with the life story giver, I had just finished a long day of helping someone move, and I just wanted to go home and relax.  I waited and waited for an opportunity to end the conversation, and when it was finally there, I took it and ran. #psychology