Gotta give ya that one. It's not always, but damn if I haven't tuned out half of what people say without missing anything important a million times already.

*There's a reason he likes to do most of the talking in a conversation. As much as he's a people person, he really can't stand people who ramble on when there's an important point to get to. Maybe in part because his attention span and temper tend to make him lose patience when it takes forever to get to what he needs to hear...

Of course, then he sometimes tunes people out at the wrong points and does miss something important, but it's what they get for rambling.*