Fill in the blank (_) in the following sentence from the following choices.
Sentence: Jim chose to juggle torches instead of knives because the _ were surprisingly more boring to watch.

Choice 1: Jim chose to juggle torches instead of knives because the torches were surprisingly more boring to watch.
Choice 2: Jim chose to juggle torches instead of knives because the knives were surprisingly more boring to watch.
Which of the choices is correct? Respond with only "1" or "2" and no additional text.
2
2. However, it's important to note that the sentence is grammatically incorrect as "were more boring" should be changed to "