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BORING POSTCARDS

This Group celebtrates Boring, ordinary, dull, commercial Postcards that feature aspects of our everyday life – such as streets, roads, houses -- and are, in a strange way, interesting because they are so uninteresting. Join in and share your Postcards of our Boring world.

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INTERESTING POSTCARDS!! 41 Replies

From time to time we have outbreaks of whether a Postcard is Boring, or not.“Yes it is”. “No it isn''t.”“All Postcards are Boring.” “All Postcards are interesting”.And so on, and so forth.So, LET'S TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENTAnnouncingINTERESTING…Continue

Started by Valentine Mark Herman. Last reply by Francis Lammé Aug 17, 2022.

DULL AND/OR BORING? 15 Replies

DULL OR BORING?I am a member of the British-based Dull Men's Club (DMC) – which also includes women, and, indeed, claims to…Continue

Started by Valentine Mark Herman. Last reply by Gerald Jatzek Nov 27, 2021.

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Comment by Richard Canard on October 16, 2020 at 5:43am

15.10.20 Dare Mister Val M. H., Ms. Katerina N., Sir Bradford, et al,....  I enjoy these "word"  games  ( & "image" games) that y'all sophisticated artists play. My horticultural knowledge is limited. ( I feel like just another  stray dandelion in a highly structured & cultivated  garden.) When Sir Bradford sez: "to say nothing of Hydrangeas"---does that mean that Hydrangeas have nothing to do with the situation or does the Hydrangea relate in some way??? SinCelery, Richard Canardtion

Comment by Bradford on October 16, 2020 at 3:47am

. . . to say nothing about Hydrangeas.

Comment by Olena Spicer on October 15, 2020 at 8:34am

This is cool, Katerina.

Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on October 15, 2020 at 8:31am

Yes, those are carnations (not "germaniums",not geraniums, either ).

In Greece, red carnations for the men...and women, too:

"Man with the carnation"  by Picasso,

This is Nikos Beloyiannis, hero in the resistance against the Nazi years in Greece, also during the Civil War that followed.

Comment by Olena Spicer on October 14, 2020 at 8:29pm

P.S. These types of bouquets were given to women, of course, as well, in extremely boring official situations. Thankfully, I have never received one, not sure what I would have done (not to the flowers, to the giver).

Comment by Olena Spicer on October 14, 2020 at 8:27pm

"From Russia with Love"? Wow, that takes me back to some good old USSR times. The carnations bouquet pictured - would be hard to find any man in USSR area who has not, at one time or another, received this type of bouquet - very "manly" flowers and destined to be given to men oh holidays. Just as the sentiment reads "Happy Holiday", very generic, but hey, the men accepted and never complained :) Although the greenery makes it a bit more interesting. 

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on October 14, 2020 at 1:25pm

THANKS TO HEIDI MONSTER FOR THIS 'NAVE LATERAL'

A lateral nave, but there is no indication as to where it is located. Any ideas?

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on October 13, 2020 at 8:16pm

Thanks Bradford! I'm really impressed.  That information makes the Postcard  either a bit more or a bit less Boring -- but I can't decide which. Val

Comment by Bradford on October 13, 2020 at 6:19pm

1. State Game Lodge and Resort, S.D.

The first car (at left) is a 1970-72 Chevrolet Monte Carlo.  The next is a 1973-4 Mopar (Plymouth, Dodge), but the dark, third car is a Pontiac fleet car owned by the state of South Dakota.

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on October 13, 2020 at 11:05am

CORRECT VERSION!! (sorry Katerina -- I got the images and the texts mixed up!)

ANOTHER TWO FROM KATERINA -- Thanks yet again, MomKat

1. State Game Lodge and Resort, S.D.

“The Summer White House” of Presidents Coolridge in 1927 and Eisenhower in 1953 Listed on the National Register of Historic Places.” Can anyone identify the three cars?

2. Geraniums?

'From Russia with Love”, says Katerina. The flowers look like Germaniums, and that I guess is what the writing on this Boring Postcard says.

 

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