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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 Valentine Mark Herman on May 8, 2020 at 10:23am

Thanks to Toni Hanner for this one....Pele's Paint Pot, Hawaii

"Pele's Paint Pot, near the center of Haleakala Crater, is a region of multi-coloured cinder deposits. the beauty of the crater isheightened by the starkness of the scene."

It's elevation is10,023 feet/3055 meters, and comes with 2 figures walking on a trail, neither of which is the famous Brazilian footballer Pele, aka Edson Arantes do Nascimento .

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on May 8, 2020 at 10:17am

Deary-me Ducky Donald,

Thanks for the 2 Postcards.

1.Big Mouth

You wrote that there could be something on 'Comic Postcards'. Why not? But not in Boring Postcards (unless they are both Comic and Boring). Do go ahead and start a Comic Postcard Group, and I'll contribute.

2. Broken Water Drain Line or Pipe ??

This is Richard's possible title for it. he doeszn't know why it exists as a promotion device for a postcard publishing house --"Arena Photographic Post Crads, Posters, Calenders etc. the best equipment establishment in the US. VERY REASONABLE PRICES". I don't know either, unless there is a market for broken water drain line or pipe postcards that we all know nothing about.

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on May 8, 2020 at 10:08am

Dear Duck Donald, well it's nice to know that you're getting worked up about something. Thanks for the postcards (see another message), and for the NASA Pioneer Plaque:

Now I will probably bore you all with the story of this (cos I included it in one of my books). There were 2 gold anodized  aluminium Plaques placed on board the 1972 Pioneer 10 (to Taurus) and 1973 Pioneer  (to Saturn) spacecrafts. The Plaques show 2 nude figures with several symbols that were designed to provide information about the origin of the spacecraft.

The Plaques were controversial; In his brilliant book 'The Art of Looking Sideways', Alan Fletcher writes:

"The figures were not shown holding hands in case it implies that they represented a single organism. After all, the ancient Greeks, unfamiliar with domesticated horses, had assumed the marauding mounted Scythians were weird beasts and called them Centaurs. Social conventions and physical attributes were also fed into the design.  A raised hand was intended to show greetings, the bent arm to infer flexibility, and opposing thumbs to indicate grasping.  The woman lacks a sex -- (Carl) Sagan (one of the 2 designers of the Plaque) suspected NASA might censor the message at the last minute. Here is mankind trying to communicate with an unknown and probably superior intelligence and some bureaucrat doesn't want them to know that women have vaginas".

Comment by Richard Canard on May 7, 2020 at 6:29pm

07.05.20 Dare Mister Val Mark H. & Ms. Katerina K., ..."You need to let the little things that would ordinarily bore you suddenly thrill you."---Warhol ???....but you see, that's been my problem all along it seems. People keep telling me:  "Richard,  you're getting all worked up over nothing!"  SinCelery,  Richard Canard

Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on May 7, 2020 at 8:02am

Comment by Nancy Bell Scott on May 2, 2020 at 1:02pm

Heart-rending, but the "precious moments" phrase in those lyrics really wreck the whole thing, Val.

Comment by jimmyconnors on May 1, 2020 at 7:58pm

I'm amazed.

Comment by jimmyconnors on May 1, 2020 at 6:31pm

"Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on April 18, 2020 at 4:59pm

YET ANOTHER BORING POSTCARD FROM MIKEL, for which Many Thanks yet again

I think it's a German boat, but can't make out the name on the back of it. Any guesses?"

What does it say on the back side? Also, I like the two persons in the foreground, especially the one on the right.

Also, I have to say, all the cards shown here: not at all boring, au contraire. More like exactly the kind of postcards I'm looking for on flea markets.

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on May 1, 2020 at 5:22pm

Thanks Nancy,

Here's something from the Three Degrees

"When will I see you again?
When will we share precious moments?
Will I have to wait forever?
Will I have to suffer (suffer)
And cry the whole night through?
When will I see you again?
When will our hearts beat together?
Are we in love or just friends?
Is this my beginning or is this the end? (is this the end?)"
Neither, just put a Boring Postcard here to show how you are still part of the Group
PS
How would the Beach Boys manage without a Beach to go to?
Comment by Nancy Bell Scott on May 1, 2020 at 3:52pm

Sorry no picture. At least 1 demerit for me.

 

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