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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 January 14, 2020 at 5:58am

Close this down?

No! Please, no!

Are these Postcards Boring or not?

Who knows? Boringness is in the eye of the beholder.

I suspect that some of you did not look at the origins of this Group. (go to page 11 for the full story), and this is , in part, what I wrote at the very start of this Group:

"What makes a Postcard Boring? I have given considerable thought as to what makes a Postcard Boring – or not – and would like to share my ideas with you. When confronted with a Boring Postcard, I ask myself a number of questions. First, why did a photographer want to make a Postcard of this subject? Second, why did some printer and some seller think they could make money from this Boring Postcard? Third, why did anyone buy this Boring Postcard? Fourth, what message – visual or verbal – did the sender of the Boring Postcard mean to convey? And fifth, what on earth did the recipient of the Boring Postcard make of the image?

There are two additional considerations: First, a Postcard can be Boring because of what is in it – for example, a row of tents or beds, the interior of a tunnel, a piece of industrial equipment, an empty sports stadium, etc. Second,a Postcard can be Boring because of what is not in it – for example, a swimming pool with no swimmers in it, a street"

Many Boring Postcards later, I still believe this.

Over to you...

Comment by Nancy Nosegay on January 13, 2020 at 11:37pm

I found a copy of Boring Postcards at the Goodwill Bins in Portland, OR, a few weeks ago. Luckily there were a couple BPCs tucked inside. This is one of them.

Comment by Alan Brignull on January 13, 2020 at 10:01pm

I think this group will have to be closed down as we all discover that nothing is truly boring

Comment by RUTH GILES on January 13, 2020 at 9:47pm

I was thinking the same, Jennifer. It's actually a nicely composed photo too.

Comment by Diana Hale on January 13, 2020 at 6:21pm

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Comment by RUTH GILES on January 12, 2020 at 8:27pm

Elan Aqueduct, Hanging Rock, Austcliff, Stourton Junction 

Comment by John Gayer on January 12, 2020 at 7:58pm

What are those things coming out of the ground in the top right corner of Evpatoria postcard? They are incredible.

Comment by Olga Koval on January 12, 2020 at 1:42pm

I want to show you some of my soviet Boring postcards.

This one is from Evpatoria, little town in western coast of Republic of Crimea, my native peninsula. It shows the Promenade and Theater Square.This one shows the Boring Zemchuzhina Hotel in Sochi. It was printed in 1979.

Boring Ukrainian Sanatorium card. I feel longing and nostalgia when I look at this card ...

Ayudag Mountain in Gurzuf, small countryside on the seaside. These are very native landscapes to me.

I like this group and will send some of my Boring postcards to Valentine. If you want to get one of postcards like this or exchange Boring cards, text me.

 

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