BORING POSTCARDS

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Comment by Bradford on June 5, 2021 at 8:25pm

Well, I don't know. If you're from Texas, love travel, motels, hotels, and the like this nostalgic image from the 40s is interesting. If the back is inscribed and posted, all the more so. There is at least one boring image from the famous Alamo Plaza Courts series I'll try to dig up to show you what boring is all about.

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on June 5, 2021 at 5:51pm

FROM DIANA HALE -- AMAZO PLAZA COURTS

Thanks Diana -- a great Boring Postcard.

Sent by Su in, I think, 1940 or 1960, from Little Rock, Ark, which she describes as a 'really nice area'. She doesn't, alas, say anything about the Beatyrest Mattress on her bed, but maybe she slept on the floor or in the bath.

Comment by Richard Canard on May 26, 2021 at 6:36pm

Oh..... or do you refer to the "Post" / "Card"?

Comment by Richard Canard on May 26, 2021 at 6:26pm

Yes,  I can relay to you another of the same "lock-down Covid Reimagination" (if  that is to which you refer).  Unfortunately, I am not  aware of Ms. Hale's total repertoire--there may very well be more . Ms. Diana Hale is very much a member here at the I.U.O.M.A.

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on May 26, 2021 at 5:39pm

Thanks Richard, and I underscore this reply. Have you got any more of Diana's Postcard 'Reimaginations?

Comment by Richard Canard on May 26, 2021 at 5:25pm

26.05.21 Dare Mister Val M. H., ...Thank you for your attentions & insights. I just wanna underscore that Ms. Diana Hale's photograph featuring the "Queen of Hearts stuck on a fence log" is also "a playing card atop a post". A "Post" & a "Card " ...yes, a bad pun--- which should easily qualify as" boring". SinCelery, Richard Canard

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on May 26, 2021 at 11:10am

THREE POSTCARDS FROM M. RICHARD CANARD -- mercy buckets!

1. Grade School, Unionville, Mo

I don't think this is, or was, a very good Skool as the person who wrote the caption had problems spelling School, Schole, Schohle....

2. The Queen of Hearts

'Why?', I hear you asking, 'is the Queen of Hearts stuck on a fence log in the middle of a field?' on this Boring Postcard.

She's looking for the tarts she made and the rascal who stole them.

'Explain, please, Val'

Here's an English poem and nursery rhyme from 1782:

The Queen of Hearts

She made some tarts,

    All on a summer's day;

The Knave of Hearts

He stole those tarts,

    And took them clean away.

The King of Hearts

Called for the tarts,

    And beat the knave full sore;

The Knave of Hearts

Brought back the tarts,

    And vowed he'd steal no more.

(And if you're still interested in Her Majesty you can read all about her in Chapter 11 of 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'

This Boring Postcard was 'Photographed by Diana Hale...Based On A Notion by Richard Canard'. Bravo Richard -- I think you are first ever Boring Postcard designer!)

3. Time Saver Card -- Time is Meaningless-- Check Items Desired

This looks like an old Postcard, but it ain't. It's a lock-down Covid card, as you can see from the available choices. In fact, it's rather clever, and maybe it should be in the Interesting Postcards section.

This Postcard was also 'Reimagined by Diana Hale'

Comment by Bradford on May 23, 2021 at 8:45pm

It's practically a USO due to its proximity to water.

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on May 23, 2021 at 2:55pm

UFO, Katerina?

Here is the Evoluon UFO in Eindhoven, the Netherland.; It used to be a Museum of the Philips Company, but is now a Conference Center. Eindhoven is a one company town, and that company is Philips.

Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on May 22, 2021 at 2:25pm

Discovered a batch of old 1950's...boring? or interesting ?

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