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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 30, 2023 at 2:45pm

A VERY BORING POSTCARD INDEED -- which, to me, raises lots of questions about why on earth anyone would want to produce a Postcard featuring a dozen shrimps, let alone how they managed to get the shrimps to arrane themselves in such a neat formation. Perhaps there is an alternative universe of anf for shrimps and their Postcards? Any ideas?

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on May 29, 2023 at 3:01pm

FRENCH GOOSE -- THINKING ABOUT GETTING STUFFED WITH SWEET CORN, AND THEN BEING STUFFED (fOrce-fed) WITH SWEET CORN. HOW SWEET!  WELL MAYBE NOT FOR THE GOOSE . HOW CORNY? YES!

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on May 28, 2023 at 3:12pm

HOWEVER, AND WHICHEVER,WAY I LOOK AT THIS BORING POSTCARD

.....Iook at the paintings on the wall, the clothese that the people are wearing, the way they are standing, but my eyes seem to be inevitably draw to the tiny display of cleavage of the lady in black.

But I probably shouldn't mention that on this family-friendly site, so instead I will look at some more modestly dressed young ladies (and a couple of men) from Tahiti...

2. "Otea" Dancing Girls

"Oteea"? Oh yeah!

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on May 24, 2023 at 3:15pm

SIX MORE FROM MIM -- ANDD SIX LOTS OF THANKS TO MIM!

1.Arlington Cemetery, Washington DC, USA

2.Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Arlington National Cemetery, Washington DC, USA

"The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery is set in a paved format Terrace, rising above a sweep of green lawn and attended by a lone sentinel keeping his constant vigil. The rear panel of the white marble tomb bears this insctription: Here rests in honored glory an American soldier known to God. It stands today as a memorial to all American soldiers and sailors who lost their lives in WW 1."

3. Old World Pavilion at the Jameston Festival, VA, USA

"Showing the patio of the Mermaid Tavern in the foreground. The 'Old World Heritage' exhibit, presented by the British Government, portrays events that led to the first permanent English settlement in North America, at Jamestown, VA, on May 13, 1607."

4.  Farmville Methodist Church Farmville, VA, USA

5. Dining Room, Showing Washington Collection, Washington HQ

6. Titania's Veil, Luray, VA, USA

"The beautiful caverns of Luray.... Here beneaty the earth's crust are scenes of awe-inspiiring  beauty. Parts of the Caverns are as much as 300 feet uderground. This colorful display captures the spirit in name and mind."

Comment by Raphael Nadolny on May 17, 2023 at 12:07pm

Lake Rożnowskie, Zalew Rożnowski - a dam reservoir in the Małopolskie Voivodeship, created by damming up the Dunajec River. It was built to even out the flow of the river and to reduce the flood wave , and consequently the Vistula River. The investment was accelerated by a catastrophic flood in 1934. The Rożnowskie Lake, created in 1941, is an attractive reservoir for tourists. Its developed shoreline and steep, largely wooded shores make it a place with a diverse landscape. There are several tourist and summer resorts along the lake Postcard sent in 1977.

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on May 16, 2023 at 3:14pm

"I LOVE HOLLAND"  ....but not hot dogs.... FROM HELEEN

Message from Heleen to Val:

"OK. After thorough research I concluded this postcard is boring. If only the stroopwafels [the biscuits, bottom left] would have been real stroopwafels, this card would have been less boring (I love stroopwafels), but in this case this card wouldn't have reached you because it would have been eaten."

Message from Val to Heleen:

"Thanks. It's a strange card. In fact it's 4 Boring mini-Pöstcards. And then it's not obvious that each of the four bits have anything, or much, to do with Holland. Are the sweets traditionally Dutch? Not in my experience. Are these yellow discs cheeses? They could be curling pucks. Are the black things supposed to be clogs/klompen? They look more like Crocs:  clogs should be wooden and unpainted. And the stroopwafels? No comment...I don't like them, they stick in my teeth."

And then, about the postage stamp there is more....

Heleen writes:

"ugly boring stamp, too. (I don't like meat/hotdogs...and don't like that artist either)"

Val writes:

I,wonder why i) the Dutch Post Office decided to put this image on one of it's postage stamps,and ii) why it couldn't find a Dutch artist/stamp designer instead of an American one? iii) It looks to me mofre like a stripey rocket emerging from a rugby ball or American football. (Or even a stripey condom emerging from....)

Thanks Heleen!

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on May 12, 2023 at 5:13am

Thanks Heleen,

I suggest you read my very first introductry comment to Boring Postcards on page 84 of this Group.

When I find a box of postcards at a flea market, I flick through them quickly to see if there are any boring ones. It's a quick and basically non-intellectual process -- 'Is this postcard boring or not?'

Later, when I get to look at these postcards more critically I think 'Well there might be something of interest here'. And sometimes there is. But most often there isn't.

Last comment: there is a danger of over-intellectualising this and making it to arty-farty. Keep It Simple Folks. Andd Keep It Boring, too

Comment by Daniel de Culla on May 10, 2023 at 7:50pm

Season's Greetings¡

Comment by Heleen de Vaan on May 10, 2023 at 4:25pm

My 'problem' with boring cards is the fact that postcards, which at first sight I think boring, come to live when I put off my -2 glasses and see the nice details...

While my reptile brain thinks 'boring', my human brain concluders that 'The' boring card hardly exists... 

But I'll have a try to find cards which keep on being boring at second sight and of course I then must send them to you, Val.

Comment by Mim Golub Scalin on May 10, 2023 at 2:17pm

A few more boring cards are on their way to you today.
Thanks for the reminder. 
Mim

 

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