This list is so boring it's rather interesting
This article discovers there are levels to lockdown boredom
and shares with you the World's most boring museum, film, town, and date. A surprisingly
interesting 3-minute read.
At Marlborough Homes we're an optimistic bunch
and see the lockdown across the UK as being safe at home rather than
stuck indoors.
Yes, it can be boring at times, especially when the weather
is bad. But nowadays we have plenty of digital distractions at our
fingerprints.
And we've made use of some of our own spare time to compile
a list of the World's most boring film, date, city, and museum.
Don't say we didn't warn you.
Film Flop
In 2017 a survey by Samsung saw the film 50 Shades of Grey
live up to its dull title. It was voted by 34 per cent of those surveyed as the
most boring film they've seen. One reviewer said: "There is little more
critical than to say a third of the film had people laughing at dialogue, and
the other two-thirds wiggling in their seats, not from discomfort or
innervation, but boredom."
Fancy a Day Out?
Once lockdown is over, and life returns to normal here's a
day trip to France, you might want to avoid. If the idea of watching paint dry
leaves you understandably underwhelmed, then a visit to the Musee Du Paper in
Rixheim probably won't scrub up too well either. It's a museum promising a 'complete
panorama of the history of wallpaper.'
A Date to Forget
Does April 11, 1954, ring a bell? It didn't for us either.
And according to a Cambridge based computer programmer, it is the most boring
date of the past 120 years.
William Tunstall-Pedoe said April 11, 1954, was the least exciting
day for a long time. "This particular day was extremely notable for having
almost nothing happen. It's not that nothing happened. It's just that it was
spectacularly un-notable in terms of the events that happened that day."
Which is quite a boring explanation in itself.
Boring, Boring, Boring
There's a town in Oregon, USA, called Boring.
But it seems as though the fine folk of the town have a sense
of humour at the very least as they are twinned with the Scottish village of
Dull.
Added to that, Boring's tourist board has come up with the
tag line: "Boring -The most exciting place to live."
Its name comes from the town's founder, a certain Mr Boring,
who we thought only existed in Mr Men books.
If you're looking for something interesting to do right now,
why not hop onto our website and see some of the excellent properties we
currently have available.
And spare a thought for the lady who had a summer temp job where
all she did was staple up to 500 reports every day.
Thanks for reading.
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