Boredom
Embryonic Development of the Light-Brown Apple Moth
Another contender in the Great Boredom Sweepstakes.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Sep 21, 2024 -
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Category: Boredom, Education, Insects and Spiders, PSA’s, Science, 1960s
The Swamp in June
Posted By: Paul - Fri Sep 13, 2024 -
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Category: Boredom, Nature, Vinyl Albums and Other Media Recordings, 1960s
Knots For Restraint
Another entry in WU's eternal quest for the most boring documentary/instructional video ever.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Aug 13, 2023 -
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Category: Boredom, PSA’s, Technology, Twentieth Century
Actual Business Letters
Need to practice your shorthand? We have the assistance you need, right here! Play the embedded album below. Track number 4 about fisheries regulations is spell-binding.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Aug 02, 2023 -
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Category: Boredom, Offices, Business Supplies, Institutional Regulations, Vinyl Albums and Other Media Recordings, Twentieth Century
Coconuts: Production, Processing, Products
Every now and then, WU strives to find a video or book or practice so boring that it merges into true weirdness. I think 311 pages on the humble coconut might qualify. Learn about the ten different cuts of coconut meat, and so much more!
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jan 24, 2023 -
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Category: Boredom, Food, Industry, Factories and Manufacturing, Books
The Decimal Shopping Game
When the UK made its switch from old-style currency to decimal currency, this board game was issued to help familiarize people with the new mode.Currently, a copy is for sale at UK eBay, where more pix await your inspection.
Board Game Geek has just a placeholder entry.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Dec 08, 2022 -
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Category: Boredom, Games, Money, 1970s, United Kingdom
Dispatcher: The Board Game
Just as exciting as it sounds!More info here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jun 30, 2022 -
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Category: Boredom, Games, Trains and Other Vehicles on Rails, 1950s
PAINT DRYING: The Movie
Posted By: Paul - Sat Apr 16, 2022 -
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Category: Boredom, Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Movies, Twenty-first Century
Forest Mensuration
Besides sounding slightly naughty, "Forest Mensuration" proves epically boring.
"Trees get skinnier from bottom to top" is one thing you will learn.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Nov 26, 2021 -
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Category: Boredom, Nature
New Trends in Table Settings
By Lucy Staley from Hearthside Press. 1968.This is the book to get you up to speed on the exciting art of table setting. From the review in The Bradenton Herald (Dec 22, 1968):
You can get it on loan from archive.org.
"Table for a Hawaiian luau"
"Easter dessert table"
"Strutting cocks from Spain frame an arangement in a basket"
Posted By: Alex - Mon Aug 30, 2021 -
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Category: Boredom, Kitsch and Collectibles, Books
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