A place where Dull Men can be free from pressures to be in and trendy

November 9, 2006 8:34 PM

The Dull Men's Club
Warning: This web site contains no violence or scary scenes.
posted by fenriq (22 comments total)

Is this site looking to take leadership of the dull web from the apparently-no-longer-updated Dullest Blog in the World?
posted by clevershark at 8:38 PM on November 9, 2006

Plain text with no pictures? That will never work.
posted by stbalbach at 8:43 PM on November 9, 2006

Run DMC represent, yo!

I've always loved the airport carousel section.
posted by loquacious at 8:55 PM on November 9, 2006

The club went searching for me and made me a charter member.

[cries]
posted by clevershark at 8:57 PM on November 9, 2006

Mr. Cousins, seeing some apple juice on the tray, put two and two together. He poured the juice in the specimen glass.

I cracked a wry smile.
posted by carsonb at 8:58 PM on November 9, 2006

Greensboro (PTI) : counter-clockwise
Nashville International (BNA) : counter-clockwise

I would give that site an emphatic huzzah, but it would be more appropriate to simply shrug and perhaps emit a low short hum.
posted by NeoSpud at 8:59 PM on November 9, 2006

Whenever I think of boring people I think of a man I would see at many of the parties I worked as a cater-waiter. I think if he applied himself he could have been the Most Boring Man On The Planet. At 75 the best time of his life had been past by 50+ years. It was sad.

But this story is not sad because on this certain night he met the Most Boring Woman On The Planet (1st runner-up). They found themselves a quiet corner near the kitchen and regaled each other with inanities.

This is the moment that has stuck with me: Our hero pulls the pipe from his mouth to say, "This will probably bore you...." and his soul mate looks directly at him and leans in with this look on her face of "Bring it, I want this so much."

Maybe it is a developed taste.
posted by pointilist at 9:06 PM on November 9, 2006

I got all excited when I saw the banner for National Fig Month. I clicked it over and over again and nothing happened, however. :(
posted by dobbs at 9:09 PM on November 9, 2006

I feel like there's finally a site on the internet that speaks to me.
posted by moss at 9:54 PM on November 9, 2006

dobbs, the other members and I spoke, we'll be needing your membership card back. Excitement has no place at the Dull Men's Club.

moss, it speaks to you in a monotone, doesn't it?
posted by fenriq at 9:59 PM on November 9, 2006

brilliant. I mean boring. Actually I'm not sure what i mean.
posted by mwhybark at 10:08 PM on November 9, 2006

I laughed at the "neutron walks into the bar" joke. I guess I'm dull.
posted by daninnj at 10:48 PM on November 9, 2006

And I wasted my 100th comment on complaining that I'm dull. I'm very dull now.
posted by daninnj at 10:49 PM on November 9, 2006

Pleasantly amusing site, yes... assuming they're tongue-in-cheek.





Otherwise...

What a bunch of pretentious f*cks.

I'll take couture / high art / rockstar posing any day over being 'real' -- at least it's pretention without the hypocrisy.

(Oh hey... something hit a nerve here...)
posted by Extopalopaketle at 10:51 PM on November 9, 2006

Hahaha my ex sent me this about 5 years ago suggesting that her previous boyfriend might be a member - I've occaisonally wondered if she sent a similar email to any subsequent men in her lives ...
posted by dickdotcom at 1:29 AM on November 10, 2006

Whenever I think of boring people...

excuse me, sorry, but we're not talking about boring men. these are dull men. there is a difference, according to the FAQ:

Are dull men the same as boring men?

No

Dull men accept their dullness. Boring men are dull men who actually believe that they are interesting.

Dull men tend to be introverts. A boring man is an extroverted dull man.

The character Norm Peterson from the television show 'Cheers' is a dull man. The character Cliff Clavin is a boring man.

a dull man looks at his own shoes when telling you a joke at a party. a boring man looks at your shoes when telling a joke at a party.
posted by carsonb at 5:57 AM on November 10, 2006

I'll take couture / high art / rockstar posing any day over being 'real'

We know.
posted by jonmc at 7:26 AM on November 10, 2006

A place where Dull Men can be free from pressures to be in and trendy

this sentence neatly encapsulates the appeal of this group. Being 'with it,' and 'trendy' is work. Fun shouldn't be work.
posted by jonmc at 7:30 AM on November 10, 2006

Wow. The cartoons are very, very dull.
Excellent.
posted by Citizen Premier at 11:39 AM on November 10, 2006

I clipped my toenails this morning.
posted by porpoise at 12:28 PM on November 10, 2006

I drove my beige car to work today. After I got to my taupe and brown cubicle with my beige computer and beige telephone, I drank half a cup of decaffeinated coffee and got to work renaming hundreds of variables by hand...
posted by SteveTheRed at 2:41 PM on November 10, 2006

I followed the link and checked out the site. Then came back here and left a comment too late to be noticed.
posted by klarck at 7:41 AM on November 11, 2006