Dull Men…Imagine
Quote from DavidFullard on April 28, 2024, 2:13 pmI started writing a synopsis of the week’s main events, After half a paragraph I stopped. I am pretty sure most on here are uninterested in such prose.Truth told I only write these as space fillers. Space fillers that few read. But we need posts to keep the site ‘alive’. Try a different tack.
I am a member of The Dull Mens’ Club. [DMC]. It has 1.5 million members. Membership countries are UK, Canada, USA, Australia and New Zealand.The site initiator and owner is an America. The site has strict rules on post content etc. Each post is vetted by a moderator. Lots of members complain their posts are rejected. Posts have to be really dull to-be published. No subject previously covered is accepted. It is an impossible task to know beforehand if one’s post complies. You get a rejection slip with reasons.
My first 2 posts were rejected. Too interesting, previously covered were the reasons given. I read lots of whinges about folks’ rejections. It became a challenge to have a,post published, I rose to that challenge however. I have now had 5 consecutive posts published. Each one more banal than its predecessor. I received between 600 and 3.5k likes and between 180 and 1500 responses. Because of the different time lines I sometimes awake to 10-150 responses. 99.9% of responses are kind. Circa 40% are VERY kind. I have received invites to birthday parties, christenings and a funeral. 37 ladies want to adopt me, several hundred want to adopt V. Most are not British! How cool is that,
So what banal drivel are you writing I hear you say.My first post concentrated on the hours I once spent learning the answers to Trivial Pursuits questions by rote. My second post was all about the many cars we both owned. That was followed by one on the vagaries of different languages. Then followed my thoughts on fame and dullness and finally our trip to Scotland when V really wanted to go to Bali.The posts are all fairly long. Dull and boring however are not necessarily synonymous with each other. The trick is to stay dull but not boring. The posts triggered sone amazingly interesting responses. One from a Scottish nurse. ‘Did you serve with my dad’? I did he was a close friend. A woman in the DMC and coincidentally the daughter of a dear [ departed] mate! ‘Do you have relatives in Ohio I think I know a family member well’? I did. They did
I know the membership of DMC is enormous and geographically diverse but posts are stacked up awaiting publication. I thought of our site. A couple of hundred plus, mainly male, old comrades united by service and regiment(s), like minded [mostly] but bonded by one common thread. That thread being a reluctance to post. Now that IS both dull AND boring.
You may say I’m a dreamer….but I’m not the only one.
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I started writing a synopsis of the week’s main events, After half a paragraph I stopped. I am pretty sure most on here are uninterested in such prose.Truth told I only write these as space fillers. Space fillers that few read. But we need posts to keep the site ‘alive’. Try a different tack.
I am a member of The Dull Mens’ Club. [DMC]. It has 1.5 million members. Membership countries are UK, Canada, USA, Australia and New Zealand.The site initiator and owner is an America. The site has strict rules on post content etc. Each post is vetted by a moderator. Lots of members complain their posts are rejected. Posts have to be really dull to-be published. No subject previously covered is accepted. It is an impossible task to know beforehand if one’s post complies. You get a rejection slip with reasons.
My first 2 posts were rejected. Too interesting, previously covered were the reasons given. I read lots of whinges about folks’ rejections. It became a challenge to have a,post published, I rose to that challenge however. I have now had 5 consecutive posts published. Each one more banal than its predecessor. I received between 600 and 3.5k likes and between 180 and 1500 responses. Because of the different time lines I sometimes awake to 10-150 responses. 99.9% of responses are kind. Circa 40% are VERY kind. I have received invites to birthday parties, christenings and a funeral. 37 ladies want to adopt me, several hundred want to adopt V. Most are not British! How cool is that,
So what banal drivel are you writing I hear you say.My first post concentrated on the hours I once spent learning the answers to Trivial Pursuits questions by rote. My second post was all about the many cars we both owned. That was followed by one on the vagaries of different languages. Then followed my thoughts on fame and dullness and finally our trip to Scotland when V really wanted to go to Bali.
The posts are all fairly long. Dull and boring however are not necessarily synonymous with each other. The trick is to stay dull but not boring. The posts triggered sone amazingly interesting responses. One from a Scottish nurse. ‘Did you serve with my dad’? I did he was a close friend. A woman in the DMC and coincidentally the daughter of a dear [ departed] mate! ‘Do you have relatives in Ohio I think I know a family member well’? I did. They did
I know the membership of DMC is enormous and geographically diverse but posts are stacked up awaiting publication. I thought of our site. A couple of hundred plus, mainly male, old comrades united by service and regiment(s), like minded [mostly] but bonded by one common thread. That thread being a reluctance to post. Now that IS both dull AND boring.
You may say I’m a dreamer….but I’m not the only one.
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Quote from jkwebster06 on April 28, 2024, 7:55 pmI now know why / how you've had so many posts published lol ! Keep up the good work David, I'm certainly not the only one who appreciates your efforts, I just wish more would show it ! John (JKW)
I now know why / how you've had so many posts published lol ! Keep up the good work David, I'm certainly not the only one who appreciates your efforts, I just wish more would show it ! John (JKW)
Quote from DavidFullard on April 28, 2024, 9:27 pmJohn just had my 6th post published. Top contributor status achieved. Fame at last. I wrote about Lola. It was published 30 minutes ago 258 reads/likes/ loves tons of pics of folks dogs from every which where, loads of comments and storie etc etc. If only we could replicate 100th of it.
John just had my 6th post published. Top contributor status achieved. Fame at last. I wrote about Lola. It was published 30 minutes ago 258 reads/likes/ loves tons of pics of folks dogs from every which where, loads of comments and storie etc etc. If only we could replicate 100th of it.
Quote from jkwebster06 on April 29, 2024, 7:57 pmDavid, I'm not sure battle hardened former squaddies (!?!) would quite take to your tales of Lola, but you could always try lol. John (JKW)
David, I'm not sure battle hardened former squaddies (!?!) would quite take to your tales of Lola, but you could always try lol. John (JKW)
Quote from DavidFullard on May 7, 2024, 5:42 amWell, my ramblings seem to continue to please. 3300 is the most views one of my posts has attracted on Dull Men’s Club. With nearly 1000 written comments. Perhaps unsurprising given the club’s membership numbers!
I have had 11 postings published. I have developed a core readership of a couple of hundred. These are mainly from the UK with a smattering of Australians and Americans.The really interesting aspect is the diverse membership of the club. I recently posted about a visit to Singapore. V and I made. I lived there from the age of 11-14. Andy Ware Lavis from the Regiment, with whom I served, answered. He attended the same army Grammar School there as I did albeit at a different time! 4 people lived in the same road as we did in 1959. We exchanged memories, 3 native Singaporeans replied.
On another thread Angela James, daughter of Jimmie James R.I.P., made contact. I was able to share memories of him with her from XRH days through to SCOTS DG days in Sennelager.
I have developed a style of prose akin to that of Bill Bryson’s. It seems to please the readership. I have unlocked the secret to getting posts published. Interesting prose disguised under a banner of dullness. Dull but not boring, never boring. Most posts are short. Mine are not short.
Imagine if we had 50 contributors on here!
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Well, my ramblings seem to continue to please. 3300 is the most views one of my posts has attracted on Dull Men’s Club. With nearly 1000 written comments. Perhaps unsurprising given the club’s membership numbers!
I have had 11 postings published. I have developed a core readership of a couple of hundred. These are mainly from the UK with a smattering of Australians and Americans.
The really interesting aspect is the diverse membership of the club. I recently posted about a visit to Singapore. V and I made. I lived there from the age of 11-14. Andy Ware Lavis from the Regiment, with whom I served, answered. He attended the same army Grammar School there as I did albeit at a different time! 4 people lived in the same road as we did in 1959. We exchanged memories, 3 native Singaporeans replied.
On another thread Angela James, daughter of Jimmie James R.I.P., made contact. I was able to share memories of him with her from XRH days through to SCOTS DG days in Sennelager.
I have developed a style of prose akin to that of Bill Bryson’s. It seems to please the readership. I have unlocked the secret to getting posts published. Interesting prose disguised under a banner of dullness. Dull but not boring, never boring. Most posts are short. Mine are not short.
Imagine if we had 50 contributors on here!
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