Last month I was invited to be a speaker at the Dull Men's Club's 'Delightfully Dull, Brilliantly Boring Evening' at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) in Preston.
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| I had a thoroughly enjoyable time as a guest speaker at the Delightfully Dull, Brilliantly Boring Evening at UCLan |
The Dull Men's Club is where dull men — and women who appreciate dull men — share experiences of enjoying everyday, mundane things, far from glitz and glam — "Celebrating the Ordinary".
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| The Dull Men's Club - where dull men, and women who appreciate dull men, share thoughts and experiences about ordinary things |
The keynote speaker at the event was
Dr Sandi Mann, aka ‘Dr Boredom’, author of The Science of Boredom: The Upside of Downtime, who spoke to the attendees about the benefits of boredom and her research on the Thirty Habits of Boring People.
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| One of the highlights of the evening at UCLan |
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| The pink post-it notes directing delegates to the lecture theatre were a bit bright for a dull event |
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| We were on the 1st floor |
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| Not far from here |
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| The desk space in the lecture theatre was a lovely shade of grey |
Some highlights of my presentation covered my travels on the
Crazy World of Minigolf Tour and how
I, along with
Emily, had - up to that point - visited 815 miniature golf courses since 2006.
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| One of the scorecards displayed in my presentation |
Some of the intricacies of the sport were also discussed,
with the show & tell element on minigolf balls being a particular highlight.
Somewhat controversially the 'Delightfully Dull, Brilliantly Boring Evening' was anything but. With a range of characters talking about their hobbies, pursuits and interests the group could've spent a long time sharing stories and ideas. Perhaps next time there'll be a longer Dull Men's Club symposium to spend more time talking about dull and boring matters.
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| Showing off my Putter |
The "Anorak of the Year 2017.4" was also announced one the night (".4" as we were 40% into 2018), with
Roundabout enthusiast Kevin Beresford taking the title.
Following the event I visited the 816th course on the
Crazy World of Minigolf Tour when I swung by the indoor Crazy Golf course at Level Preston.
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| At Trailer Trash Jim's Crazy Golf course at Level in Preston |
Links:
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The Dull Men's Club
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Dr Sandi Mann
Other
dull blog posts can be found within the archives of the Ham & Egger Files...
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