[dba-Tech] Dull and Boring to become twin cities

You mean places like Waiakotanga, Waikikamukau and all of the Whaka.....places? :-)

(For the non-kiwis: Say the first two out loud phonetically and note that "WH" is pronounced 
very much like an "F" in English)

-- 
Stuart

On 7 Jun 2012 at 21:00, Andy Lacey wrote:

> Colourless? What, like Whanganui, Pahiatua, Tauranga etc? How can you say
> that Stephen?
> 
> Andy
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stephen Bond
> Sent: 07 June 2012 20:33
> To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Dull and Boring to become twin cities
> 
> 
> We have good friends from college days in Oregon who live in Boring.
> They tell me Dull and Boring are now "twinned" -- the Boring Community
> group approved the relationship at their meeting Tuesday night.  Our
> friends are visiting Dull in the Fall.
> 
> In the '60s we all went to college in the wettest part of Oregon, just
> north of a town called Drain.  There must be a town somewhere looking
> for a mate?  Hole-in-the-Floor?
> 
> New Zealand place-names are so colourless (boring?).  
> 
> Stephen Bond
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Tina Norris
> Fields
> Sent: Friday, 8 June 2012 4:45 a.m.
> To: Stephen
> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Dull and Boring to become twin cities
> 
> Oh my!
> T
> 
> Tina Norris Fields
> tinanfields at torchlake.com
> 231-322-2787
> 
> 
> On 6/7/2012 8:06 AM, Arthur Fuller wrote:
> > This just in, no shyte. The Scottish village of Dull is going to twin
> with
> > the Oregon town of Boring. Don't believe me?
> >
> >
> http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidthier/2012/04/26/scottish-village-of-du
> ll-moves-to-partner-with-boring-oregon/
> >
> >
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