The whimsical folk of the town of Boring in Oregon have embraced silliness on a transatlantic scale by becoming the sister community of the Scottish town of Dull.
The decision was made at a town meeting last night where 38 Boring residents voted in favour of the partnership. Oregon news website Outlook reports that t-shirts and hats with a logo for the two towns were being sold after last nights meeting.
According to the Daily Mail, the idea for the twinning came about after a woman who resided near Dull, passed through the U.S. town of Boring while on a cycling holiday and decided to share the news of her discovery with her Dull friend as well as the chairman of the Boring Community Planning Organisation, Steve Bates.
Bates then took it upon himself to explore the possibility of developing a relationship between Dull and Boring and put together a plan to invite those living in Dull to take on ‘Sister Community’ status.
The twinning is technically an unofficial one, though, because of the difference in size: Boring has a population of around 13, 000 while Dull has just 60 people, which means they cannot become official sister towns.
Dull Community council chairman, Tommy Pringles joked with the Daily Mail: “It’s bad enough when people stop dead to photograph the signpost for Dull. Imagine how many people would do a double-take if it said Welcome to Dull, a Sister Community of Boring?”
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