Dull Men’s Club

[Jesse]

All of BobbyBroccoli's videos are great. Jon Bois for people too dull to care about sports

[Bus Surfer]

Spent several hours Sunday painting this Owl candle holder whilst listening to American Psycho. Bit of a juxtaposition, but I still feel it dull, nonetheless. 

[SuperBacon]

New London overground map/lines/names.

Thought you fellow sad bastards would be interested. 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/feb/15/london-overground-new-names-and-colours-for-six-lines-revealed

[DavidB6937]

Honestly I saw it mentioned on Twitter this morning and thought it was one of those stupid branding things like what they did for Burberry.

Interesting to read and makes sense I suppose. Nice they've put some thought into it.

[BomberPat]

I understand the logic of splitting the Overground up into groups; I've got used to the little stretch of it I routinely use, but it can be a bit confusing/daunting trying to make sense of it otherwise. 

I'm just not a fan of the names they've chosen, I'd rather something more blandly functional that gave me some indication of where the train was going.

[SuperBacon]

22 minutes ago, BomberPat said:

I'm just not a fan of the names they've chosen,

Alright Joey Barton!

But no, I agree. They sound like lyrics from an Idles song. 

LIBERTY LINE! LIONESS LINE! MILDMAY LINE! SUFFRAGETTE LINE! WEAVER LINE! WINDRUSH LINE! OVERGROUND! WE'VE BEEN GROUND OVER!

Lioness Line at least goes through Wembley, so at least that's consistent.

Can't wait for Geoff Marshalls video on it.

[Loki]

The names are geographically inspired but just a bit obscure.

 The Liberty line runs through the old Liberty of Havering, for example.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Liberty_of_Havering

Edited February 15, 2024 by Loki

[BomberPat]

I just love the idea that they named all the lines to make it less confusing for tourists and visitors, and then presumed that all of those tourists have an intrinsic knowledge of which areas of London were historical hotspots for the weaving industry.

[Carbomb]

I'd have thought the line through Canonbury would be the one call the Suffragette line, as Canonbury's the nearest station to Newington Green Unitarian Church, the birthplace of feminism as a political movement (was where Wollstonecraft hosted the first meeting based off ...Rights of Woman).

[Keith Houchen]

17 minutes ago, Carbomb said:

Newington Green Unitarian Church

This is somewhere I’d love to visit. Is it just a church or do they have stuff regarding the radical history of the place?

[Carbomb]

16 minutes ago, Keith Houchen said:

This is somewhere I’d love to visit. Is it just a church or do they have stuff regarding the radical history of the place?

Both! It's a sort of lefty community centre.

Here's their website, to give you an idea:

https://www.new-unity.org/

[DavidB6937]

This would've worked too.

 

 

[SuperBacon]

Wonderful dull effort.

Favourite London bus route? Personally the 281 Hounslow to Tolworty route holds some lovely sentimentality for me, as does the 111, but a 285 from Kingston does the trick for me too.

[WyattSheepMask]

I’ll only believe he’s done all the bus routes once he posts photographic evidence of that bus stop with the Hellraiser VHS on it

[TheBurningRed]

Geoff Marshall, the train guy, posted a video the other day where he done every bus route in London. Not as good as his train series, but enjoyable enough for the dull man.