Interesting Facts

No, this isn't an oxymoron .  A town in Britain called Dull has been twinned with a town in the USA called Boring. (Boring and Dull!  They must have Boring and Dull schools, and Boring and Dull streets. In Scotland the sign will probably read "Dull  - Twinned with Boring", the sign in America might read: "Welcome to Boring, sister community of Dull".  It's so tempting to make some more silly jokes using these names as adjectives (click on the source link to read some). We will discuss this in today's Skype session, bring your puns.) Source

The Conservative council in Bishop’s Stortford has ended its twinning programme with Friedberg in the German state of Hesse. (Newspapers have reported that they decided to end the 46-year long twinning programme with both Friedberg, which is just north of Frankfurt, and the French town of Villiers-sur-Marne – because of its “lack of relevance.” But, their decision happened to coincide with David Cameron's veto against German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s fiscal union plan in Brussels.   Strangely their website still says they are twinned. http://www.bishopsstortford.org/bishops-details.php?id=12