As if the worldwide notoriety that came when Dull, Scotland, decided it would pair with Boring wasn't enough, last week the Scots took another step forward.

At each end of the village of Dull, a large road sign was erected on posts 10 feet tall to announce to passers-by that Dull is paired with Boring.

Emma Burtles, a resident of Dull, seemed happy about the turn of events.

"Yes, our signs are now unveiled," she said a few days later, "and everyone is laughing."

Not to be outdone, some residents of Boring are planning a sign unveiling of their own. But first, they must get an appropriate sign.

In fact, they also want to have their immediate governing body formally approve the pairing, according to Community Planning Organization Chairman Steve Bates.

Jamie Damon, a Clackamas County commissioner, said the county commission would endorse the pairing unanimously in the very near future.

The sign is likely to come from the county sign shop, Damon said.

"We're having our sign shop look into doing some specs for a sign that we could put out," she said. "We'll need to talk about where it could go and the timing, but I have a lot of support for that (project)."

The people of Dull also received the support of the Dull-Weems Community Council, which produced the signs and sent a councilor (who lives in Dull) to the unveiling party.

And if anyone thinks the 87 people of that small community are a little short on enthusiasm, think again.

The Dull Women's Book Club threw a street party for the whole community starting at 6 p.m. Saturday, June 23, immediately after the unveiling. Everyone walked back to the village square near the church and cemetery, and the festivities began.

The six-member band The Fat Dads (one member lives in Dull) played 1980s music until 1 a.m. Sunday, June 24.

So the people of Dull danced the night away.

Everyone attending was to bring some food and a bottle of whiskey, wine or beer. There was lots of time for chatting, a treasure hunt and games as well as face painting, mainly for the children (ages 5-19) who were there, according to Council Chairwoman Marjorie Keddie, who admitted she also got her face painted with the words "Dull but not Boring."

The only negative comment on the party came from Keddie, and that was about the midges (pesky flies) that were constantly biting the partiers.

In a story in the Perthshire Advertiser (Dull's local newspaper and part of the Trinity Mirror group) describing the Dull street party, writer Melanie Bonn depicts the new signs as "one of Scotland's most iconic signs for attracting souvenir pictures."

Jamie Pringle, a 20-something resident of Dull, told Bonn the community's residents had been a little more Dull than usual because they used to get together for parties, such as a village bonfire party, but that hasn't happened for a while.

"This was great," Pringle told Bonn. "Everyone got involved. I hope we do something like this again."

Enjoying the party with her friend Emma Burtles was Elizabeth Leighton, one of the few non-Dull residents invited, Bonn reported. Leighton was the person who had discovered Boring while cycling through Oregon and sent an email to her friend back in Scotland.

Boring residents likely will have to wait until early September to celebrate in a similar way this union of two dissimilar communities.

The annual Boring Celebration has been scheduled for Sept. 8, which seems like about the right time to either recognize the commission's endorsement of the pairing or perhaps unveil a sign or two.

Clackamas County Commissioner Paul Savas also voiced support for the pairing and any appropriate recognition such as a sign.

"In all of the light-hearted discussions about the Boring and Dull thing," Savas said, "there's been support for it. I don't think anyone would be silly enough to be in opposition to it."