Monthly Archives: September 2014

Some snatches of overheard and misheard cafe conversation…

Posted on September 30, 2014 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s adjectives are: bobbing, heinous, rebarbative, triapsidal, chuckling, and wet. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ‘Now it’s in a bloody drawer!’ ‘No basis in reality.’ ‘…and it shows!’ ‘He expects just women.’ ‘It’s a shame, E-azz, E-azz…’ ‘Deep so, deep … Continue reading →

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What’s in that case? His clothes? His lunch?…

Posted on September 29, 2014 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s drab and fairly boring artist is Walter Richard Sickert. (W.R.S.) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ah, another British pulp science fiction novel from the early 1960s, a ‘Badger Book’ from my small collection. Here we have ‘Android’ (SF79) by … Continue reading →

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Opening my new purchase…

Posted on September 28, 2014 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s architectural term is ‘cathedra’ – The bishop’s chair or throne in his cathedral church, originally placed behind the high altar in the centre of the curved wall of the apse. I have a nice old … Continue reading →

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The Beast on the Road…

Posted on September 27, 2014 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s random dictionary words are: laeotropic, renverse, trumeau, dziggetai, and triakisoctahedron. Please have these words looked up and placed in suitable sentences ready for Professor Mouldie first thing after breakfast tomorrow morning. Professor Mouldie will not … Continue reading →

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Is it a coin Professor?…

Posted on September 26, 2014 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s existential angst is centred around the sound of the word ‘bamboo’. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ‘Damn it Brownlow!…’ ‘Oh, dear…’ ‘Brownlow!…’ ‘Yes Professor?’ ‘Where the hell have you put my large magnifying glass?…’ ‘Sir, I haven’t, er… Look … Continue reading →

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Some small, but pithy, items…

Posted on September 25, 2014 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s financial forecast is for us to do a bit of front running before the 4 o’clock fix on the Forex (Foreign Exchange) market – I might nip out later and buy another Ferrari… Tee hee!… … Continue reading →

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Deep (or sporty) decalcomania…

Posted on September 24, 2014 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s expletive is ‘by the cabbage!…’ – a flippant oath, apparently used regularly in ancient Greece by that wag Socrates. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Black acrylic paint with added pencil on white drawing paper about 16″ x 12″ (2010). … Continue reading →

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The name of this week’s turn…

Posted on September 23, 2014 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s old black and white snapshot is the one of me, arm in arm, with a drunken Humphrey Bogart being thrown out of a Hollywood hotel bar. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Years ago there were lots of ‘working men’s … Continue reading →

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Some stuff on my drawing board…

Posted on September 22, 2014 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s heraldic term is ‘couchant’ – of a beast, lying down with head erect. (couchant) On my shield, my hippopotamus was ‘guardant’, but I didn’t like the look in his eye, so I had him changed … Continue reading →

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Some overheard and misheard snatches of cafe conversation…

Posted on September 21, 2014 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s expletive is ‘God’s teeth!’ – apparently the first Queen Elizabeth (1533~1603) ‘swore like a man’, and this was one of her favourites. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ‘No, where?… Where?…’ ‘You ready? Dream…’ ‘Doctor Fine.’ ‘Just doo-shiss!…’ ‘A column … Continue reading →

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Stella’s Holmes pun philosophy…

Posted on September 20, 2014 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s featured letter of the alphabet is the capital G. It is a nicely rounded letter with no unpleasant spikes, it also has a nice horizontal seat for you to have a rest on when you … Continue reading →

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So, what is it that those TV ads are trying to tell us?…

Posted on September 19, 2014 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s random dictionary words are: avouterer, avizandum, aventaile, auxometer, axerophthol, and burd. Please have these words looked up and placed in suitable sentences ready for Mrs Mouldie first thing after breakfast tomorrow morning – Professor Mouldie … Continue reading →

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A bike and a map…

Posted on September 18, 2014 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s weather is composed of oblong bricks of grey cotton wool with yellow/white lightning flashes as mortar holding them together. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I try to post regularly on this blog; it’s a daily regime I have adopted … Continue reading →

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Just a few juicy words…

Posted on September 15, 2014 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s greyhound is the taciturn chubby pipe-smoking one. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Here is another recycled post from the days when I was blogging on that funny old thing called Myspace… It was a grey drizzly day when I … Continue reading →

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Mail Art Postcard No. 4492…

Posted on September 14, 2014 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s specially selected adjectives are: weetingly, panomphaean, portly, corrigent, archiepiscopal, and damp. Which one of these will you choose to slide into your conversation today? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Are you ready for another of my super bright intriguing … Continue reading →

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Grinning and whinnying and wet…

Posted on September 13, 2014 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s existential angst is centred around the dents in the carpet where the piano used to stand. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ‘Horsewash?…’ ‘Yes.’ ‘Is that like hogwash, or balderdash… or Hogwarts?’ ‘No…’ ‘No?… Is it one word or two?…’ … Continue reading →

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Monumentality and dust…

Posted on September 12, 2014 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s honoured guests are the Richard Branson lookalike twins. Goodness me, what a scary pair of confident gaping grins!… >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Here is a picture of four of those small sculptures I came up with a couple … Continue reading →

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Some smallish items…

Posted on September 11, 2014 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s random dictionary words are: spinode, spintext, spirant, spinel, spinous, and bugong. Please have these words looked up and placed in suitable sentences ready for Professor Mouldie first thing after breakfast tomorrow morning. If he happens … Continue reading →

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The Interesting Room…

Posted on September 10, 2014 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s architectural term is ‘enceinte’ – in military architecture, the main enclosure of a fortress, surrounded by the wall or ditch. No, it’s no good, I can’t think of anything amusing to say about that, a … Continue reading →

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Doom in the corner…

Posted on September 9, 2014 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s existential angst is centred around the idea of artificial light. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Monday afternoon it was pouring with rain. I was in town, but wearing my zip-up jacket with its rather insubstantial and not very … Continue reading →

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