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Monthly Archives: November 2014
It’s just a jar of jam!…
But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s colours are: mellow lemon yellow, mellow lemon yellow, pink, mellow lemon yellow and mellow lemon yellow. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ‘Well, I’m a bit surprised… and shocked…’ ‘Oh?…’ ‘I just can’t understand why you do it…’ ‘Oh?…’ ‘I … Continue reading
Posted in brain, colours, conversation, humour, information, irony, mind, thinking, words
Tagged a fairer world, arts, big business, capitalism, colour, conversation, democratic process, discovery, jam, lemon yellow, logic, observations, politics, rip off, shoplifting, Supermarkets
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Even in the snow…
But first, Dulltown, Europe: Today’s existential angst is centred around the sound of the word ‘plenum’ – it sounds dirty… >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hey, how about a quick look at another of my recently made mail art postcards? (No. 4488) I think … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, art, brain, colours, existentialism, humour, information, serendipity, style, surrealism, words
Tagged advertising, art, arts, colour, conversation, Daisy Duck, existential angst, madness, mail art cards, observations, photography, serendipity, sex, style, surrealism, TV, Walt Disney, words
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Old stuff from PLOP…
But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s joke is the one about the hamsters in the Prime Minister’s sock and underpants drawer. Oh, how we chortled and guffawed behind our handkerchiefs!… >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I just came across a dusty old copy of PLOP … Continue reading
Posted in art, brain, drama, dreaming, Dulltown, existentialism, history, Hull.UK., humour, information, mind, serendipity, story, style, surrealism, words
Tagged arts, discovery, Empress of Blandings, history, joke, madness, PLOP the Journal of the Hull Surrealist League, poetry, serendipity, style, surrealism, Veronica Crush, words
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Hubbub and misheard lyrics…
But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s popular, but surprisingly boring artist is Damien Hirst. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> There was a lot of hubbub in the cafe. The cafe was hubbuby. The hubbub and the poor diction of the singers made the words of … Continue reading
Posted in art, brain, cool, Hull.UK., humour, information, mind, music, observations, poetry, serendipity, sex, surrealism, words
Tagged art, arts, celebrities, Damien Hirst, hubbub, madness, misheard, music, observations, overheard, poetry, serendipity, sex, style, surrealism, words
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Decalcomania mania…
But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s existential angst is centred around the sound of the word ‘moil’. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes, folks! It’s decalcomania time again!… ‘Yes, but what the hell is decalcomania Dave?…’ I hear you ask. Well, it’s a form of … Continue reading
Posted in art, brain, decalcomania, design, dreaming, existentialism, humour, information, mind, seeing, serendipity, style, surrealism, words
Tagged art, arts, decalcomania, discovery, existential angst, how to do decalcomania, instruction, madness, observations, pyramids, style, surrealism, words
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Some more smallish items…
But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s expletive is ‘Zooterkins!’ – a mild oath, often used by ladies of the court in Elizabeth I’s reign. Why not employ this nice expletive the next time someone bashes a trolley into the backs of … Continue reading
Posted in art, brain, conversation, cool, dreaming, Dulltown, existentialism, expletives, Grumpiness, history, Hull.UK., humour, information, mind, music, observations, serendipity, style, surrealism, words
Tagged Aretha Franklin, arts, conversation, discovery, expletives, fashion, history, late, madness, misheard, music, observations, overheard, serendipity, style, subduction zone, surrealism, words
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At the supermarket checkout…
But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s instruction is to wet it down completely with a hose pipe, sprinkle goofer dust over the central area, then walk around it six times in an anticlockwise direction with closed eyes, humming Abba’s hit song … Continue reading
Posted in brain, conversation, drama, dreaming, existentialism, humour, information, magic, money, story, surrealism, words
Tagged Broccoli, conversation, goofer dust, instruction, madness, Money money money, Rolls-Royce Wraith, serendipity, style, Supermarkets, surrealism, toothpaste, transportation, words
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Messing with letters… Oofing?…
But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s random dictionary words are: proin, prolegomena, proglottis, progne, pronotum, and bummalo. Please have these words looked up and placed in suitable sentences ready for Professor Mouldie first thing after breakfast tomorrow morning. Extra marks will … Continue reading
Posted in brain, dreaming, existentialism, humour, information, mind, poetry, puzzle, seeing, serendipity, surrealism, thinking, words
Tagged arts, blocksmith puzzle, dictionary word, dictionary words, discovery, game, madness, misheard, observations, poetry, Professor Mouldie, serendipity, style, surrealism, the letter R, word game, words
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Three faces in Leeds market…
But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s letter of the alphabet is the capital K – a very spiky letter is the capital K – Joseph K from The Trial… or, oh dear, images of the Ku Klux Klan… or perhaps just … Continue reading
Posted in art, brain, colours, drama, humour, information, observations, people, photography, serendipity, style, surrealism, words
Tagged art, arts, colour, composition, Flickr, Joseph K, Leeds Market, letter of the alphabet, observations, photography, picture, rugs, serendipity, style, surrealism, Swiss army knife, the letter K, Tiger, words
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So, what about people?…
But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s special noises are: clang, clang, rumble, clang, crack, clang, and rumble. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ‘Mummy…’ ‘Yes dear?’ ‘Why are people so awful?’ ‘Oh, that’s a funny question dear… Do you think they are awful?’ ‘Yes, most of … Continue reading
Posted in brain, conversation, cool, dreaming, existentialism, humour, information, irony, learning, money, surrealism, words
Tagged advertising, awful people, capitalism, children, clang, conversation, cynical alternative underground, madness, marketing, noises, observations, surrealism, underground, words
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Doom in the small hours…
But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s heraldic term is ‘punning arms’ – the same as ‘canting of arms’. (C of A) I once had my arms canted, but I found it really uncomfortable and had them changed back again. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> When … Continue reading
Posted in books, brain, dreaming, existentialism, expletives, Grumpiness, heraldry, Hull.UK., humour, information, mind, poetry, style, surrealism, words, writing
Tagged arts, conversation, Doom, expletives, heraldry, Hull Surrealist League, kittens, madness, pandas, poetry, Simon Doom, Sir Cliff Richard, snuggling, style, surrealism, teddy bear, Tony Mayonnaise, voltaic cells, words, writing
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Some more titchy, but pithy items…
But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s mammoth is the slim urbane one. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Excuses for being late. No. 229. I’m sorry I’m late, but I found that some of my rubber grommets had perished. An overheard snatch of conversation: ‘You can’t … Continue reading
Posted in archeology, books, brain, conversation, cool, dreaming, existentialism, history, Hull.UK., humour, information, irony, mind, observations, serendipity, surrealism, thinking, words
Tagged arts, celebrities, conversation, dictionary word, discovery, fashion, Flatland, lentil soup, madness, mammoths, misheard, observations, offal, One Direction, overheard, serendipity, style, surrealism, words
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Stella doesn’t like it…
But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s financial forecast is for all the Foreign Exchange Market fiddlers to be arrested and sent to jail – tee-hee!… No, no, I’m only joking!… Had you going there, didn’t I?… As if!… >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Landscape No … Continue reading
Posted in art, blues, brain, conversation, drawing, dreaming, existentialism, green, humour, information, seeing, smoking, style, surrealism, sweating
Tagged art, arts, conversation, discovery, Doom, drawing, expletives, financial forecast, Foreign Exchange Market, grimpen mire, history, joke, madness, observations, painting, photography, Red Buoy, style, surrealism, Turner Helvoetsluys, words
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Ugg and Lugg…
But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s expletive is: The devil in thy maw! – from the early 15th century Wakefield Shepherd’s Play. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ‘Ugg…’ ‘Eh?…’ ‘Ugg!…’ ‘Oh, hello Lugg.’ ‘Come here Ugg!…’ ‘What?…’ ‘What’s all this stuff here in the back … Continue reading
Posted in archeology, brain, conversation, dreaming, expletives, food, history, humour, information, learning, magic, mind, photography, physics, religion, seeing, serendipity, thinking
Tagged arts, conversation, discovery, film, history, Lugg, observations, photography, religion, serendipity, surrealism, Ugg, Ugg and Lugg, words
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Some snatches of overheard and misheard cafe conversation…
But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s existential angst is centred around the sound of the word balm. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ‘What? Working with a pike?’ ‘No, I don’t want to be seen in it!…’ ‘We’re both on a different journey.’ ‘Ammer-can brains?’ ‘Poll … Continue reading
Posted in brain, conversation, dreaming, Dulltown, existentialism, Hull.UK., humour, information, mind, observations, people, poetry, serendipity, surrealism, words
Tagged arts, conversation, discovery, existential angst, madness, misheard, observations, overheard, poetry, religion, serendipity, style, surrealism, words
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Thick, dark, and unwholesome… He pawed at the glass…
But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s random dictionary words are: nidor, telestich, lomentum, chaulmoogra, and tuyere. Please have these words looked up and placed in suitable sentences ready for Professor Mouldie first thing after breakfast tomorrow morning. Mrs Mouldie may be … Continue reading
Posted in art, books, cool, design, fashion, history, humour, information, magic, mind, painting, reading, story, style, surrealism, sweating, Uncategorized, writing
Tagged Adrian Leming, art, arts, Badger, Badger Books, beer, colour, dictionary word, fashion, history, madness, painting, photography, Professor Mouldie, R. L. Fanthorpe, R. Lionel Fanthorpe, serendipity, style, Supernatural special, surrealism, words, writing
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So, what is it that are those TV ads are trying to tell us?…
But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s frog is the one that prefers to stroll rather than jump. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Visit us online! – the perfect hotel for us – are you with me? – two-for-one on lucky poo! – I like to … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, brain, dreaming, fashion, food, Grumpiness, humour, information, mind, money, poetry, serendipity, surrealism, TV, words
Tagged advertising, arts, fashion, madness, misheard, observations, poetry, serendipity, style, surrealism, TV, words
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