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Monthly Archives: January 2016
I say… That’s a very nice gold chain you have there…
But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s orangutan is the one with short arms, spectacles, and rather delicate artistic hands. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The other day I was wandering around town, I was thinking of going to look at some caulking applicators, when I … Continue reading
Posted in art, Dulltown, existentialism, expletives, fashion, Hull.UK., humour, information, money, observations, people, serendipity, style, surrealism
Tagged arts, caulking applicator, celebrities, existential angst, expletives, fashion, gold chains, Jean Paul Van Damme, observations, orangutan arms, serendipity, steven seagal, style, surrealism, work clothes
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A day out with Dave…
But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s unusual pencil sharpener is the one shaped like the sound of a tomcat in the night. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 3 pm on Friday: I am writing this sitting at a cafe table in the ancient city of … Continue reading
Posted in art, brain, cafe, conversation, drawing, Dulltown, existentialism, Grumpiness, Hull.UK., humour, information, observations, painting, people, photography, postcards, serendipity, surrealism
Tagged architecture, art, arts, ceramics, conversation, drawing, existential angst, history, observations, painting, photography, religion, serendipity, style, surrealism, tea and cake, transportation, York Art Gallery
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Television forensics…
But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s elephant in the room is the one hogging all the sherry trifle with his trunk at the buffet table. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes, I do occasionally watch those US ‘real life’ forensic/crime detective shows on the TV. … Continue reading
Posted in drama, expletives, food, information, physics, prints, science, sex, story, surrealism, TV, words
Tagged arts, big hats indoors, crime, discovery, Doom, elephant in the room, expletives, FBI, forensics, madness, miscreants, serendipity, surrealism, true-life crime show, TV, US police, words
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A few short but pithy items…
But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s sewer rat is the one with the humorous glint in his eye. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Excuses for being late. No. 280. I’m sorry I’m late, but I had blues before sunrise. (BBS) A single overheard remark: ‘I … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art, blues, brain, conversation, cool, Dulltown, existentialism, history, Hull.UK., humour, information, observations, overheard, painting, serendipity, surrealism, words
Tagged architecture, art, arts, blues before Sunrise, conservatory, conversation, dictionary word, Elmore James, existential angst, fashion, history, hitler moustache, late, madness, Manet, Monet, mullet haircut, music, observations, overheard, painting, Paris 19th c., pergola, serendipity, style, surrealism, words
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Mail Art Postcard No. 4461…
But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s weather will feature raspberry skies, hailstones shaped like tetrahedra, tubular clouds, and big birds in little raincoats. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> No, really, it is amazing… and it’s true too!… No, no, I jest, this is just another … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, art, brain, cool, humour, information, Mail Art, postcards, style, surrealism, TV, weather
Tagged advertising, art, beer, British TV listings, collage, conversation, fluorescent card, furniture, madness, mail art cards, old people, photography, Postcards, serendipity, style, surrealism, TV, weather, What's On TV, words
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‘Enquire Within’. (6). But the hoop does not count…
But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s existential angst is centred around the sound of the word carapace. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hm, today I find that I have the urge to enquire about something. Perhaps I’ll get out my tattered old junk shop copy … Continue reading
Posted in books, existentialism, food, history, humour, information, learning, reading, serendipity, surrealism, words
Tagged 1934, beef, cards, children, croquet, Daily Express Enquire Within, dictionary word, discovery, existential angst, history, instruction, madness, medicine, photography, serendipity, style, surrealism, the veiny piece, words, writing
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Aunt Phoebe’s seaside snaps…
But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s random dictionary words are: selenographic, seewing, seladang, selictar, sempiternal and wulfenite. Please have these words looked up and placed in suitable sentences ready for Professor Mouldie first thing after breakfast tomorrow morning. The professor has … Continue reading
Posted in art, conversation, cool, dreaming, humour, information, money, seeing, style, words
Tagged art, arts, Aunt Phoebe, children, conversation, dictionary word, joke, London galleries, madness, photography, photos on the beach, Profdessor Mouldie, Professor Mouldie, seaside snaps, selictar, style, surrealism, words, wulfenite
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It’s decalcomania time again…
But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s fine 16th c. English expletive is ‘Malt-worm!’ – a name for a drunkard, a frequenter of alehouses. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Wha!… What the hell?… No, no, it’s alright, it’s just another of my decalcomania prints from a … Continue reading
Posted in art, brain, design, drama, drawing, expletives, history, humour, information, prints, serendipity, style, surrealism, words
Tagged acrylic paint, art, arts, beer, black and white, Decalcomania printing, drawing, expletives, history, how to do decalcomania, instruction, madness, mono prints, photography, serendipity, style, surrealism, words
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Some snatches of overheard and misheard cafe conversation…
But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s lamb is the mean aggressive one. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ‘And maybe they coming…’ ‘Dender the garden, the sides of the pond?” ‘And then I start the knobble.’ ‘I wouldn’t go to a sham party Tony.’ ‘Meander cupboard, … Continue reading
Posted in brain, cafe, conversation, dreaming, Dulltown, existentialism, Hull.UK., humour, information, mind, misheard, observations, overheard, serendipity, sex, surrealism, words
Tagged almonds, arts, cold call, conversation, dictionary word, discovery, existential angst, lamb, madness, Malton, misheard, observations, overheard, poetry, serendipity, sex, surrealism, words
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Sci-fi wonderland…
But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s adjectives are: punchy, mammalian, crinal, suave, stylopised, nival, and circumforaneous. Hm, I think my favourite has to be stylopised. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> So, as soon as we landed on the fourth planet of the system, Thepthon, we … Continue reading
Posted in archeology, architecture, dreaming, Dulltown, humour, information, mind, observations, photography, puzzle, seeing, serendipity, surrealism, Uncategorized, words
Tagged adjectives, art, arts, ceiling, colour, discovery, madness, observations, photography, Sci-Fi, serendipity, style, surrealism, upside down, words
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A few smallish items…
But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s triangle is unfortunately a scalene one. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Excuses for being late. No. 279. I’m sorry I’m late, but I had puffins in my outhouse. A single overheard remark: ‘I’ve never seen a peach this fucking … Continue reading
Posted in conversation, drama, Dulltown, existentialism, expletives, Film, Grumpiness, history, Hull.UK., humour, information, observations, overheard, people, religion, science, seeing, serendipity, TV, words
Tagged arts, British films, Charles Darwin, conversation, creation 2009, dictionary word, existential angst, expletives, film, haggis, history, late, madness, misheard, observations, Origin of Species, overheard, religion, Scotty, serendipity, sibilants, Star Trek, surrealism, TV, words
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Learning, but not thinking…
But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s silly sounding words are ‘butter’ and ‘batter’. Butter batter butter batter butter batter butter batter butter batter butter batter butter. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ‘So, let me ask you a question…’ ‘Alright.’ ‘Are you a learner, or are … Continue reading
Posted in art, brain, conversation, history, humour, information, learning, mind, people, reading, religion, surrealism, thinking, words
Tagged arts, Bertrand Russell, children, conversation, Doom, existential angst, history, instruction, learning, learning and thinking, madness, music, observations, religion, surrealism, thinking
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Spatter spatter, big spatter…
But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s financial forecast is for the all poor people to rise up and take every last red cent of the rich people’s money and have a great big party with singing and dancing in the streets. … Continue reading
Posted in art, brain, colours, cool, fashion, humour, information, learning, painting, seeing, serendipity, style, surrealism, Uncategorized, words
Tagged 1950s, action painting, art, arts, colour, conversation, fashion, financial forecast, history, juxtaposition, madness, painting, photography, serendipity, spatter, style, surrealism, words
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Death and abandonments… Phew!…
But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s pelican is the one with the smallish beak. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yesterday I thought that I could do to see a bit of art. Unfortunately the pretty good local gallery, the Ferens, is closed for eighteen months … Continue reading
Posted in art, brain, cafe, Dulltown, Hull.UK., humour, information, observations, photography, sculpture, seeing, surrealism, Uncategorized
Tagged art, arts, Christine Kozlov, conceptual art, discovery, Ferens Art Gallery Hull, history, Katrina Palmer, Leeds City Art Gallery, madness, Necropolis Railway, observations, photography, sculpture, serendipity, style, transportation, writing
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The heliocentricity attribution squabble…
But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s instruction is to wrap four of them up in old newspapers, tie each of them around with string, and place them on a large table, one at each corner. Crouch under the table, eyes closed, … Continue reading
Posted in archeology, brain, conversation, Grumpiness, history, humour, information, learning, Royalty, smoking, surrealism, words
Tagged arally, buffoons, celebrities, conversation, corollary, dictionary word, discovery, expletives, Galileo, history, instruction, madness, orrery, Royal Institution, serendipity, surrealism, words
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Some song lyrics misheard over the cafe hubbub…
But first… Dulltown, Europe: Toady’s existential angst is centred around the idea of elbows. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ‘You stand on my hips…’ ‘Moon-day me – my sated dream…’ ‘Girl, I never know oh oh…’ ‘I been cleaned, hey listen!’ ‘Now box shoes, … Continue reading
Posted in brain, cafe, cool, dreaming, existentialism, humour, information, misheard, music, poetry, sex, style, surrealism, words
Tagged art, arts, baby baby, cafe, Candle in the Wind, dirndl, elbows, existential angst, expletives, lyrics, madness, misheard, music, observations, overheard, poetry, serendipity, sex, style, surrealism, words
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Guitar advice from the old jazzer…
But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s random dictionary words are: arcanum, suasion, truchman, prozymite, meathe, and excambion. 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 drawing, Dulltown, guitars, history, Hull.UK., humour, information, learning, music, surrealism, Uncategorized, words
Tagged arts, conversation, dictionary word, discovery, drawing, Fastening new guitar strings, guitar shops, history, instruction, jazzer, machine head, madness, music, observations, photography, Professor Mouldie, surrealism, words
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Some shortish items…
But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s heraldic term is Pellet: a black roundel. You might need to know what a roundel is. Roundel: a circular charge. But you might also be curious as to what a charge is. Charge: a device … Continue reading
Posted in brain, conversation, Dulltown, existentialism, Grumpiness, heraldry, Hull.UK., humour, information, irony, money, observations, overheard, people, serendipity, sex, surrealism, thinking, words
Tagged bankers, celebrities, conversation, David Bowie death, dictionary word, discovery, existential angst, history, language, late, madness, observations, overheard, pellet, roundel, serendipity, sex, spam, surrealism, TV, words
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Mail art postcard No. 4502…
But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s joke is the one about the Prime Minister, the blackcurrant tart, and the two tall nuns. Oh, how we chuckled down in our cupboard under the stairs back at 10 Downing Street… >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It’s always … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, art, brain, humour, information, mind, observations, postcards, seeing, serendipity, surrealism, TV
Tagged advertising, art, arts, cat, collage, colour, eyes, joke, madness, mail art cards, mail art postcards, photography, serendipity, style, surrealism, Tiger, TV
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A short item…
But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s unusual pencil sharpener is the one shaped like a loud cough in a cathedral. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> My favourite cafe here in Dulltown is at the edge of a large open square; in the square there is … Continue reading →