Monthly Archives: March 2016

Clearly visible in a darkened room…

Posted on March 31, 2016 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s item of fruit is the single green grape, detached from its family bunch which is draped languidly over the rim of the highly polished mahogany bowl in the centre of the circular white marble side … Continue reading →

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Some overheard and misheard snatches of cafe conversation…

Posted on March 30, 2016 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s colours are: red white and blue, brown, brown, brown, brown, and brown. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ‘Wah, wu, wha!… Is it?…’ ‘A blebby abbot and me…’ ‘But I enjoyed kicking it Joe!’ ‘I’d give tommering a go.’ ‘Panny … Continue reading →

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Oh, misery and woe…

Posted on March 29, 2016 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s wrinkled old black and white snapshot is the one of me sitting with Marilyn Monroe on the edge of a sunlit pool in Los Angeles back in 1958. See, we are wearing matching sunglasses. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> … Continue reading →

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Mail Art Postcard No. 4564…

Posted on March 28, 2016 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s existential angst is centred around the word ‘preternatural’. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hello?… Yes?… Oh, right… No, no, I really am sorry Your Majesty… No… I didn’t mean any disrespect, well perhaps just a little bit, and… No, … Continue reading →

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A walk packed with significance…

Posted on March 27, 2016 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s Sir Arthur Conan Doyle quotation is from A Study in Scarlet: (Watson and Holmes in a cab) It was a foggy, cloudy morning, and a dun-coloured veil hung over the house-tops looking like the reflection … Continue reading →

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Aesthetics and vandalism…

Posted on March 26, 2016 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s fruit is the lone banana snuggled down in brown paper desperately trying to ripen. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> What’s this photo then? Is it abstract art? Well it is, and it isn’t. Then again, it isn’t, but now … Continue reading →

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Gosh, your paintings are very nice…

Posted on March 25, 2016 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s adjectives are: sodden, capreolate, hortative, supine, sessile, and fluffy. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> So, you are a youngish artist – you do artwork of some kind, things that people seem to like, and they say to you, ‘These … Continue reading →

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A picture of the wind…

Posted on March 24, 2016 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s random dictionary words are: allerion, pennill, swissing, ventose, ianthine, and replevy. 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 →

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Some short, but pithy items…

Posted on March 23, 2016 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s instruction is to lay it out flat, measure the intervals accurately and then stick pins in at the nodes. Once inflated, stand well back and throw on the bread crumbs; after a moment or two … Continue reading →

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Spatter Painting No. 28…

Posted on March 22, 2016 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s financial forecast is for money to take on a life of its own and wipe out all the humans from the face of the planet… >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hey you! Look out!… Stand well back, don’t get … Continue reading →

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Some snatches of song lyrics misheard over the cafe hubbub…

Posted on March 21, 2016 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s existential angst is centred around the spelling of the word yacht. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ‘Maybe I’m the one slayed?’ ‘It’s tweezer time, whoa whoa…’ ‘Oh, oh, oh… oh, oh, no…’ ‘Why I, why I… I mean little … Continue reading →

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Mayonnaise on the stage…

Posted on March 20, 2016 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s heraldic term is Complex Quartering. Quartering is the joining of several different coats of arms on one shield; complex quartering is where lots of coats of arms build up on a single shield and it … Continue reading →

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Enquire Within. (8). ‘Extremely unfit for human ears…’

Posted on March 19, 2016 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s very special guests are the Elvis Presley lookalike twins Maud and Jerry Munth; come on in you two, put your guitars down, and join us on the sofa. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Today, how about another delve into … Continue reading →

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Decalcomania in the morning…

Posted on March 18, 2016 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s Sir Arthur Conan Doyle quotation is from The Red-Headed League: I placed my revolver, cocked, upon the top of the wooden case behind which I crouched. Holmes shot the slide across the front of his … Continue reading →

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You have very nice MSMs…

Posted on March 17, 2016 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s instruction is to spend your whole day in the city or town centre and converse using only the word ‘blah’. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ‘It’s the muscles around the mouth…’ ‘What is?’ ‘They make all the difference you … Continue reading →

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A photo dripping with meaning…

Posted on March 16, 2016 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s silly sounding words are bottle and battle. Bottle battle bottle battle bottle battle bottle battle bottle battle bottle battle. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Well, here’s a picture of mine from last September. It’s another of my ‘is this … Continue reading →

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An arty realisation…

Posted on March 15, 2016 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s architectural term is Pulvinated – convex in profile; a term usually applied to a frieze. I used to have a pulvinated frieze, but I found it a bit noticeably bulbous, and had it taken down. … Continue reading →

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A few smallish items…

Posted on March 14, 2016 by Dave Whatt

But first.,.. Dulltown, Europe: Today’s 17th c. English expletives are Piss! and A pox on it! These two were apparently quite popular with King Charles II and his rowdy pals. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Excuses for being late. No. 285. I’m sorry I’m … Continue reading →

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Mail Art Postcard No. 4568…

Posted on March 13, 2016 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s random dictionary words are: aitchbone, akee, ailanto, agrostology, albugo, alerce, and wuzzle. Please have these words looked up and placed in suitable sentences ready for Professor Mouldie first thing after breakfast tomorrow morning. Instead of … Continue reading →

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Some snatches of overheard and misheard cafe conversation…

Posted on March 12, 2016 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s colours are: pillar box red, pillar box red, mauve, vermillion, mauve, pillar box red, and pillar box red. (PBR) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ‘Too wadults, pardon?’ ‘Must be a French word Karl.’ ‘Ye uppy two in grapes.’ ‘It … Continue reading →

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