Monthly Archives: March 2018

One or two short, but pithy items…

Posted on March 31, 2018 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s weather will feature icy droplets from on high, pink tufts on the horizon, the moon at noon, and shattered shard showers before bedtime. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Excuses for being late. No. 365. I’m sorry I’m late, but … Continue reading →

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Now, what shall I call this one?…

Posted on March 30, 2018 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s wrinkled old black and white snapshot is the one of me sharing a bag of fish and chips with John Lennon outside the Philharmonic Hall in Liverpool in 1962. (PH) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> One day last week … Continue reading →

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Can you drive a bus?…

Posted on March 29, 2018 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s Sir Arthur Conan Doyle quotation is from the Sherlock Holmes story, The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez: It was a wild, tempestuous night, towards the close of November. Holmes and I sat together in silence … Continue reading →

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1956 – ‘Bossy’ is puzzled…

Posted on March 28, 2018 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s ancient Egyptian deity, appearing as a child with the full and crescent moons as a headdress, is the god Khonsu. His cult centre is Thebes and (unsurprisingly) his association is the moon. (K) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> What … Continue reading →

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Mail Art Postcard. No. 4554…

Posted on March 27, 2018 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s zebra is the one wearing a J B Lenoir jacket. (J B L) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Well, it seems to be Animal Day on Dave’s blog this morning – what with a zebra in a stylish jacket, … Continue reading →

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Famous…

Posted on March 26, 2018 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s dictionary words are: frigorific, freemartin, fremd, frijole, friable, frescade, and warhable. Please have these words looked up and placed in suitable sentences ready for Professor Mouldie first thing after breakfast tomorrow morning. Should the professor … Continue reading →

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Some song lyrics misheard over the cafe hubbub…

Posted on March 25, 2018 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s combined food item and insult is flan-bastard. (F) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ‘Give me your lemon – me nothing left…’ ‘Long song and something in me eye-e-eye…’ ‘You say I’m combing at the moon girl – whoo whoo.’ … Continue reading →

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What the hell is this?… (What God did for enjoyable)…

Posted on March 24, 2018 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s unusual pencil sharpener is the one shaped like the touch of a ghostly hand in a cold dark room. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes, it’s spam – I seem to get about half-a-dozen of these items in my … Continue reading →

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This is not art. No. 24…

Posted on March 23, 2018 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s bulldog is the clean-cut handsome one… (B) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Well, goodness me! Of all the This is Not Art posts I have done, I think this one is by far the most colourful and convincing – … Continue reading →

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Some short but pithy items…

Posted on March 22, 2018 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s financial forecast is for banknotes to tremble in their shoes, and for coins to jingle in pockets slightly more quietly than usual. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Excuses for being late. No. 364. I’m sorry I’m late, but I … Continue reading →

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So, shall I talk you through my new drawing?…

Posted on March 21, 2018 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s carefully selected adjectives are: adjectival, rocketing, elaphine, wanthriven, yolky, penumbral, and gummy. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> When I get up in the morning the first thing I do is walk through to my living room, open the blinds, … Continue reading →

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Twanging guitars and growing up…

Posted on March 20, 2018 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s colours are: Bognor black, reptile rouge, goblin green, anticlimax azure, wet white, vulture violet, and buzzing beige. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> As long as I can remember I have loved and wanted guitars (even at this late stage … Continue reading →

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Ah, those super Crush names…

Posted on March 19, 2018 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s rather nice name for a fish is – the smelt. (smelt) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Veronica Crush (writer from the glory days of the Hull Surrealist League, now living in New York with tall tree surgeon and heir … Continue reading →

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Mayonnaise checks watch on concourse…

Posted on March 18, 2018 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s doubled up simile is – As dead as two doornails… >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yesterday afternoon I was sitting in the cafe, I was at a small table by the big plate glass window that looks out onto … Continue reading →

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Mail Art Postcard. No. 4483…

Posted on March 17, 2018 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s instruction: as soon as it gets dark, pretend to be a 1940s film noir detective, slouch around your town centre for a while wearing your trench coat and smoking plenty of cigarettes – then go … Continue reading →

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Dave, what the hell is that in your workshop?…

Posted on March 16, 2018 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s carefully selected adjectives are: crispy, igneous, pythogenic, whorish, isochasmic, irremeable, and cupped. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> A good friend of mine is a great one for buying oddities and strange knickknacks (What an odd word is ‘knickknacks’ – … Continue reading →

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Some overheard and misheard snatches of cafe conversation…

Posted on March 15, 2018 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s doubled up simile is – As pleased as two punches. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ‘Jongle gum, the diss point…’ ‘He was begging me this morning Geoff.’ ‘Willow whups?… I’ve already said my purse.’ ‘Now we’re having a dove … Continue reading →

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A festive use for burnt-out electric bulbs…..

Posted on March 14, 2018 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s unusual pencil sharpener is the one shaped like Clint Eastwood’s 357 Magnum revolver. Please note: This sharpener cannot be used for short pencils. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It’s a rather boring looking book really, a drab red fabric … Continue reading →

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A sort of old film review…

Posted on March 13, 2018 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s unusual start to a story is that of Cordwainer Smith‘s The Crime and Glory of Commander Suzdal (1964): Do not read this story; turn the page quickly. The story may upset you. Anyhow, you probably … Continue reading →

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Some more back-of-bus-seat art…

Posted on March 12, 2018 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s instruction is to snip off the outer packaging, roll it up into hand-sized balls and toss them out of the window; slit the thin black rubber membrane down the middle with a sharp craft knife … Continue reading →

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