Monthly Archives: October 2020

Mail Art Postcard. No. 4653…

Posted on October 31, 2020 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s mongoose is the one leaning on the lamppost outside the newsagents frantically rubbing away at a scratch card.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> How about another of my Mail Art postcards? Just a simple collage on bright card using clippings from … Continue reading →

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Still life with coloured gloves…

Posted on October 30, 2020 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s architectural term is Ogive.The French name for a pointed arch; hence Ogival, a term applied to French Gothic architecture, but no longer used.See, I did tell them at the time that the word Ogival would go … Continue reading →

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Switching between channels?…

Posted on October 29, 2020 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s carefully selected colours are: police pink, lawyer lemon, custody cream, burglar brown, jury jade, assault azure, pilfering puce, and tagged taupe. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ‘You see, I was just switching between channels…’ ‘Oh yes? Excuse me, what’s … Continue reading →

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Just a few short, but pithy items…

Posted on October 28, 2020 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s quotation is from Flann O’Brien’s 1930s novel The Third Policeman: My heart was happy and full of zest for high adventure. I did not know my name or where I had come from but the … Continue reading →

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Oh, it’s her again!…

Posted on October 27, 2020 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s very silly word is ‘filigree’.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Oh, dear reader, I’ll bet you’ve been on the edge of your seat, on tenterhooks perhaps, or lying awake in the night, your mind buzzing with possibilities, wondering what my linocut … Continue reading →

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Some more on TINA 51…

Posted on October 26, 2020 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s unusual pencil sharpener is the nuclear-powered one – it makes a lovely sharp point to draw with, but it does of course take up a lot of space in the studio.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes, that’s a bit of … Continue reading →

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When WH begins a word, the aspirate h precedes w…

Posted on October 25, 2020 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s very nice fish names are: the Cownose Ray, the Brotula, the Finback Cat Shark, the Lost River Sucker, the Madtom, and the Four-eyed Fish. If you were forming say, a skiffle group, which one of these … Continue reading →

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This is not art. No. 51…

Posted on October 24, 2020 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s dictionary words are: papeterie, reremouse, unshale, lenocinium, faubourg, and blawort. Please have these words looked up and placed in suitable sentences ready for Professor Mouldie’s online session first thing after breakfast tomorrow morning. Should the professor … Continue reading →

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Some snatches of overheard and misheard, er, singing…

Posted on October 23, 2020 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s carefully selected adjectives are: mawkish, knaggy, siliculose, jurant, dancetty, twattling, and boxy.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes, misheard snatches. Back in the days of visiting cafés, before all this masked lockdown stuff, I used to sit in them guzzling tea … Continue reading →

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That’s a daft idea Dave…

Posted on October 22, 2020 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s lost plectrum is the one eventually found amongst the crumpled paper in the bottom of a carton just arrived from Amazon.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> No, but I mean, well, Salvador Dali had a go at it, as did Marcel … Continue reading →

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Elmore?… What sort of a name is that?…

Posted on October 21, 2020 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s black and white cat that regularly visits my garden, is the one that I, not knowing its actual name, have decided to call ‘Elmore’. Probably after the great bluesman Elmore James. (click here)>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Today, this will … Continue reading →

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Babbling on about ‘Rainy Night, Low Cloud’…

Posted on October 20, 2020 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s quotation is from Flann O’Brien’s 1930s novel The Third Policeman:There are four winds and eight sub-winds, each with its own colour. The wind from the east is a deep purple, from the south a fine shining … Continue reading →

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Tongued brogues Albert?…

Posted on October 19, 2020 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s unusual china teapot is the one shaped like a box of wheat cereal – not a very good pourer and it is rather confusing on the breakfast table.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> This morning dear reader, I thought that we … Continue reading →

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Getting angry about words…

Posted on October 18, 2020 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s quotation if from Flann O’Brien’s 1930s novel The Third Policeman:‘I have no name,’ I replied.‘Then how could I tell you where the box was if you could not sign a receipt? That would be most irregular, … Continue reading →

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Look out! Here comes another lino print!…

Posted on October 17, 2020 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s suit of armour is the one that is in very good condition, except for a pretty large and noticeable dent right in the middle of the cuirass. (click here)>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes, dear reader, you may recall that … Continue reading →

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So, what is it that those TV ads are really telling us?…

Posted on October 16, 2020 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s triceratops is the one holding a large heavy parcel whilst swearing and kicking at the closed post office doors. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> For pain and fever – our caring mascara – from British framers! – Finish Quantum … Continue reading →

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Mail Art Postcard. No. 4594…

Posted on October 15, 2020 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s carefully selected adjectives are: crisp, blizzardly, quadrate, triactinal, moschiferous, chasmogamic, and potty.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Here is another of my mail art postcards – a simple collage on fluorescent card using clippings from that awful UK TV listings magazine … Continue reading →

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Upside down ‘L’s for windows?…

Posted on October 14, 2020 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s quotation is from Flann O’Brien’s 1930s novel, The Third Policeman:…the Sergeant and MacCruiskeen were talking about their figures.‘Six point nine six three circulating.’ MacCruiskeen was saying.‘High,’ said the Sergeant. ‘Very high. There must be a ground … Continue reading →

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Some overheard and misheard snatches of café conversation…

Posted on October 13, 2020 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s weather will feature: dark hollow rumblings from the east, intermittent rain showers that smell of raspberries, high white clouds in the shape of pineapples, and bright orange horizontal slits in the sky towards dusk. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> … Continue reading →

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In contact with Mayonnaise…

Posted on October 12, 2020 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s rather nice fish names are: the Alligator Gar, the Mola Mola, the Peamouth, the Orbicular Velvetfish, the Luminous Hake, and the Shovelnose Sturgeon.If you had to spend an afternoon playing a round of golf with one … Continue reading →

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