Monthly Archives: January 2021

Some snatches of overheard and misheard pre-lockdown café conversation…

Posted on January 31, 2021 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s instruction, is to sit on the floor, legs outstretched – close your eyes, press your fingertips together in front of your nose, hum an Elton John song of your choice, wiggle your toes to the rhythm … Continue reading →

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So, what do you think we should do with the…

Posted on January 30, 2021 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s carefully selected adjectives are: ruddy, blench, hauriant, morganatic, Strepian, procsencephalic, and bumpy.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Here’s a picture I took a couple of weeks ago – it’s not really a great photograph, but I think it says something about … Continue reading →

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

Posted on January 29, 2021 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s rather nice fish names are: the Bat Ray, the Bobtail Snipe Eel, the Finback Cat Shark, the Kokanee, the Hamlet, and the Orange Roughy.If you wanted to impress an attractive ichthyologist, which one of these would … Continue reading →

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Lino: Here we go again!…

Posted on January 28, 2021 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s dictionary words are: chausses, insufflate, sillock, pilule, resupinate, and humstrum. Please have these words looked up and placed in suitable sentences ready for Professor Mouldie’s online session first thing after breakfast tomorrow morning – extra points … Continue reading →

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So simple, it needed a genius to see it!…

Posted on January 27, 2021 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s dance is the Scottish dirk dance.Come on, let’s grab a couple of kitchen utensils, and we’ll have a go! (click here)>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It’s Negative Minus, another Badger Book from my collection.I started collecting these many years ago; … Continue reading →

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Albert, Madge, and Her Majesty…

Posted on January 26, 2021 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s quotation is from John Steinbeck’s amusing and gripping 1945 novel, Cannery Row:The rooster who had challenged the sunrise of this very day lay dismembered and clean in water in the five-gallon can with peeled onions about … Continue reading →

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Spam, spam, spam, spam, spam…

Posted on January 25, 2021 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s carefully selected colours are: segment sienna, cylinder cyan, pentagon pink, parabola purple, asymptote azure, logarithmic lemon, radius red, and isometric indigo.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes, spam… (click) I get items in landing in my comments box almost every day; … Continue reading →

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Lino Print with a Visiting Cube…

Posted on January 24, 2021 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s rather unpleasant sounding, but harmless word is fluvial. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Lino Print. 2020. Oil-based ink on nice Japanese Kizuki paper, about A4 in size. I suppose this piece is an exercise in ‘three-D-ness’. What a stupid sounding … Continue reading →

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Are you A angry person?…

Posted on January 23, 2021 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s unusual china teapot is the one shaped like the Brunelleschi’s dome on the Santa Maria del Fiore. It looks very good, but it is a remarkably bad pourer. (Click)>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ‘Hey!…’‘Oh, hello.’‘I have a bone to pick … Continue reading →

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Mail Art Postcard. No. 4848…

Posted on January 22, 2021 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s quotation is from Flann O’Brien’s wonderfully strange 1930s novel The Third Policeman:He got up and brushed his hair with a flat hand along his skull and looked out of the window for a long interval, his … Continue reading →

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Some snatches of misheard classical singing on the radio…

Posted on January 21, 2021 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s snappy cuttlefish is the one getting really annoyed with these seemingly interminable Windows 10 updates. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hm, yes, classical singing, cantatas, opera, etc., on the radio in my workshop – you have to admit that … Continue reading →

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A lino print, set in space, Dave?…

Posted on January 20, 2021 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s quotation is from John Steinbeck’s remarkably gripping and pithy 1945 novel Cannery Row, which I recently finished re-reading for the second time:(Poor people living in a discarded boiler.)The boiler looked like an old-fashioned locomotive without wheels. … Continue reading →

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Dave… What the hell is that thing, you’ve just made?…

Posted on January 19, 2021 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s carefully selected adjectives are: stodgy, scaphocephalic, filemot, kinesiatric, diacoustic, circumambagious, and frothy.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> As you know, dear reader, I am constantly bunging photographs of my mail art postcards, my drawings, and my seemingly never-ending series of lino … Continue reading →

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Yes, it’s more wood from above…

Posted on January 18, 2021 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s carefully selected colours are: Bee brown, Wasp white, Gnat green, Mayfly maroon, Ladybird lilac, Butterfly blue, Grasshopper grey, and Hornet heliotrope.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I wonder if the colour of that plastic sheeting could be described as Gnat Green? … Continue reading →

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Just a few short, but pithy items…

Posted on January 17, 2021 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s quotation is from John Steinbeck’s 1945 novel Cannery Row:(Moving into the Palace Flophouse):Mack, with a piece of chalk, drew five oblongs on the floor, each seven feet long and four feet wide, and in each square … Continue reading →

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Come on, let’s shake the dust off another lino print…

Posted on January 16, 2021 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s instruction is to squirt some sanitiser on a tissue and give the thing a good rub down as soon as the courier, before running off, plonks it on the doorstep; slip on a pair of latex … Continue reading →

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Nobody likes a sneak…

Posted on January 15, 2021 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s carefully selected adjectives are: squelchy, splanchnic, goluptious, cyclospermous, securiform, patonce, and crispy.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hey-up! It’s that battered old kids’ book from 1956 – the Lion Annual.First, let’s have a quick look at the front and back covers, … Continue reading →

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Yes, I get glued to the forensics…

Posted on January 14, 2021 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s unexpected euphoria is due to the medium-sized bar of strong dark chocolate before retiring the night before. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Oh dear… Human beings, aren’t they awful? The terrible things they get up to! Me, I blame … Continue reading →

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Is that another rubbish one, Dave?…

Posted on January 13, 2021 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s elephant in the room is the one angrily ripping up a copy of the Times, after failing to complete the cryptic crossword puzzle.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> When I posted one of my lino prints a while ago, the one … Continue reading →

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Some snatches of overheard and misheard café conversation…

Posted on January 12, 2021 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s quotation is from Flann O’Brien’s 1930s novel The Third Policeman:‘Well now,’ he said again. He had his little lamp beside him on the table and he played his fingers on it.‘That is a fine day,’ I … Continue reading →

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