Monthly Archives: April 2023

Is that some misheard café conversation?…

Posted on April 30, 2023 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s made up word is Crackstow, It sounds like a boring little posh village somewhere in the south of England. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ‘Luffs’? ‘Panky’? ‘Are you K’? ‘No, a golf car’! ‘It’s a pock’s paw’? ‘Bempty bems … Continue reading →

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Yes, a very nice tower…

Posted on April 29, 2023 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s quotation is from Cordwainer Smith’s story The Ballad of Lost C’mell:Perhaps the policewoman thought that raw hatred would be shocking to C’mell. It wasn’t. Underpeople were used to hatred, and it was not any worse raw … Continue reading →

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Why doesn’t the government, do something, about all these ghosts?…

Posted on April 28, 2023 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s dictionary words are: amildar, voulge, parpen, homelyn, phaenogam, and faggoting. Please have these words looked up, and placed in suitable sentences, ready for Professor Mouldie first thing after breakfast tomorrow morning. Extra marks will be … Continue reading →

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But, why is the Mona Lisa there?…

Posted on April 27, 2023 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s moths are: the Yellow Shell, the Weaver’s Wave, the Shark, the Small Chocolate-tip, the Nut-tree Tussock, and the Snout.Oh, look! See! There goes a nice snout!…>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Today’s post is supposed to be about the design of … Continue reading →

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Some opening lines for stories, never to be written…

Posted on April 26, 2023 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s octopus is the street musician one, playing guitar, penny whistle, accordion and bongos. She has a very nice shrill voice too.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Penelope Whoose picked out the hard round green peas from her fish and chips dinner … Continue reading →

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Ah… Another black and white one, with some added bright colour…

Posted on April 25, 2023 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s Impressionists are Monet and Manet. Oh, bugger! I thought they were just one bloke!…>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> But onto my art, instead!Here’s one from earlier this year. Aphrodite at the Water Hole. No. 34. 2023.Charcoal, black ink, and fluorescent … Continue reading →

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Just a few short, but pithy, items…

Posted on April 24, 2023 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s quotation is from Cordwainers Smith’s story Alpha Ralpha Boulevard:Everywhere, men and women worked with a wild will to build a more imperfect world. I myself went into a hospital; and came out French. Of course I … Continue reading →

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Just a photo of the tree, by the flats…

Posted on April 23, 2023 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s dictionary words are: acanaceous, sambuca, jerid, prooemium, whiffler, and caloyer. Please have these words looked up and placed in suitable sentences, ready for Professor Mouldie first thing after breakfast tomorrow morning. Should the professor turn up … Continue reading →

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Oh, dear! It’s more misheard classical singing…

Posted on April 22, 2023 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown. UK: Today’s carefully selected colours are: blue with a hint of brown, red with a hint of rhubarb, green with a hint of gussets, yellow with a hint of yesterday, white with a hint of worms, violet with … Continue reading →

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What? More ripping up?…

Posted on April 21, 2023 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s annoying talking parrot is the one that only does bible readings… >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yesterday, or was it the day before? I was in my little studio/workshop, I was looking up at all the linocut test prints, … Continue reading →

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So, what is it that those TV ads are trying to tell us?…

Posted on April 20, 2023 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s dictionary words are: ahungered, bobak, nunatak, rowel, cerumen, and puckfist. Please have these words looked up and placed in suitable sentences, ready for Professor Mouldie first thing after breakfast tomorrow morning. Extra marks will be … Continue reading →

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The lino print with plenty of white in it…

Posted on April 19, 2023 by Dave Whatt

But first…Today’s nicely strange quotation is from Cordwainers Smiths’s story, Alpha Ralpha Boulevard:He was pure machine, though his voice rang out with old-Parisian heartiness, and the designers had even built into him the nervous habit of mopping the back of … Continue reading →

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Hm… Those forensic people, eh?…

Posted on April 18, 2023 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s stag beetle is the one, shouting and complaining, and wiggling all its legs, trying to get into his bank account in the NatWest office.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> No, no, I don’t think I’d like to be a forensic person, … Continue reading →

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Mail Art Post Card. No. 4933…

Posted on April 17, 2023 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s made up word is quazters.Any ideas on what this word might mean, dear reader?>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Well, this is a cheery looking one, isn’t it?But is it strange enough? I am supposed to be a surrealist, you know.Perhaps … Continue reading →

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The early Doom surprise…

Posted on April 16, 2023 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s prophesy is for the world to end soon, but with a completely warm finish. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The phone rang at 8.16 this morning. I was still lolling, tucked up, in my bed, I was asleep. ‘Who … Continue reading →

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Come on, let’s dip into Adrian’s oil painting book…

Posted on April 15, 2023 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s flying saucer is the one illegally parked on the city centre pavement, waiting for the Lloyd’s Bank to open.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It’s that old book again. The cover of which I showed you a few days ago. The … Continue reading →

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Hm, how about some more overheard and misheard snatches of café conversation?…

Posted on April 14, 2023 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s weather will feature: bird cumulus, bird blueness, birds rustling the tree tops, birds in the wind, a bird sunrise and a bird sunset, bird stratocumulous, and a wiggling privet hedge with plenty of small birds … Continue reading →

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A lino print idea, but with some other…

Posted on April 13, 2023 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s monster is the very, very, big, giant gnat.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Preliminary, is a good word, isn’t it?When thinking of doing another lino print, I always like to do a preliminary sketch of my idea. Preliminary, I suppose it … Continue reading →

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Three pounds of knuckle of veal, and some sheep’s trotters, or cow heel…

Posted on April 12, 2023 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s dictionary words are: embail, magot, sphragistic, ectozoon, vervain, and dowlas. Please have these words looked up and placed in suitable sentences ready for Professor Mouldie first thing after breakfast tomorrow morning. Should the professor turn … Continue reading →

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A nice, almost edible, photograph…

Posted on April 11, 2023 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s quotation is another from Cordwainer Smith, from his story Under Old Earth:And the music… It came in beats of five, ringing out the tones of the pentapaul, the five word verse which the mad cat-minstrel C’paul … Continue reading →

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