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Author Archives: Dave Whatt
Cabins and shacks…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s smell is that of pungent marijuana smoke drifting down from a nearby open attic window. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ‘Call me Ishmael…’ ‘Eh?…’ ‘Ishmael!…’ ‘Oh, alright, er, Ishmael… So what’s this, here?’ ‘This is the captain’s cabin.’ ‘It’s … Continue reading
Posted in books, brain, conversation, drama, Dulltown, Film, Hull.UK., humour, information, observations, reading, story, surrealism, words, writing
Tagged binnacle, Call me Ishmael, Captain Ahab, celebrities, conversation, dictionary word, madness, marijuana smoke, Moby Dick, pungent, quarterdeck, ship's log, shotgun shack, surrealism, The Cheeky Parrot, The Pequod, words, writing
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I think it’s time for a lino print…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s existential angst is centred around the sound of the word entablature. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Lino print in oil based ink on nice thin Kizuki paper about A4 in size. Is it ‘contrasty’ enough for you dear reader? … Continue reading
Posted in abstract, architecture, art, brain, composition, creation, existentialism, fine art prints, humour, information, learning, lino cut printing, lino printing, prints, religion, seeing, surrealism, words
Tagged art, arts, Christmas card, diversion, drawing, entablature, existential angst, fine art printing, geometric shapes, KISS keep it simple stupid!, Kizuki paper, lino cut print, linocut, madness, moon, religion, sofa-bound, surrealism, three wise men, words
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A satisfying conclusion…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s quotation is from The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: “The original hound was material enough to tug a man’s throat out, yet he was diabolical as well.” “I see that you … Continue reading
Posted in books, brain, conversation, drama, humour, information, jobs, learning, physics, poetry, puzzle, religion, science, style, surrealism, TV, writing
Tagged 25 to life, conversation, DNA evidence, follicles, grubby doorknob, history, horrible humans, plucky cops, poetry, quotation, Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, stolid scientists, surrealism, The Hound of the Baskervilles, the perp, TV, TV Forensics, under lock and key, words, writing
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A few short, but pithy items…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s carefully selected colours are: optical orange, sucking sienna, bamboo blue, groaning green, ridiculous red, and the odd colour of the curtains at number twenty-three down the road. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Excuses for being late. No. 391. I’m … Continue reading
Posted in adjectives, brain, colours, conversation, Dulltown, existentialism, Film, Hull.UK., humour, observations, overheard, serendipity, style, surrealism, words
Tagged a loud country, bamboo blue, cafe, colour, conversation, discovery, drawing, groaning green, Jackie Chan films, line manager, madness, name change, Nivea Lotion, observations, optical orange, overheard, ridiculous red, serendipity, spam, style, sucking sienna, surrealism, tapir, WD40, weather, words, zip lubricant
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Two very nice colours…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s unusual china teapot is the one shaped like the sound of a country trying to leave the European Union without causing too much upset… This teapot is a very messy pourer. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Now, dear reader, … Continue reading
Posted in art, colours, composition, humour, photography, seeing, serendipity, style
Tagged accident, art, arts, brexit, Citroën, colour, colour splash, discovery, European Union, observations, painting, photography, red, serendipity, surrealism, turque, turquoise
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The alphabet boys…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s elephant in the room is the one introducing all the guests to the world of phillumeny and forcing them to look at his bulging albums of matchbox labels. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ‘I’m thinking of changing my name.’ … Continue reading
Posted in brain, conversation, drama, humour, philuminy, puzzle, smiling, surrealism, words
Tagged Abe E. C. Dee, Abe E. Seedy, alphabet letters, conversation, dictionary word, eddie cochran, elephant in the room, Eric Clapton, Ethel Comble, Jake A Elemeno, Jake A Rowling, madness, Matchbox labels, name change, phillumeny, silliness, style, surrealism, words
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