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Category Archives: existentialism
The bike turned upside down…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s lost plectrum is the one eventually found in the bottom of an old squashed euphonium case by the refuse bins at the back of the Royal Albert Hall. (click) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ‘Synthetic…’ ‘Pardon?’ ‘Synthetic.’ ‘Well, I … Continue reading
Posted in brain, cafe, conversation, creation, drama, existentialism, history, humour, information, learning, puzzle, religion, science, smiling, thinking, words
Tagged arts, bike, bubbles, cafe, conversation, creation, flat as a fart, God, history, knock youself out, madness, man-made, praise the lord, puncture, religion, serendipity, spanners, style, surrealism, synthetic?, the bible, transportation, words
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Some short, but pithy items (the lockdown version)…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s carefully selected adjectives are: crunchy, ovate, shrieval, tussocky, soboliferous, iracund, and foppish. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Short, but pithy items eh? Well, what with this current self-isolation, and that all the cafés have shut down, my observations of … Continue reading
Posted in adjectives, arts, brain, cafe, composition, conversation, cool, Dulltown, existentialism, Grumpiness, Hull.UK., humour, information, learning, music, observations, overheard, people, puzzle, science, serendipity, spam, style, surrealism, thinking, words, writing
Tagged a smell?, adolescent baby?, arts, bald patch, bookbag, brogues, children, closed cafe, conversation, crunchy, dictionary word, foppish., freshly sharpened pencils, iracund, late, madness, meat to your right, name change, observations, ovate, pork chops, Qualms, self-isolating, serendipity, shrieval, soboliferous, spam, style, surrealism, teenagers, tussocky, tweed jacket, weather, words, writing
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Mayonnaise in the dark…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s carefully selected colours are: Austrian amber, Polish pink, Finnish fawn, Venezuelan violet, Madagascan mauve, Romanian russet, Turkish turquoise, and French Polish. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> We are now all in, what seems to be called, ‘UK lockdown’. Every … Continue reading
Posted in abstract, adjectives, arts, brain, colours, composition, conversation, cool, creation, drama, Dulltown, existentialism, Hull.UK., humour, information, instruction, poetry, puzzle, serendipity, style, surrealism, words, writing
Tagged a bag of manure, art, arts, Austrian amber, celebrities, colour, conversation, dictionary word, exercise hour, Finnish fawn, French Polish., instruction, Madagascan mauve, madness, poetry, Polish pink, Romanian russet, serendipity, style, surrealism, the glory days, The Hull Surrealist League, Tony Mayonnaise, Turkish turquoise, UK lockdown, Venezuelan violet, victorian actor voice, words, writing
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Mail Art Postcard. No. 4634…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s carefully selected adjectives are: arithmetic, saussuritic, Typhonian, machicolated, dolabriform, and chubby. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yet another of my mail art postcards, a simple collage on bright card using clippings from that dumbed-down and tawdry UK TV listings … Continue reading
Posted in adjectives, art, arts, brain, composition, cool, creation, existentialism, information, Mail Art, mind, postcards, puzzle, religion, seeing, serendipity, surrealism, thinking, war
Tagged advertising, all seeing eye, arithmetic, art, arts, carefully selected adjectives, chubby., collage, colour, Dharmic stuff, dictionary word, dolabriform, eyes, fluorescent card, machicolated, mail art postcards, meat-eating teeth, mouths, religion, saussuritic, serendipity, surrealism, the third eye, TV, Typhonian, we humans, What's On TV, words
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Some song lyrics misheard over the cafe hubbub…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s dictionary words are: araeostyle, wampish, prad, spink, greenockite, nawab, and embrangle. Please have these words looked up and placed in suitable sentences ready for Professor Mouldie first thing after breakfast tomorrow morning – as the … Continue reading
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Tagged araeostyle, art, arts, cafes closed, celebrities, compstick, dictionary word, embrangle, greenockite, jumptown, madness, MHSLs, misheard, misheard song lyrics, music, nawab, poetry, possum, prad, Professor Mouldie, self-isolation, serendipity, sex, spink, style, surrealism, video link, wampish, words, writing
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Excuse me, can I interest you in a nice pair of…?
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s carefully selected adjectives are: foetid, windring, quotidian, facinorous, jugate, ratiocinative, and paunchy. My heavy old dictionary says that one of these words comes from W. Shakespeare, can you guess which one it is? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Generally, … Continue reading
Posted in adjectives, drama, Dulltown, existentialism, expletives, Grumpiness, Hull.UK., humour, information, observations, overheard, people, puzzle, seeing, serendipity, smiling, style, swearing, sweating, words
Tagged busses, conversation, dictionary word, discovery, expletives, facinorous, foetid, gunnels, jugate, madness, observations, overheard, paunchy, pillows, quotidian, ratiocinative, self-isolation, serendipity, steamed up windows, stolen pillows, style, surrealism, transportation, tweed hat, virus, windring, words
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So, did you get rid of it?…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s very nice sounding word is, swarf. (S) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Here’s a photograph I took three or four months ago. A pretty ordinary, and some might say, mundane scene. Well, it’s ordinary around these parts of Dulltown … Continue reading
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Tagged abandoned, apricot pronunciation, art, arts, Billy!, colour, composition, conversation, dictionary word, discarded mattress, discovery, double yellow lines, Dulltown UK, expletives, eye-catching, found object, greenery, in the gutter, litter, mattress, photography, serendipity, style, surrealism, swarf, vandal proof, words
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