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Category Archives: smoking
Lino prints? Well, what else should I do?…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s novelty pencil sharpener is the one shaped like the hoot of an owl on a moonless night. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You might think that, calling myself a surrealist artist, I would have plenty of strange and arty … Continue reading
Posted in archeology, architecture, art, arts, brain, celebrities, composition, cool, creation, design, drawing, dreaming, Dulltown, existentialism, history, Hull.UK., humour, information, lino printing, mind, prints, sculpture, serendipity, smoking, surrealism
Tagged architecture, art, arts, celebrities, colour, discovery, drawing, dreaming, henry moore sculpture, history, Hull Grammar School, moonless night, more Moore, novelty pencil sharpener, orange, owl hooting, propelling pencil, Raymond Chandler, rough sketch, sculpture, serendipity, snuff tins, solid gold, style, surrealism, The High Window, Top Mill Snuff No 1, Wilson's snuff, words, yellow
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Behind the ear rambling…
But first… Dulltown, UK/Europe: Today’s wrinkled old snapshot is the one of me being thrown out of the Bullingdon Club for being too nice, and also for being poor. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The lad, in his late teens or his early twenties, … Continue reading
Posted in archeology, art, cafe, celebrities, creation, drama, dreaming, Dulltown, history, Hull.UK., humour, information, observations, painting, physics, science, seeing, smoking, theatre, thinking, writing
Tagged Albert Einstein, ancient Egyptians, art, arts, behind the ear, Bern Patent Office, blowpipe, Bullingdon Club, cave dwellers, celebrities, history, human ear, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, observations, painting, Relativity, serendipity, surrealism, too poor, William Shakespeare, wrinkled black and white snapshot
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So Dave, do you live in an appropriate environment?…
But first… Dulltown, UK/Europe: Today’s unusual pencil sharpener is the one shaped like a bit of spume caught up in the wind on the esplanade on a stormy winter’s day. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> As you probably know already dear reader, I live … Continue reading
Posted in art, celebrities, cool, dreaming, Dulltown, existentialism, finance, humour, information, money, music, observations, poetry, smoking, style, surrealism, swearing, thinking, weather
Tagged Andy Warhol, arts, bohemian, celebrities, Debbie Harry, Edgar Allan Poe, Edward Albee, existential angst, expletives, Lou Reed, ne'er-do-well, New York, observations, overheard, poetry, poets, Robert De Nero, run-down, serendipity, spume, style, surrealism, unusual pencil sharpener, weather, writing
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A cork dipped in monkey soap powder…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s quotation is from the novel Harry Bleachbaker (1976) by N F Simpson. (NFS): The story, which is quite true except for the facts, begins in 1954 when a well-known frogman, working for NATO, was suddenly … Continue reading
Posted in archeology, books, food, history, humour, information, instruction, learning, money, reading, serendipity, smoking, surrealism, words, writing
Tagged 1976, brick-dust, card game, Chump, cleanliness, dictionary word, discovery, frogman, gigot, Harry Bleachbaker, history, instruction, loin, loo, monkey soap powder, N F Simpson, proverbs, rules of loo, scrag end, serendipity, style, surrealism, The Daily Express Enquire Within, words, writing
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Mail Art Postcard. No. 4620…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s extract is from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes story The Man With the Twisted Lip: Dr Watson: Isa Whitney, brother of the late Elias Whitney, D.D., Principal of the Theological College of St. George’s, … Continue reading
Posted in art, colours, composition, fashion, history, humour, information, Mail Art, postcards, serendipity, smoking, style, surrealism, TV, words, writing
Tagged art, arts, celebrities, colour, Dr Watson, fashion, history, logo design, madness, observations, opium, serendipity, Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, style, surrealism, TV, vaping, words, writing
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So what is it that those TV ads are trying to tell us?…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s dictionary words are: afrit, conatus, triblet, withershins, opulus, and renverse. 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
Posted in advertising, brain, Dulltown, existentialism, fashion, food, humour, information, money, poetry, serendipity, smoking, surrealism, TV, words
Tagged advertising, alcohol, arts, creamy tasting, dictionary word, discovery, existential angst, extra chilli!, Greek-style, madness, observations, poetry, pork sausages, Professor Mouldie, remarkable skin, Santa Claus, serendipity, style, surrealism, terms and conditions, tobacco products, TV, TV ads, will kit, win the app, words
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Hot with both ends missing…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s quotation if from Vladimir Nabokov‘s short story A Russian Beauty (1934): Well, then, in 1919 we have a grown up young lady, with a pale broad face that overdid things in terms of the regularity … Continue reading
Posted in brain, Dulltown, Hull.UK., humour, information, instruction, learning, observations, reading, smoking, style, thinking, words, writing
Tagged 1934, A Russian Beauty, arts, ciggy, conversation, dictionary word, glottal stop, instruction, misheard, northern accent, observations, pronunciation, regional accents, style, truncated honk, vladimir nabokov, words, writing
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The surprising Doom coincidence…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s little quotation is from Vladimir Nabokov’s short story Tyrants Destroyed (1938): But, believe it or not, he impressed people with his mediocrity as others do with their talent. This could be applied to many of … Continue reading
Posted in art, books, brain, cafe, creation, drama, Dulltown, fashion, Hull.UK., humour, poetry, reading, serendipity, smoking, style, surrealism, words, writing
Tagged 1938, art, arts, black dog, cadmium, dictionary word, Doom, Dulltown Interchange, expletives, fashion, history, isomer, madness, noise-master, poetry, serendipity, Simon Doom, spoems, style, sunstripe, surrealism, tennis shoes, the glory days, The Hull Surrealist League, Tyrants Destroyed, vladimir nabokov, words, writing
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Ugg, Lugg, and the turnips…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s joke is the one about what happened to Her Majesty the Queen’s hat – oh, how we chortled down in the basement back at Buck House! >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ‘Ugg, I have seen you, you know!’ ‘Eh?…’ … Continue reading
Posted in archeology, brain, conversation, cool, drama, dreaming, history, humour, joke, magic, people, religion, smoking, surrealism
Tagged breathing smoke, celebrities, conversation, discovery, drama, gardening, great god in the sky, Her Majesty the Queen, history, joke, madness, pharmacology, prehistory, religion, serendipity, Smugg, surrealism, turnips, Ugg and Lugg
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A few titchy items…
But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s joke is the one about the prime minister’s hat, the donkey, the half-eaten pizza, and the white-faced clown. Oh, how we chuckled and guffawed in the back of the limousine!… >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Excuses for being late. … Continue reading
Posted in art, brain, conversation, creation, existentialism, food, Hull.UK., humour, information, joke, learning, music, observations, overheard, photography, smoking, surrealism, thinking, words
Tagged art, arts, beer, children, conversation, creativity, dictionary word, frown lines, getting stoned, joke, juggling, late, madness, misheard, music, observations, overheard, painting, paranoia, photography, Prime Minister, shouting, transportation, words, writing
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Some short but pithy items…
But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s sound is that of three coat hangers rattling in an empty wardrobe. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Excuses for being late. No. 288. I’m sorry I’m late, but I had a visit from a succubus in the night. A … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, blues, brain, British film, conversation, cool, dreaming, Dulltown, existentialism, fashion, Film, history, Hull.UK., humour, information, music, observations, overheard, people, physics, science, serendipity, smoking, style
Tagged advertising, arts, B. B. King, breakdown cover, cannabis smoke, conversation, Devils of Darkness 1964, dictionary word, discovery, existential angst, fashion, Heat death of the universe, history, late, madness, Mud, music, observations, overheard, serendipity, sex, style, succubus, surrealism, words
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The heliocentricity attribution squabble…
But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s instruction is to wrap four of them up in old newspapers, tie each of them around with string, and place them on a large table, one at each corner. Crouch under the table, eyes closed, … Continue reading
Posted in archeology, brain, conversation, Grumpiness, history, humour, information, learning, Royalty, smoking, surrealism, words
Tagged arally, buffoons, celebrities, conversation, corollary, dictionary word, discovery, expletives, Galileo, history, instruction, madness, orrery, Royal Institution, serendipity, surrealism, words
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That Christmas pudding…
But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s unusual pencil sharpener is the one shaped like the smell of Uncle Barry’s Christmas cigar. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Here’s a picture I took a few days ago. Taking a photo of a Christmas pudding poster in the … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, Dulltown, food, humour, information, photography, seeing, serendipity, smoking, surrealism, Uncategorized
Tagged advertising, art, arts, Christmas 2015, Christmas cigar, Christmas pudding, madness, observations, pencil sharpener, photography, serendipity, surrealism, twaddle, weather
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Albert, what’s that funny smell?…
But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s honoured guests are the Donald Trump lookalike twins, Bob and Clarissa Fudgel. Come on in, and sit with us on the sofa, you two beaming scallywags… Hm, nice hair!… >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hm, what’s this drab-looking thing … Continue reading
Posted in archeology, art, books, brain, conversation, design, drama, history, humour, information, reading, smoking, surrealism, war
Tagged 1954, art, arts, celebrities, Clarissa Fudgel, conversation, discovery, Donald Trump, electrical plugs, Gadgets Annual, history, Hm, instruction, lookalike, madness, photography, style, surrealism, words, writing
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Some small, but pithy items…
But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s choice adjectives are: pouting, heliocentric, grunting, telescopic, pied, and grubby. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Excuses for being late. No. 258. I’m sorry I’m late, but I was replacing my bicycle handle bar with a steering wheel. From a … Continue reading
Posted in brain, colours, conversation, cool, dreaming, existentialism, Film, green, Grumpiness, humour, information, observations, serendipity, smoking, surrealism, words
Tagged 1927, art, arts, beer, children, colour, Complimentary colours, conversation, discovery, fashion, film, Fritz Lang, history, late, madness, Metropolis, misheard, observations, overheard, serendipity, style, surrealism, TV, words
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A few very small items…
But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s carefully selected adjectives are: bountiful, festering, phyletic, crural, taciturn, and neotenic. Hm, I think my favourite is ‘crural’ – just for its spelling. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Excuses for being late. No. 257. I’m sorry I’m late, but … Continue reading
Posted in brain, conversation, dreaming, Dulltown, existentialism, expletives, Hull.UK., humour, observations, people, seeing, serendipity, smoking, surrealism, TV, words
Tagged academics, conversation, dictionary word, discovery, existential angst, expletives, fashion, late, madness, misheard, observations, overheard, serendipity, style, surrealism, TV, words
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Stella doesn’t like it…
But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s financial forecast is for all the Foreign Exchange Market fiddlers to be arrested and sent to jail – tee-hee!… No, no, I’m only joking!… Had you going there, didn’t I?… As if!… >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Landscape No … Continue reading
Posted in art, blues, brain, conversation, drawing, dreaming, existentialism, green, humour, information, seeing, smoking, style, surrealism, sweating
Tagged art, arts, conversation, discovery, Doom, drawing, expletives, financial forecast, Foreign Exchange Market, grimpen mire, history, joke, madness, observations, painting, photography, Red Buoy, style, surrealism, Turner Helvoetsluys, words
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I can almost hear the Sirens…
But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s instruction is to collect as many of the tassels as you can in one hand, give them a really good shake, and plunge them into hot soapy water until they stiffen up and their gorgeous … Continue reading
Posted in art, brain, colours, conversation, drama, drawing, Dulltown, fashion, Grumpiness, history, humour, information, painting, seeing, sex, smoking, style, surrealism, Uncategorized
Tagged art, arts, colour, conversation, drawing, fashion, H J Draper, history, hot buttered toast, instruction, observations, painting, photography, sex, style, surrealism, tea, Ulysses and the Sirens
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Stella dunks fig rolls…
But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s anaconda is the one stretched out on three leather sofas in a department store, arrogantly chuckling and puffing on a small cigar. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Landscape No. 71. 1995. Pastel on paper, probably about 28″ x 20″. … Continue reading
Posted in art, brain, colours, conversation, cool, drawing, existentialism, expletives, food, Grumpiness, humour, information, irony, observations, painting, photography, seeing, smoking, style, surrealism, Uncategorized
Tagged anaconda, art, arts, colour, conversation, drawing, madness, observations, painting, pastel drawing, photography, style, surrealism, weather, words
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Brown powder, ambrosia, and metal wheels…
But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s outside temperature is 274 degrees Kevin. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> A few weeks ago you may recall I was moaning on about the withdrawal of the excellent dark Belgian chocolate brownies from my favourite cafe’s selection of confectionery. … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, brain, Dulltown, existentialism, food, history, Hull.UK., humour, information, mind, physics, smoking, surrealism
Tagged advertising, chocolate brownies, colour, flourless cake, flourless chocolate cake, history, Kazuo Ishiguro, Kelvin, observations, snuff, surrealism, wilson's top mill No.1, words
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