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Tag Archives: history
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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Don Craig’s face was bright with excitement…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s instruction is to go about your daily business as normal, but instead of speaking, sing all your conversations and interactions with people as if you were in an opera. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Today dear reader, yet again, … Continue reading
Posted in archeology, art, books, composition, design, drama, drawing, history, humour, instruction, style, surrealism
Tagged 1956, art, arts, Billy and Shirley, blue crayon, Christmas present, defacing, discovery, history, illustration, instruction, junk shop books, Lion Annual 1956, names, photography, pirate treasure, serendipity, singing, style, surrealism, treasure seekers
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So, what is it that those TV ads are trying to tell us?…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s ancient Egyptian deity, appearing in the form of a long-horned ram with Atef crown and sun-disc headdress, is the God Herishef from Herakleopolis, his attributes are: primal force, creator, and solar. (Herishef) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It’s why … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, creation, dreaming, history, information, magic, poetry, religion, surrealism, TV, words
Tagged dentine, discovery, existential angst, flu symptoms, history, instruction, madness, Mitsubishi, observations, over-50s, poetry, religion, serendipity, surrealism, TV, TV ads, TV advertising, words
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Bo in with the items…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s featured letter of the alphabet is the capital ‘V’. The other letters of the alphabet stand around gaping in amazement at how he can balance there on his point all day long without falling over. … Continue reading
Posted in blues, composition, cool, Dulltown, history, Hull.UK., humour, information, music, serendipity, style, Uncategorized
Tagged alphabet letters, art, arts, basmati rice, bo diddley, bo diddley beat, BPM beats per minute, Cubase, DAW Digital Audio Workstation, history, music, red kidney beans, rhythm, serendipity, shopping, style, surrealism, syncopated, tesco supermarket, the letter 'V'
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Mail Art Postcard No. 4652…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s heraldic term is pile – an ordinary consisting of a triangular wedge with one side along the top of the shield. I wanted the pile removed from my shield, but the College of Arms said … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, art, brain, celebrities, composition, cool, creation, drama, heraldry, humour, Mail Art, postcards, serendipity, surrealism, TV
Tagged '60s hair, acting, advertising, art, arts, celebrities, college of ams, college of heralds, colour, conversation, couldn't give a monkey's, dictionary word, fashion, fox mulder, history, madness, pile, scented patio, serendipity, style, surrealism, TV, TV acting, words
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The Joys of Decalcomania…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s dictionary words are: accrescent, accourt, accloy, accasiaccatura, acates, accoy and butter-bump. Please have these words looked up and placed in suitable sentences ready for Professor Mouldie first thing after breakfast tomorrow morning. Should the professor … Continue reading
Posted in archeology, architecture, art, brain, cool, creation, decalcomania, design, humour, instruction, learning, serendipity, surrealism, words
Tagged acates, accloy, accrescent, architecture, art, arts, butter-bump, children, crumbling ediifice, dictionary word, discovery, drawing, entasis, history, hurdy gurdy, instruction, madness, photography, Professor Mouldie, serendipity, Star anmd Garter, style, surrealism, weather, words
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Stella likes my fluffiness…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s existential angst is centred around the sound of the word odeon. (Odeon: in ancient Greek and Roman times, a building built for singing exercises, musical shows and poetry competitions.) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Untitled drawing. 1987. Charcoal on … Continue reading
Posted in archeology, art, brain, cafe, composition, conversation, cool, creation, drawing, existentialism, history, humour, information, learning, serendipity, style, surrealism, words
Tagged 1987, art, arts, biscuits, bourbons, Charles Grodin, computer 1987, conversation, dictionary word, discovery, drawing, existential angst, history, Klusons, local paper, Nero's muffin, observations, photography, plinth, serendipity, style, surrealism, Taylors of Harrogate Yorkshire Tea, words
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