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Tag Archives: history
Delicious picking in the head and brain…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s ancient Egyptian deity, who appears as a man with a headdress of ram’s horns, plumes, sun-discs and cobras, is the god Mandulis. His cult centres are Kalabsha and Philae, and his attribute is Solar. (M) … Continue reading
Posted in archeology, books, brain, food, history, humour, information, instruction, learning, reading, serendipity, style, surrealism, words
Tagged 1934, Ancient Egyptian gods, cobras, conversation, Daily Express Enquire Within, dictionary word, discovery, eating brains, fashion, headdress, history, instruction, Kalabsha, madness, Mandulis, Philae, plumes, ram's horns, red mullet, religion, serendipity, style, surrealism, vulgarity, words, writing
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What’s that little thing on your leg?…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s joke is the one about the two dead mice in the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s in-tray. Oh, how we guffawed and chortled into our cupped hands upstairs at No. 11 Downing Street… >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I don’t … Continue reading
Posted in brain, celebrities, history, humour, information, instruction, learning, mind, observations, science, serendipity, surrealism
Tagged bump on a log, celebrities, Chancellor of the Exchequer, dead mice, discovery, history, instruction, madness, meteor showers, moonlight, moonlight remedy, perseids, secret agents, serendipity, surrealism, tv mediacl drama, wart removal technique, warts, wise old ladies
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Filed into a number of notches…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s interesting china teapot is the one shaped like the head of President Donald J Trump. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Come on dear reader! Let’s go back and visit the Britain of the mid 1950s. It was an interesting … Continue reading
Posted in archeology, books, conversation, design, drama, food, history, humour, information, reading, Uncategorized
Tagged 1954 Gadgets Annual, Albert and Madge, celery cleaner, conversation, discovery, Donald J Trump, good quality steel, history, instruction, interesting teapot, madness, nice cup of tea, pot mender, serendipity, what in heaven's name?, words, WWII
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Look, they’re just about the same size…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s interesting china teapot is the one shaped like an Alpine avalanche. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I write all this bloggy stuff sitting on a old swivel office chair in a scruffy little back room of my house that … Continue reading
Posted in art, composition, cool, Film, history, information, irony, photography, seeing
Tagged 1950s, 1950s photography, arts, digital camera, discovery, history, interesting china teapot, measurement, observations, photography, same size, serendipity, Weston light meter, Weston Master III, words
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Excuse me sir, is this 1898?…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s unusual pencil sharpener is the one shaped like the sound of a moth in a lampshade. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> So, when I switched on the newly constructed time machine… I reached out and gripped the two charged … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art, books, brain, conversation, design, history, learning, reading, style
Tagged architecture, art, arts, conversation, dictionary word, Eloi, fashion, H G Wells, history, lost, Morlocks, moth, pencil sharpener, style, The Time Machine, time travel, unusual pencil sharpener
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