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Yes, it was a simple matter of a K2 and a K6…
But first… Dulltown, UK/Europe: Today’s instruction is to put the collected garden worms into a shallow bowl; take off your shoes and socks and place your feet gently into the worms, taking special care not to squash the ones towards … Continue reading
Posted in archeology, brain, British film, cafe, cool, design, drama, Dulltown, Film, history, Hull.UK., humour, information, instruction, observations, phones, puzzle, seeing, serendipity, smiling, surrealism
Tagged 1950s, architecture, art, arts, Black and white films, design, discovery, elegance, film, history, instruction, K2 K6, museum, national anthem, nerd, observations, serendipity, Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, style, surrealism, trilby hat, TV, UK phone boxes, words, worms
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‘A’ lies anywhere on the minor axis…
But first… Dulltown, UK/Europe: Today’s dictionary words are: cockatrice, orogenesis, spane, lazar, prepollence, and zounds. Please have these words looked up and placed in suitable sentences ready for Professor Mouldie first thing after breakfast tomorrow morning. The professor will conduct … Continue reading
Posted in academia, archeology, books, brain, conversation, creation, drawing, history, humour, information, instruction, learning, reading, thinking
Tagged a strip of paper, Albert and Madge, cockatrice, conversation, dictionary word, drawing pins and string, ellipses, history, instruction, lazar, one axe, orogenesis, prepollence, Profdessor Mouldie, Professor Mouldie, serendipity, sex, spane, The 1954 Gadgets Annual, W. N. Shaw, words, writing, zounds
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Crush names! Free!…
But first… Dulltown, UK/Europe: Today’s ancient Egyptian deity is the one appearing as a bull, the God Apis. His cult centre is Memphis and his role is the manifestation of Ptah. (Apis) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ah, that Veronica Crush (writer from the … Continue reading
Posted in archeology, brain, celebrities, creation, Dulltown, history, humour, information, puzzle, religion, serendipity, style, surrealism, words, writing
Tagged Ancient Egyptian gods, Apis, arts, celebrities, Emeric Pressburger, free character names, history, madness, Ptah, religion, serendipity, style, surrealism, the glory days, The Hull Surrealist League, Veronica Crush, words, writing
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Oh dear, it’s Avenger-Trek again…
But first… Dulltown, UK/Europe: today’s unusual pencil sharpener is the one shaped like a Visigoth – see if you can find the hole that you put the pencil in. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Why do we still like to watch ancient musty old … Continue reading
Posted in archeology, brain, celebrities, conversation, cool, creation, drama, history, humour, information, poetry, puzzle, serendipity, Star Trek, style, surrealism, TV
Tagged 1960s Star Trek, 1960s The Avengers, arts, Captain Kirk, celebrities, channel flicking, conversation, fashion, history, John Steed, madness, Mr Sulu, Mrs Peel, mumbo-jumbo, poetry, Scotty, serendipity, Spock, style, surrealism, TV, words
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Stella picks up a discarded tin…
But first… Dulltown UK/Europe: Today’s satsuma is the mouldy Christmas one discovered months later inside the piano. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The Philosopher’s Bench, No. 2. (2009) Pencil on paper, probably about 24″ x 18″. ‘Ah, Stella, it’s you!…’ ‘What is?’ ‘Well, the … Continue reading
Posted in art, brain, composition, conversation, creation, drama, drawing, Dulltown, fashion, food, Grumpiness, Hull.UK., humour, information, seeing, serendipity, style, surrealism
Tagged art, arts, christmas satsumas, conversation, discovery, drawing, evidence tampering, fashion, history, minx, miscreant, Philosopher's Bench, satsuma in the piano, Scottish shortbread biscuits, serendipity, Stella, Stella's hat, style, surrealism, Taylors of Harrogate Yorkshire Tea
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Mail art postcard. No. 4725…
But first… Dulltown, UK/Europe: Today’s octopus is the one with five feather dusters quickly sprucing up his living room ready for his guests arriving. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Another of my mail art postcards, a simple collage on bright card using clippings from … Continue reading
Posted in animals, art, creation, history, humour, information, irony, Mail Art, observations, postcards, seeing, serendipity, style, surrealism, TV, words
Tagged advertising, art, arts, Doom, elephants, existential angst, game, history, madness, mail art cards, octopus, plural animals, rene magritte, serendipity, stupid rich buggers, style, surrealism, This is not a pipe, TV, words
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