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Mail art postcard No. 4672…
But first… Dulltown, UK/Europe: Today’s carefully selected colours are: blazing blue, reticulated red, goofy green, yesterday yellow, ontological orange, vacant violet, and that funny pink that red guitars go when they are left displayed in sunny music shop windows. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> … Continue reading
Posted in adjectives, advertising, archeology, architecture, art, celebrities, colours, composition, drama, history, humour, information, postcards, puzzle, serendipity, style, surrealism, theatre
Tagged advertising, art, arts, blazing blue, castles, celebrities, collage, colour, copper's helmet, faded red guitars, gaudy dreary, goofy green, history, humour, mail art postcards, ontological orange, reticulated red, serendipity, surrealism, The Old Vic, TV, TV actors, vacant violet, What's On TV, words, yesterday yellow
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Oh, those Crush characters!…
But first… Dulltown, UK/Europe: Today’s confused film star is Bevin Kacon. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> And speaking of names, before you even make a start on your novel you should have a good think about what names to give the characters that will … Continue reading
Posted in books, brain, celebrities, creation, history, humour, people, puzzle, religion, style, surrealism, thinking, words, writing
Tagged arts, Bertie Wooster, celebrities, Crush names, history, kevin bacon, Monty Tick, multimillion dollar fortune, New York, P. G. Wodehouse, Pnin, Psmith, puzzle, spare names, style, surrealism, tall tree surgeon, Veronica Crush, vladimir nabokov, words, writing
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There’s something jolly fishy in that parcel…
But first… Dulltowm. UK/Europe: Today’s dictionary words are: calumba, nematophore, skyre, lazzarone, wuther and lenocinium. Please have these words looked up and placed in suitable sentences ready for Professor Mouldie first thing after breakfast tomorrow morning. You must be fully … Continue reading
Posted in archeology, art, books, drama, drawing, history, Hull.UK., humour, information, politics, reading, school, story, words, writing
Tagged 1950s Britain, art, arts, Attic Greek, Boris Johnson, Bossy Bates, celebrities, dictionary word, dictionary words, discovery, drawing, history, instruction, lookalike, madness, Professor Mouldie, serendipity, style, The Lion Annual 1956, The Secret Chimp, words, writing
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Just a few short, but pithy items…
But first… Dulltown, UK/Europe: Today’s mild Victorian expletive is Lawkadaisy! An obvious corruption of Lord have mercy! Come on dear readers let’s try to slip this one into our conversations today. ‘Lawkadaisy! What’s that Trump man been saying now!…’ >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> … Continue reading
Posted in art, composition, conversation, creation, Dulltown, expletives, Grumpiness, history, Hull.UK., humour, observations, overheard, poetry, seeing, serendipity, spam, surrealism, swearing, words, writing
Tagged advice to artists, Amazon Prime, anodyne, art, arts, conversation, dictionary word, expletives, history, Lawkadaisy!, madness, monster trucks, name change, observations, overheard, poetry, pomposity, prancing, serendipity, spam, surrealism, Tony Mayonnaise, vapid, words, writing
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Some overheard and misheard snatches of cafe conversation…
But first… Dulltown, UK/Europe: Today’s ancient Egyptian deity, appearing as a child, is the God Ihy, son of Hathor. His cult centre is Dendera, his association is music and he is often depicted playing on his sistrum. (Ihy) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ‘Flexmon … Continue reading
Posted in abstract, archeology, brain, conversation, Dulltown, existentialism, Hull.UK., humour, information, misheard, music, overheard, poetry, religion, serendipity, surrealism
Tagged Ancient Egyptian gods, celebrities, conversation, deity, dictionary word, Flexmon, gyrolecter, Hathor, history, madness, misheard, music, overheard, poetry, religion, serendipity, style, surrealism, The God Ihy, the sistrum, theodolite, words
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Some opening lines for stories never to be written…
But first… Dulltown, UK/Europe: Today’s wrinkled old Polaroid snapshot is the one of me being lifted upside down by a grinning Arnold Schwarzenegger on the set of The Terminator in 1983. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Professor Schmell’s laboratory was in the attic room … Continue reading
Posted in brain, celebrities, cool, creation, drama, dreaming, Film, humour, reading, story, style, surrealism, writing
Tagged 1983, angry wasps, arnold schwartzenegger, arts, Big Ben, celebrities, film, flight to Paraguay, Fortune Teller, history, Hollywood Actor, homunculus, madness, noon, Parliament Square, rehearsals, Strangways, style, surrealism, tea, The Terminator, writing
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Me, I do like Avenger-Trek…
But first… Dulltown, UK/Europe: Today’s existential angst is for some reason centred around the sound of the word barnacle. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I suppose they are a bit like wallpaper… You know – they are not something you watch seriously, you’ve seen … Continue reading
Posted in abstract, archeology, art, brain, celebrities, conversation, cool, drama, history, humour, information, music, poetry, serendipity, smiling, Star Trek, style, surrealism, TV
Tagged 1960s Star Trek, 1960s The Avengers, 1960s TV, arts, avenger trek, Captain Kirk, celebrities, conversation, existential angst, history, I'm waiting for the man, Lou Reed, madness, Mr Spock, Mr Sulu, poetry, serendipity, Steed and Peel, style, surrealism, TV, words
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