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Tag Archives: history
Some overheard and misheard snatches of cafe conversation…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s Sir Arthur Conan Doyle quotation is from The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902): “Hist!” cried Holmes, and I heard the sharp click of a cocking pistol. “Look out! It’s coming!” There was a thin, crisp, … Continue reading
Posted in abstract, books, brain, conversation, drama, existentialism, history, humour, information, misheard, overheard, people, reading, serendipity, surrealism, words, writing
Tagged arts, conversation, dictionary word, Dr Watson, Hist!..., history, misheard, overheard, poetry, serendipity, sex, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, style, surrealism, The Hound of the Baskervilles, words, writing
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Brownlow puts his foot in it…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s carefully selected colours are: bulging brown, swollen sienna, vile violet, ribald red, yawping yellow, and that funny shade of fawn that the rug went after it had been left in out the sun all day. … Continue reading
Posted in academia, adjectives, archeology, colours, conversation, drama, Grumpiness, history, humour, sex
Tagged archaeology, British Museum, Brownlow and the Professor, carefully chosen colours, colour, conversation, dictionary word, discovery, Equinox, history, humour, madness, sex, style, the BM, things carnal, words
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Mail art postcard. No. 4540…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s elephant in the room is the one that has just sat on the host’s Stradivarius which had been carelessly left resting on the piano stool – it did make a very interesting sound as it … Continue reading
Posted in art, brain, composition, creation, drama, history, humour, information, Mail Art, postcards, puzzle, serendipity, style, surrealism, TV
Tagged advertising, art, arts, Brtitish TV dramas, celebrities, collage, elephant in the room, history, mail art cards, Mildred and Florence, Pritt, serendipity, Stadivarius, style, surrealism, Thursday, TV, Wednesday, words
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The church gazing up…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s carefully selected dances are: the Cat Daddy, the Dutty Wine, the Pryvit, the Lezginka, the Lambeth Walk, and the Schottische. Come on Stella – let’s Schottische around in the front garden! Hoy, don’t knock my … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art, brain, colours, composition, Dulltown, finance, Hull.UK., humour, information, money, observations, photography, seeing, serendipity, style, surrealism
Tagged architecture, art, arts, austerity, bankers, city centre decline, closed down shop, composition, discovery, history, perpendicular architecture, photography, serendipity, stream of consciousness, style, surrealism, the Cat Daddy, the Dutty Wine, the Lambeth Walk, the Lezginka, the Pryvit, the Schottische
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Doom listening to old dance…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s carefully selected adjectives are: corpulent, geanticlinal, vinewed, shrubby, incogitable, wrackful, and comely. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Tuesday afternoon I was walking down the middle of the shopping centre concourse when some rushing lout banged into my right … Continue reading
Posted in abstract, adjectives, brain, conversation, creation, drama, Dulltown, humour, information, music, poetry, serendipity, style, surrealism, words
Tagged 1990s dance music, 2 Unlimited, arts, braggard, bruiser, comely., conversation, corpulent, dachshund, dictionary word, Doom, geanticlinal, history, incogitable, madness, moon chatter, music, No Limit, poetry, serendipity, shrubby, Simon Doom, spoems, st stephens shopping centre, style, surrealism, techno techno techno, The Hull Surrealist League, vinewed, words, wrackful, writing
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Hey, look at me swim!…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s octopus is the one arguing with his tailor about the hang of the sleeves on the new jacket he’s having made. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hey, let’s have a look at yet another page from that great book … Continue reading
Posted in archeology, art, books, drawing, history, humour, information, learning, puzzle, surrealism, war
Tagged 1950s Britain, art, arts, colour, history, junk shop books, octopus, puzzle, six feet, surrealism, swimming, swimming strokes, The British Empire, the colonies, The Lion Annual 1956, words, World-Wide Quiz
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A busker rant…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s sound is that of a Velcro fastener being ripped open in the middle of a church service. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Now, I have nothing against street musicians, buskers, as such… Yes, I have! There are generally too … Continue reading
Posted in cool, Dulltown, existentialism, Grumpiness, guitars, history, Hull.UK., humour, music, style
Tagged anodyne, arts, bland music, Blue Swede Shoes, buskers, Carl Perkins, church service, history, millenials, music, observations, rock and roll, style, The Cramps, today's sound, Velcro
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