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Mayonnaise coming out of a hole in the ground…

Posted on March 8, 2024 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s dictionary words are: amentum, pallescent, theotokos, jesserant, quodlibet, and delundung. Please have these words looked up and placed in suitable sentences ready for Professor Mouldie first thing after breakfast tomorrow morning. Extra marks will be awarded … Continue reading →

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Now, look, here’s a strange picture…

Posted on June 10, 2023 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s carefully selected adjectives are: fusty, caliginous, plushy, tectibranchlate, maffled, equipollent, contraplex, and shifty. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hm, yes, it is one of those, sitting in the café, under the influence of green tea, and chocolate brownie, photographs.You know, … Continue reading →

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The Dome and Queen Vicky…

Posted on May 10, 2023 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s carefully chosen colours are: toffee turquoise, peppermint pink, milky maroon, yam yellow, grape grey, veal violet, bacon brown, fruity fawn, and greens green.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It was a nice day, back in March. I was walking across the … Continue reading →

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In my favourite café…

Posted on October 16, 2022 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s architectural term is cyclopean – a type of rustication with very large rough-hewn bricks, straight from the quarry (or artfully carved to look as if they were). Gosh, I wish I had cyclopean bricks on … Continue reading →

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Doom from below…

Posted on September 11, 2020 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s carefully selected colours are: Bracknell blue, Garstang green, Bromwich burgundy, Falmouth fawn, Todmorden turquoise, Perth pink, and Maughold mauve. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I’m still a bit in semi-lockdown here in Dulltown, but I did slide into the … Continue reading →

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Urine theories…

Posted on July 9, 2012 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s joke is the one about the women bishops who didn’t exist. Oh, how we laughed and chuckled into our cassocks! >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ‘Stella…’ ‘Yes?’ ‘I think that Victorian men used to pass more urine than we … Continue reading →

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Mayonnaise laying it on thick…

Posted on February 26, 2012 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s instruction is to carefully trim off the ragged edges with a craft knife, lay it flat on the floor, and then jump up and down on it in heavy boots for a few minutes. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> … Continue reading →

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