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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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Just a few short, but pithy things…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s dictionary words are: ajowan, warray, peplos, distyle, scuppernong, and theotechny. Please have these words looked up and placed in suitable sentences ready for Professor Mouldie first thing after breakfast tomorrow morning. The professor will be … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, brain, cafe, conversation, cool, existentialism, food, Hull.UK., humour, information, observations, overheard, people, phones, puzzle, serendipity, spam, surrealism, words, writing
Tagged advertising, ajowan, conversation, Creamfields, creamfields cheese, dictionary word, discovery, distyle, madness, name change, observations, panini panino, peplos, Professor Mouldie, scuppernong, serendipity, spam, sumo wrestling, surrealism, theotechny, warray, words, writing
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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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Just a few short but pithy items…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s existential angst is centred around the sound of the word phenomenological. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Excuses for be late. No. 397. I’m sorry I’m late, but I was having a bit of trouble with my backstop. A single … Continue reading
Posted in books, colours, conversation, drama, Dulltown, existentialism, fashion, humour, information, observations, overheard, puzzle, serendipity, spam, surrealism, writing
Tagged actors, awry, backstop, colour, conversation, dictionary word, discovery, encyclopedias, fashion, late, madness, name change, observations, overheard, phenomenological, poetry, serendipity, sex, spam, style, surrealism, volume X, words, writing
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More of those free Veronica Crush names…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s carefully selected adjectives are: frosty, wonky, pabular, ganoid, azygous, plumularian, and pithy. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Oh good! Another sheet of spare character names from Veronica Crush, writer from the glory days of the Hull Surrealist League, now … Continue reading
Posted in adjectives, art, brain, celebrities, creation, Film, Hull.UK., humour, puzzle, style, surrealism, words, writing
Tagged art, arts, Beverley Rhodend, Caroline Harsh, celebrities, Dame Electra Boon-Seths, dictionary word, discovery, film, free character names, Hull Surrealist League, Michelangelo Antonioni, Monty Tick, serendipity, Simon Tube MA, style, surrealism, Veronica Crush, words, writing
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Just a few short, but pithy items…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s elephant in the room is the one busy rearranging and dusting all the ornaments on the mantelpiece and sideboard using her trunk and a feather duster. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Excuses for being late. No. 396. I’m sorry … Continue reading
Posted in cafe, conversation, Dulltown, existentialism, expletives, food, Grumpiness, history, Hull.UK., humour, information, music, overheard, people, serendipity, spam, surrealism, words, writing
Tagged 1979, arts, bassline, children, conversation, Fender Twin Reverb, history, Knock on Wood, late, music, name change, overheard, poetry, screaming, serendipity, spam, style, surrealism, Utrecht, words, writing
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Sugar of lead with two grains of opium please…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s existential angst is centred around the sound of the word brackish. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Here we go again, visiting that strange world of Britain back in the 1930s. If you had a bit of money back then, … Continue reading
Posted in archeology, books, food, history, humour, information, instruction, learning, photography, religion, surrealism, words, writing
Tagged 1934, brackish, Britain 1930s, dictionary word, history, instruction, opium, photography, potato pudding, powers of distress, proverbs, religion, Scotch marmalade, serendipity, spitting blood, style, sugar of lead, surrealism, The Daily Express Enquire Within, The Lord, to oil clocks, words, writing
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