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One or two shortish items…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s colours are: bunker black, oracle orange, gush green, broomstick brown, yawning yellow, panic purple, and rocket red. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Excuses for being late. No. 336. I’m sorry I’m late, but I got carried away polishing my … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, art, colours, conversation, cool, creation, design, Dulltown, Hull.UK., humour, information, observations, overheard, seeing, style, surrealism, words
Tagged advertising, art, arts, bagpipes, clouds, colour, conversation, discovery, double decker, garden shed, Hull - UK City of Culture 2017, large bra, late, madness, misheard, observations, overheard, painting, photography, rocket red, serendipity, spam, Stagecoach bus, style, surrealism, tiers and tears, transportation, words, writing
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Excuse me, why are you standing like that?…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s elephant in the room is the one turning all the furniture upside down looking for her lost spectacles. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> In the middle of the pedestrianised area in town yesterday there was a group of people … Continue reading
Posted in brain, cafe, celebrities, cool, drama, drawing, Hull.UK., humour, observations, serendipity, smiling, style, writing
Tagged celebrities, chatting up, cheeky bastard, Collossus at Rhodes, Conservative Party Conference, conversation, drawing, elephant in the room, fashion, observations, pose, posture, serendipity, style, surrealism, Theresa May posing, words, writing
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The flesh is flaccid when they are getting bad from keeping…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s Raymond Chandler quotation is from his 1949 novel The Little Sister (By the way, inside the cover of my rather old and scruffy hardback copy of the book there is a little green book-shaped sticker … Continue reading
Posted in archeology, books, food, history, humour, information, instruction, learning, reading, serendipity, surrealism, words, writing
Tagged 1934, 1949, 2000 eggs, Adolph H., anodyne, Daily Express Enquire Within, dictionary word, discovery, history, instruction, madness, Raymond Chandler, ruffing, serendipity, style, surrealism, tenace, The Little Sister, to stuff birds, whist, words, writing
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‘With a wire brush to promote early release…’
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s colours are: brackish black, porcupine pink, acrobatic azure, broom brown, voluptuous violet and ‘orrible orange. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Now, what’s this drab little book with the dark red cloth cover and the cream coloured spine – goodness … Continue reading
Posted in archeology, books, colours, conversation, cool, history, humour, instruction, learning, reading, war
Tagged 1954, Albert and Madge, colour, conversation, discovery, drawing, gadgets magazine, glass globe, glycerine, history, instruction, style, suction cup, surrealism, The 1954 Gadgets Annual, time delay, tippy-toes, words, writing
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Mail Art Postcard No. 4627…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s Raymond Chandler quotation is from his 1943 novel The High Window: His cheeks were shiny and his short sharp nose looked as if it had hung over a lot of quick ones in its time. … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, art, books, brain, celebrities, cool, drama, humour, Mail Art, mind, serendipity, style, surrealism, TV, words, writing
Tagged art, arts, celebrities, dictionary word, discovery, Hokey Cokey, Hoover collar, madness, Mail Art, mail art postcards, Raymond Chandler, rene magritte, serendipity, simulacrum, string tie, style, surrealism, The High Window, TV, What's On TV, Wordly Wise James McDonald, words, writing
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Bossy Bates was the bully of the fourth…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s honoured guests are the Pope Francis lookalike twins Barbara and Maude Fush – do come on up and sit on your papal thrones, my word, I can smell the myrrh in your incense from here!… … Continue reading
Posted in archeology, art, books, celebrities, drawing, history, humour, reading, school, surrealism
Tagged 1956, art, arts, celebrities, children, discovery, history, impulse buy, Lion Annual 1956, lookalike twins, madness, myrrh, painting, papal thrones, Pope Francis, serendipity, style, surrealism, the British colonies, The Secret Chimp, words, writing
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So, I decided to call it ‘Hey up Ryuk!’…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s ancient Egyptian deity is the scarab beetle, or the man with a scarab beetle for his head, the god Khepri – he is the creator, and his attribute is solar. (K) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Dear reader, as … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, archeology, art, books, composition, creation, history, humour, information, music, words
Tagged advertising, art, arts, Atari Computers, Death Note, dictionary word, drawing, film, history, jack of all trades, music, painting, photography, Ryuk, sculpture, serendipity, SoundCloud, style, surrealism, synthesisers, Taylors of Harrogate Yorkshire Tea, words, writing
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