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Some more of those Crush names…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s carefully selected adjectives are: umpteen, impolitic, disjaskit, topsyturvy, calumniatory, and snappy. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ah, good old Veronica Crush, writer from the glory days of the Hull Surrealist League, now living in New York with tall tree … Continue reading
Posted in adjectives, creation, Hull.UK., humour, information, people, puzzle, style, surrealism, Uncategorized, words, writing
Tagged arts, calumniatory, dictionary word, discovery, disjaskit, free character names, impolitic, Jacob Rees-Mogg, madness, Monty Tick, snappy., style, surrealism, tall tree surgeon, topsyturvy, unpteen, Veronica Crush, words, writing
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Some more of those small, but pithy items…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s unusual china teapot is the one shaped like the Apollo Lunar Module. (ALM) Looks great on the tea-table, but unfortunately it is a very bad pourer. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Excuses for being late. No. 382. I’m sorry … Continue reading
Posted in brain, conversation, cool, creation, drama, dreaming, Dulltown, existentialism, Film, history, humour, information, music, overheard, people, serendipity, surrealism, theatre, writing
Tagged arts, clutching at straws, conversation, discovery, drinking from a cup on film, film, history, instruction, late, madness, music, name change, observations, oh oh oh oh..., overheard, serendipity, spam, style, surrealism, TV, writing
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Doom in church…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s interesting fish names are: the zebra lionfish, the temperate perch, the tripod fish, the pigfish, the jewel tetra, and the cuckoo wrasse. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Beverley Minster is a beautiful and large ancient church; ‘minster’ is what … Continue reading
Posted in abstract, brain, composition, drama, Dulltown, existentialism, Hull.UK., humour, information, poetry, serendipity, surrealism, words, writing
Tagged advertising, arts, celebrities, discovery, Doom, ne'er-do-well, poetry, serendipity, Simon Doom, smog toast, style, surrealism, the cuckoo wrasse., The Hull Surrealist League, the jewel tetra, the pigfish, the temperate perch, the tripod fish, the zebra lionfish, three sheets to the wind, Tia Maria, words, writing
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Flageolets are used to teach them to pipe…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s elephant in the room is the one attempting to sit down on a flimsy folding footstool. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Have you noticed how old books are a lot heavier than modern ones? My scruffy copy of The … Continue reading
Posted in archeology, books, food, history, humour, information, instruction, learning, reading, serendipity
Tagged 1934, antimonial powder, bird organs, Britain in the 1930s, Bullfinches, Cheirognomy, dictionary word, elephant in the room, flageolet, history, instruction, ipecacuanha, serendipity, The Daily Express Enquire Within, The Google of its day, words, writing
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Grains of sugar…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s carefully selected colours are: Brian brown, Mervyn mauve, Yolande yellow, Barry butterscotch, Gwendolyn grey, Rudolph red, and that strange pale turquoise of Aunt Betty’s posh going-to-weddings hat. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ‘Little things…’ ‘Eh?’ ‘Small items of…’ ‘Of … Continue reading
Posted in brain, colours, composition, conversation, creation, drama, existentialism, humour, information, science, surrealism, thinking
Tagged Aunt Betty, cheese and onion, colour, conversation, dictionary word, discovery, existential angst, Guinness, madness, multiple uiniverses, Planck, Planck length, quarks, religion, surrealism, the quantum world, words, writing
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It’s moustaches and supermarket trolleys today…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s quotation is from the 1976 novel Harry Bleachbaker by N F Simpson: ‘What in your experience, was the best time of the day for sympathizing? Was there any special time? Some people say that sympathy … Continue reading
Posted in art, books, brain, colours, composition, cool, creation, Dulltown, Hull.UK., humour, information, photography, reading, seeing, serendipity, surrealism, writing
Tagged 1976, art, arts, colour, conversation piece, discovery, Harry Bleachbaker, madness, moustaches, N F Simpson, observations, pastoral scene, photography, red ball, serendipity, shadow, style, Supermarket Trolleys, surrealism, sympathizing, writing
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The smell of spam in the morning…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s unusual china teapot is the one shaped like the honk of a distant steamship on a cold cold December night. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> As I’m sure you are aware dear reader, I occasionally share a selection from … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, brain, composition, finance, food, humour, information, photography, poetry, reading, religion, serendipity, surrealism, words, writing
Tagged advertising, arts, cold December night, dictionary word, discovery, dwindle, God likes it, honk of a steamship, instruction, madness, Mommy, photography, poetry, religion, serendipity, spam, style, Sunday School, surrealism, unusual china teapot, withbout, words, writing
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