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Delicious picking in the head and brain…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s ancient Egyptian deity, who appears as a man with a headdress of ram’s horns, plumes, sun-discs and cobras, is the god Mandulis. His cult centres are Kalabsha and Philae, and his attribute is Solar. (M) … Continue reading
Posted in archeology, books, brain, food, history, humour, information, instruction, learning, reading, serendipity, style, surrealism, words
Tagged 1934, Ancient Egyptian gods, cobras, conversation, Daily Express Enquire Within, dictionary word, discovery, eating brains, fashion, headdress, history, instruction, Kalabsha, madness, Mandulis, Philae, plumes, ram's horns, red mullet, religion, serendipity, style, surrealism, vulgarity, words, writing
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So, what is it that those TV ads are trying to tell us?…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s very nice insect is the Pantaloon Bee. (PB) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It’s the fragrance for him! – when my IBS flares up – a blocked nose? – it’s our half-price sleep event – relief from constipation? – … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, brain, cool, drama, dreaming, existentialism, food, humour, information, poetry, serendipity, style, surrealism, TV, words
Tagged a blocked nose, advertising, art, arts, existential angst, fragrance, instruction, madness, pantaloon bee, poetry, serendipity, sex, style, surrealism, TV, TV ads, words, writing
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Just some short but pithy items…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s elephant in the room is the one going round annoying everyone trying to sell them insurance. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Excuses for being late. No. 341. I’m sorry I’m late, but I had jackdaws on my finials. A … Continue reading
Posted in brain, conversation, cool, drama, dreaming, Dulltown, existentialism, Grumpiness, Hull.UK., humour, information, observations, overheard, people, radio, seeing, serendipity, surrealism, words, writing
Tagged BBC News, children, conversation, dictionary word, discovery, fruitful, hipster, language, late, madness, misheard, name change, observations, overheard, serendipity, spam, style, surrealism, Tiara name, transportation, TV, words, writing, yob
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The tongue may be decorated with scrolls of butter…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s instruction is to pull away the bubble wrap and quickly pop one or two of the bubbles just for the fun of it; slit the brown tape along the central join and allow the two … Continue reading
Posted in archeology, books, finance, food, history, humour, information, instruction, money, serendipity, style, surrealism, writing
Tagged 1934, advertising, arrest of the debtor, bankruptcy, boiling tongue, bubble-wrap, dictionary word, discovery, history, instruction, madness, mains cord, scrolls of butter, serendipity, style, surrealism, telegrams, The Daily Express Enquire Within, wine biscuits, words, writing
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Doom and the vegetables…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s unusual pencil sharpener is the one shaped like the sound of a golf ball dropping down a hole. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> One of my favourite cafes is the one on the north-east side of the square called … Continue reading
Posted in art, brain, cafe, composition, drama, existentialism, Hull.UK., humour, information, observations, poetry, style, surrealism, swearing, words, writing
Tagged art, arts, beer, Beverley, blue flashing lights, Chellodyne, dictionary word, discovery, Doom, expletives, grinning face, madness, Nellies Beverley, observations, poetry, police van, Saturday Market Beverley, serendipity, Simon Doom, spoem, style, surrealism, The White Horse pub, transportation, words, writing
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Some more Crush characters in the post…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s dictionary words are: Zuni, Zoophorus, Zoilism, zopilote, zwitterion, zoea, and blawort. Please have these words looked up and placed in suitable sentences ready for Professor Mouldie first thing after breakfast tomorrow morning. Should the professor … Continue reading
Posted in art, books, brain, creation, history, Hull.UK., humour, information, reading, surrealism, words, writing
Tagged A Confederacy of Dunces, art, arts, blawort, character names, dictionary word, John Kennedy Toole, Lenin, Lenin hat, madness, Monty Tick, New York, Professor Mouldie, style, surrealism, The Hull Surrealist League, Veronica Crush, words, writing, zoea, Zoilism., Zoophorus, Zuni
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It was a mere speck on Condor’s screen…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s Sir Arthur Conan Doyle quotation is from the Sherlock Holmes story: The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton: Holmes: “See here!” He took a neat little leather case out of a drawer, and opening it he … Continue reading
Posted in archeology, art, books, colours, composition, cool, creation, drawing, fine art prints, history, information, painting, reading, style, writing
Tagged 1956, art, arts, Baker Street, British Pop artists, Captain Condor, colour, discovery, Dr Watson, drawing, Eduardo Paolozzi, history, Lion Annual 1956, painting, Pauline Boty, Peter Blake, photography, Sherlock Holmes, style, words, writing
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