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Author Archives: Larry Russwurm
September 2024 Grab Bag o’ Humour
Donald Trump will have you believe that he is the most persecuted of all presidents ever. With two attempted assassinations in a few weeks, many might believe this bluster. But Gerald Ford had two attempts on his life within 17 … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Politics
Tagged accent, anti immigration party, boy, bully, conservative stereotype, Conservatives, Donald Trump, Ford pardoned Nixon, Gerald Ford, immigrant wife, most persecuted, most prosecuted, Nixon resigned, Nixon/Ford deal?, Pierre Poilievre, september 1975, two assassination attempts in 17 days, two assassination attempts in a few weeks
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Oasis Fees
The Gallagher brothers are back together and thus the band Oasis has been reunited. Often known more for their fiery fights than the music, Oasis will make a boatload of money for the reunion tour. But Ticketmaster took heat for … Continue reading
Ex RSV
I just realized what may have gone down in the RXV naming meeting. They had a viable vaccine for RSV. So maybe they wanted to name it ex RSV. But they wanted it to be shorter. So they replaced the … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Humour
Tagged billion dollar contract?, Bubly, celebrity, corporations beware, likeable celebrity, Michael Buble, new word, RSV, RXV, vaccine, Wayne Gretzky
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Maybe Boeing is Trying To Do Their Share in Evening Out Passenger Death Rates
Perhaps you have heard that the death rate per 100 million passenger miles varies greatly by method of transportation. This is true as shown by this linked graph. Basically the lowest that passenger cars dips to is 0.5 deaths per … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Mathematics
Tagged Airbus, Boeing, Boeing Starliner, buses, congrats airlines, death rate by transportation method, death rate per 100 million passenger miles, help death rates by being almost perfect, ISS, ISS has about 25 billion miles with zero fatalities, no distracted driving, no drunk driving, no speeding, passenger cars, passenger rail, scheduled airline flight, shoddy workmanship in some Boeing planes
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Guardian Caps
Guardian caps are now allowed in games in the Canadian Football League as well as games in the National Football League. And they look ridiculous. These caps are another layer of protection over the helmet of football players. With this … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Sports
Tagged big head, Bubba Bulbous, Elaine Benes, football players, guardian caps, heads look disproportionately big, helmets, how will we accept aliens if we can't accept guardian caps?, Humpty Dumpty, lessen risk of concussion, Seinfeld, top heavy, trendsetters, we got used to helmets
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Selective Breeding
When it’s not being used to make the snouts of collies even more anteater like, selective breeding can be a powerful thing. Unconsciously we can see it being done when actors marry actors, sports heroes marry sports heroes, musicians marry … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Science, Social Science
Tagged actors, anteater snouts, at best transparent eyelids, at minimum thinner eyelids, could see easily in chlorinated water, harder to kill in sleep, ievolution?, might need an eye mask for sleep, musicians, nepo babies, poor collies, possible to see light through eyelids, see in sandstorm, see in snow storm, selective breeding, some may see direction of light through eyelids, sports heroes, transparent eyelids, wouldn't need covid screen for eyes
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Extra Medals Everywhere
Until this Olympics, I was unaware that two bronze medals were handed out in each boxing weight group. I think this is a bit unfair to other sports. The reasoning is that boxers get hurt more than those in other … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Sports
Tagged 13 weight classes, 3 on 3 basket ball, almost identical game in Canada, American football, boxers get hurt more, boxing, boxing has enough medals, bronze medal match, bronze medal match could be on same day as gold medal match, gold medal match, judo, most positions at 22, Olympics, set of medals for each position in team sports, taekwondo, two bronze medals so fewer fights, weight group, wrestling
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The Chore of Voting
Finally! A politician who finally gets us! Donald Trump has finally offered conservative Christians the idea that they will never have to vote again. Presumably, policy in the future will probably be pro Christian. But I don’t know how he … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Politics
Tagged chores, conservative christians, don't have to prove identity every four years, don't have to wait 10 minutes to vote every 4 years, Donald Trump, how a good Christian must vote, how can Trump speak for other parties?, One less half hour errand every 4 years, politician games, preachers, pro Christian, Trump's so smart you don't even have to vote that one last time, unfortunately will have to vote one more time, voting
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Running Out of Steam
It’s slowly happening. I am running out of humour ideas. Don’t forget, I have to riff on an idea for a whole page or so. Or, if I’m doing a grab bag o’ humour, I have to have a lot … Continue reading
Posted in Humourless
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July Grab Bag o’ Humour
Giant hogweed had a nicer name when it was first exported to North America from Asia. It was supposed to be a nice, big, decorative plant. Oh, the folly of our ancestors! It spread easily and it quite earned the … Continue reading
Posted in Geography, History, Science, Social Science, Sports
Tagged "Gen Z", Argentina, Asia, baby boomers, Canada, Chile, Copa America, Everyone's a Winner, giant hogweed, Hot Chocolate, Lionel Messi, Millennials, North America, participation trophies, Peru, plant is named properly now, reacts to UV in sunlight, sap on outside of stem, soccer, team Canada, Uruguay, Venezuela
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