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Jokes of Billionaires

Posted on 22 February 2020 by Larry Russwurm

Let’s start locally with this one. Mike Lazaridis of Blackberry fame is still a billionaire. He started and named the Perimeter Institute which is the premiere physics institute in Canada. He used the name Perimeter because he expected that the … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Humour, Politics | Tagged 50 000 new jobs, Amazon, Amazon headquarters, Bill Gates, billionaires, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, giving most of his wealth to charity, humor, humour, is the Donald even a billionaire?, Jeff Bezos, jokes, Mike Bloomberg, Mike Lazaridis, minimum wage jobs, part time jobs, politicians, quality jobs, quantity jobs, starship, temporary jobs, the Democratic party, the Perimeter Institute, the Sun and environs, why is he still getting richer? | Leave a comment

Fun With Flag Burning

Posted on 15 February 2020 by Larry Russwurm

Hate is so common in the nation of Iran that the country supports a business that makes American, Israeli and British flags just for burning. Iran regularly holds protest days in the year so the business is quite steady and … Continue reading →

Posted in Geography, Humour, Politics | Tagged America, could make up reasons to burn a specific country's flag, flag burning, flags, Great Britain, hate, Iran, Iran holds protest days, Isreal, Liberia, making a bigger carbon footprint, moon on flags usually means a Muslim country, Muslim, need to explain to everyone we are burning the Iranian flag, profit off hate, Sunni Muslim, tricolour flags, US state | Leave a comment

Superhero Tryouts: Near Absolute Hero

Posted on 8 February 2020 by Larry Russwurm

“I see an AH on your outfit. So what superhero name are you using?” asked a curious Mother Earth. “It dates from a time when I thought I had the most kick ass power. That was before the testing phase … Continue reading →

Posted in comics, Wee Bit O' Humour | Tagged Absolute Hero, absolute zero, air conditioner and fridges create more heat then they do cold, backpack, cold gun, cold making creates waste heat, exoskeleton with wings, fly to rescue those trapped by fire, flying, keep heat from explosives, laws of thermodynamics, lowest temperature possible, might burn grass or melt asphalt, modesty, Near Absolute Hero, near absolute hero firemen, near absolute hero superheros, put out hotspots, super fireman | Leave a comment

Superhero Tryouts: The Flying Squirrel

Posted on 1 February 2020 by Larry Russwurm

“Let’s get right to the point Flying Squirrel. Just what are your powers?” asked Mother Earth unsure of the costumed man in front of her with webbing between the legs and under his arms. “I’m not sure if I have … Continue reading →

Posted in comics, Sports, Wee Bit O' Humour | Tagged antenna, BASE jumper, BASE jumpers are cooler than skydivers, bridge, Building, can jump successfully from 30 stories and above, cliff, costume with webbing, could kick criminals at landing, criminals might get 20 shots in first, Earth, Flying Squirrel, lock picking, Mother Earth, no trespassing, skydivers, Span, superheros, superheros are cooler than BASE jumpers, The Big Smoke, vigilante, wingsuit, with wingsuit can go 3 feet for every foot dropped | Leave a comment

Superhero Tryouts: Modern Ninja

Posted on 25 January 2020 by Larry Russwurm

“Alright, Modern Ninja, you have shown me your martial arts skills and your use of a couple weapons. But those are just traditional ninja stuff. Explain to me why you call yourself modern,” said the image of Mother Earth that … Continue reading →

Posted in comics, Wee Bit O' Humour | Tagged assassin, cameras look behind to see background, clothing made of video pixels, computer figures what the view should look like without you there, cracker, detain not kill, exoskeleton for strength and agility, eyes are visible, guns with silencers, martial arts, modern ninja, modern ninja because of sex, Mother Earth, ninja, point invisibility, sensors tell what eyes are looking at, weapons mastery | Leave a comment

Superhero Tryouts: The Fire Tosser

Posted on 18 January 2020 by Larry Russwurm

“I am Mother Earth and I call myself a cracker. I can get into any computer system in less than a second and I will help you in any adventures you might have – if you are accepted.” “So I’ll … Continue reading →

Posted in comics, Humour | Tagged computers, cracker, farts, female superhero, fire breather, fire tossing can be lethal, male superhero, Mother Earth, ring of fire cage, smelly power, sparker, superhero, The Fire Tosser, tryouts to ensure safety, welding doors shut, welding the doors on getaway vehicles | Leave a comment

Tail: The Aftermath of the First Patrol

Posted on 11 January 2020 by Larry Russwurm

Police Chief Summers watched as some kind of member slid open the 2nd floor window to his office. The chief knew not to go to it. The strange member came in further and then flexed and in a second the … Continue reading →

Posted in comics, Humour | Tagged breathalyzer, cops are human, cops don't like being called pigs, hog calling, Police Chief Summers, sobriety tests, superhero, Tail, vigilante, vigilantes are human | Leave a comment

I Have to Side With the Adults in the Movie ET

Posted on 4 January 2020 by Larry Russwurm

There are two major scenes that made up my mind against E.T. But just think of the idea that these creatures glow in the dark. Obviously they have lorded it over all the other animals on their homeworld and for … Continue reading →

Posted in Pseudo Science, Science, Science Fiction, SF Criticism, Wee Bit O' Humour | Tagged can cause mass halluciantions, can send motor signals, can send signals, E.T., ET, ET could control a thousand people, ET faked his own death, ET is a powerful telepath, ET is one scary dude, ET the extraterrestrial, flying bicycle, flying bicycles, glow in the dark, homeworld, possibly telekinetic too, presumably other ETs have the same powers, scene is very scary, scene played for laughs, scene where ET wanders and mother unpacks groceries, the extra terrestrial, with distatorship methods could control even more | 1 Comment

Best Posts of the Decade

Posted on 28 December 2019 by Larry Russwurm

This is post number 670 for those of you who care. I do – I’m trying to catch up with the number of episodes of the Simpsons. Hallowe’en either a year ago or two years was episode 666 so I … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements, Wee Bit O' Humour | Tagged Hallowe'en episode of the Simsons was episode 666, Mike Brotherton linked to this blog, next year we see with 2020 vision, race with the Simpsons, The Simpson | Leave a comment

10th Anniversary of This Blog – That’s a Lot of Ranting

Posted on 27 December 2019 by Larry Russwurm

The true anniversary of this blog is on December 20th. My admittedly poor memory thought it was after Christmas in 2009 when I started but it was really before. So it is actually 10 years and a week old. First … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements | Tagged 10th Anniversary!, favourite posts of year, I'll stagnate if I don't get out my superhero stories, superhero posts have been doing worse, tomorrow: favourite posts of the decade | Leave a comment

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