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Author Archives: Larry Russwurm
All Alien Spaceships
What can we say about alien spaceships that hasn’t already been speculated on? Well I just noticed two things that are the same with all alien encounters that are depicted on the screen. The aliens always have lights and some … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Politics, Science, Science Fiction
Tagged "aliens" might be getting rid of cancerous polyps, alien abductees, alien spaceships are lit up and windy, aliens, anal probes, colonoscopy, government helicopters, is government too benevolent, spaceships, stealth helicopters are relatively silent, stealth planes are invisible to radar, UFOs
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More Bad News for Edgar Rice Burroughs
Well actually the man is dead so it’s not that bad of news. I am just bothering to get around to attacking the foundations of his Tarzan series of books. Not because they are bad writing (although coincidences do abound … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Science, Science Fiction
Tagged babies raised by animals, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Greystoke, human babies can't cling as well as ape babies, human babies cry too loud and too long, indigenous people of africa a lot like Tarzan, John Carter, Mars life is very small if real, Pelucidar, raised by apes, raised by wolves, Romulus and Remus, Tarzan, Tarzan yell likely to get a child Tarzan killed
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Superior to Superior
[Most of this post’s ideas are from Wikipedia’s stats about the largest lakes in the world. I was unaware of many of these comparisons until the last decade so I bring them here to you as many more people might … Continue reading
Posted in Geography, Humour
Tagged Canada, Caspian Lake, Caspian Lake is bigger in area than all the great lakes put together, Caspian Lake is deeper than Lake Superior too, Caspian Sea, European settlers gave Lake Superior its name, Lake Baikal contains more water by volume than all the great lakes combined, Lake Huron, Lake Huron-Michigan, Lake Michigan, Lake Superior, Lake Superior is the fourth largest lake by volume, Lake Superior is the third largest lake by area, Lake Tanganyika contains more water than Lake Superior, Lake Victoria, the great lakes, USA
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Felix the Cat “Rewarded” in Britain
Felix has kept the Huddersfield train station in West Yorkshire mouse and rat free since 2011. So the staff at said station has now “promoted” Felix to Senior Pest Controller. To go with the promotion, she was given a name … Continue reading
Symbol Dysmorphia and Scotsmen
Imagine you are a Scotsman, fresh from eating haggis, drinking large quantities of beer, and competing in the caber toss at the local Highland Games, and you have to go to the washroom something fierce. In an effort not to … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, Humour, Politics
Tagged bagpipes, caber toss, Caitlyn Jenner, dresses, genitals, haggis, heterosexuals, high waisted dress, high waisted kilt, Highland Games, kilts, low waisted dress, ne, nem, nemself, nir, pee standing up, Scotsmen, skirts, symbol dysmorphia, the need for three sets of washrooms, they pronouns are plural, transgendered people, transgendered people might like the sex they want to be, transgendered people might like to pee standing up or sneak peeks at women's genitals or be able to overpower a woman, universal washroom symbols, washroom
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Is Heaven Prepared for Good Atheists
In celebration (or is it indifference?) that Pope Francis has said good atheists can go to heaven, I have written a story. Is Heaven Prepared for Good Atheists? On the way up to heaven a Christian noticed another’s lack of … Continue reading
Posted in Wee Bit O' Humour, Writing
Tagged atheists, atheists can go to heaven if good, Christian bling, energy beasts, God, heaven, high tech simulation, perfect copy, Pope Francis, religious experience, soul, telepath, teleport, the nearest intelligent aliens are likely a billion years more advanced, universe is 14 billion years old
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The Dark Side of Astronomy: Would Be Namers
We’ve all heard the story, pay a small price and you can name a star that will be filed by a company. The only problem with this is that professional astronomers do not accept these files. Paying a few bucks … Continue reading
Posted in Humourless, Music, Science
Tagged 88 official constellations, asterism, Big Dipper, Bonnie Malkin, Centaurus, constellation, David Bowie, haven't revealed the name of the constellation yet, Libra, lightning bolt, name a star scams, observatory knew exactly when Bowie died, Octans, reporter can't transcribe names of stars from a star map, Spica, stars are suns, Triangulum Australe, vicinity of Mars, Virgo
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Annoying Americans (Geographically)
Generally the atlases sold in Canadian bookstores are either of British or American origin. The American ones are easy to spot. They use a cartographical method that makes the United States appear larger than Canada. Canada is of course the … Continue reading
Posted in Geography, Humour
Tagged Allegheny, America is too big in American atlases, Americans, Canada is larger than the USA, continental divide, Erie, Gulf of Mexico, Jefferson, Mississippi, Mississippi-Missouri-Jefferson is the fourth longest river on earth, Missouri, Missouri has more flow than the Mississippi, Mount Allegheny, Ohio, Ohio has more flow than the combined Mississippi-Missouri when they meet up, suspicious that the Mississippi flows north=south, the Jefferson Mountains, the Mississippi-Ohio-Missouri becomes the United States divide, the United States divide
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