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Author Archives: Larry Russwurm
Third Eye
It’s only in the last couple of years that I’ve been privy to the info that the red dot some Hindus wear on their foreheads is supposed to represent a third eye. It’s not that I’ve never thought about the … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, Science, Wee Bit O' Humour
Tagged depth perception, Hindu, Hindus might see each other spiritually if they were back to back, optimal third eye position, predator knows where to strike, primate knows where to jump to, red dot on forehead, stereoscopic vision, third eye, third eye might have spiritual sight, try sneaking up on a herbivore, two eyes position for a predator, two eyes position for a primate, two eyes position for herbivore, wrap around vision
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Kitchener-Waterloo, Now With Only One Season
There is a long standing Canadian joke that goes something like this. There are two seasons in Canada, winter and construction. Things happen to a city when it gets big. It’s often said that the biggest cities never sleep. Well … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Geography, Politics, Wry
Tagged big cities never sleep, Canada, construction, high rise work continues in winter, K-W construction no longer halts in winter, Kitchener, Light Rail Transit, LRT, LRT work proceeds in winter, roofers continued in the winter, Waterloo, winter
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CEOs as DJs of the Business World
A “successful” CEO will try to limit her lowest level employees to less-than-inflation wage increases. After all these employees should have gotten better education and skills. It’s their fault that no one at the top speaks for them. Then the … Continue reading
Possible Names for NHL Canadian Expansion Teams
Most Canadians are aware that Gary Bettman, the NHL commisioner is mostly against expansion into new Canadian markets. But I think I have a way to entice him. All we have to do is come up with wonderful names for … Continue reading
Posted in Geography, Humour, Sports
Tagged Big Dekes, Canada, expansion teams, Gary Bettman, Halifax, Hamilton, Hamilton Body Checkers, hockey, Hookers, Kitchener, Kitchener Five Holes, Les Phoque, London, London Little Dekes, Montreal, NHL, Nordiques, Quebec City, Toronto, Toronto Maple Leafs, Toronto Puckers, Winnipeg
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The English Springboard
English sounds like the ideal place to start when learning another language, especially a European language. This is because English steals words from other languages. Indeed this can be seen by the mere fact English has more words than many … Continue reading
Posted in Language, Wry
Tagged English, English only policies are bad, English steals words from other languages, French speaking Canadians can usually speak passable English, has ignorance allowed English-only speakers to excel at many other things, if English speakers who bothered to learn another language throw in with others it might be our downfall, languages, most anglophones don't bother with a second language, other languages are ciphers, saving my brain for things other than language, there are common words between English and many languages
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Football Creep
The Super Bowl is tomorrow so of course this post mentions something about that. But it will be later in the post. For now let’s discuss that other “football”. In another word, I mean soccer. Major League Soccer is the … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Sports
Tagged American football, bowling, Britain, Canadian football, Europe, football, football club, K-W United FC, Major League Soccer, Manchester United, most sports will have bowling in the title, North America, Rose Bowl, soccer, Super Bowl, superbowling, Toronto FC, two pointed ball
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Just How Mutated Were Cinderella’s Feet?
For the sake of argument, lets assume that Cinderella’s feet looked like those of a normal young woman. If that is the case, the only way her foot would be different than the other subjects of her country would be … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, History, Humour, Writing
Tagged an extra toe could have gotten Cinderella burned alive, bunions, Cinderella, Cinderella's feet, corns, correlation between foot size and height, could Cinderella have been very tall or very short, dancing and smiling are easy with orthotics, legal limits to even step sister cruelty, orthotics, pimples, the glass slipper, the prince, warts
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Let’s Chuck the Royal Family
When Queen Elizabeth II passes on the role of being our head of government to her son, Prince Charles, that would be an excellent time for Canada to depose the royal family of Britain from being the titular head of … Continue reading
Posted in Cartoon, Humour, Politics, Social Science
Tagged Brewster's Millions situation, can get rid of the royals without a war, chuck the royal family, cultural mosaic, extra money for charities, jobs held open, lottery to determine the king or queen, Prince Charles, Queen Elizabeth II, ribbon cuttings for cash, the British royal family, the royal family, titular head of government, twenty members of royalty
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Predator Versus …
A predator sitting up in bed and sweating with fear says “I couldn’t see anything! I just felt that breath on my skin and I’d run again! Then it let out that blood curdling ‘Oink, oink!’”
Posted in Cartoon, Humour, Science Fiction, Stage and Screen
Tagged invisibility, mud, oink., pig in mud, pigs, Predator, sweating with fear
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