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Author Archives: Larry Russwurm
Guaranteed Way of Beating the Freshman 15
The much dreaded “Freshman 15” refers to the gain of 15 pounds by university and college freshmen. We know this pitfall exists so why haven’t we done anything about this? In this era of increased obesity amongst younger people maybe … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Social Science
Tagged 15 pounds of weight gain, avoid first job 15 as well, avoid stressors to not gain weight, build new high schools every 4 years, expensive colleges and universities would disappear, freshman 15, obesity epidemic, real commuting would fall off, stay in high school to avoid the freshman 15, telecommute to post secondary education, telecommute to work, war on obesity
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Replacing the Few With the Many
A couple albums ago, the band Yes was faced with the prospect of not having a keyboardist. Big things are expected of a Yes keyboardist because such people as Rick Wakeman, Tony Kaye, Geoff Downes, Patrick Moraz and Igor Khoroshev … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Music
Tagged Chris Squire, Jon Anderson sounds like Mickey Mouse on helium, prog rock, progressive rock, replacing a drummer with a marching band, replacing a guitarist with a big band, replacing a keyboardist with an orchestra, replacing a singer with a choir, two hundred musician band, Yes
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Baby Boomers Were Crooks
I may not prove the title in an air tight way in this rant. I am just going to posit this statement and make suggestions for how I see things. Others have danced around the obvious here. They have shown … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Politics, Wry
Tagged at minimum there were more crimes in boomers' youth because there are more boomers, baby boomers, baby boomers were crooks, baby boomers will always be a marketer's darlings, crime has fallen since boomers were young, did less guidance cause boomers to be crooks, drug culture grew with the boomers, gen X, gen Xers, North America, the Crooked Generation, US presidents who were boomers did drugs, violent crime has fallen since baby boomers were young adults, young adults
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Maybe You Can Take It With You
‘You can take it with you’ is what the ancient Egyptians were told. This led to huge tombs for the rich, where not only did they mummify your remains, but they also gave you a large stock of what you … Continue reading
Creating the Feel of an Incumbent
Being the incumbent is a giant aid in politics. That’s why the incumbent’s signs say re-elect so and so.If the incumbent wasn’t favoured, those signs would all say more simply elect so and so. But right now the Kitchener, Canada … Continue reading
Science Leaks
Not only does Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper muzzle government scientists, but now in a strange new twist he has begun taking the limelight for their discoveries. One of the ships from the 1845 Franklin Expedition was found. The Franklin … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Science, Wry
Tagged Canada, climate change scientists muzzled by petro government, Franklin Expedition, Harper muzzles scientist, Harper slows science, Harper takes credit for scientific discoveries, Northwest passage, scienceleaks, Scienceleaks would have more teeth than Wikileaks, Stephen harper, the Arctic, top secret, transparency is important in science
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) @ ^^ ^, I’m Good
I like to think of this site as having a sort of offbeat yet highbrow humour. But search results cut my ego down to size. One of the most popular searches that leads to this site is: “spelling sh*t with … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Language
Tagged ampersand sort of looks like a curvy E, bass clef is F, close bracket as D, d*mmit, exclamation mark as I. plus as t, f*c, h*ll, Michael Jackson's Bad, open brackets symbol can be C, pound sterling symbol looks like L, short vowel symbol can be U, spelling d*mn with symbols, spelling sh*t with symbols, substituting swear words for symbols now takes an ominous turn, swear words, the pound symbol contains an H, treble clef is G, two carets as M. one caret as N
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Does Nature Equal Cats?
So does nature = cats ? Yes, if nature demands you feed and water it, clean its litter, and pet it if it is so inclined.
Posted in Cartoon, Pets, Science, Wry
Tagged cats, cats abhor a vacuum, nature abhors a vacuum, nature is sometimes fussy like a cat, power of a vacuum, vacuum
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Homophone Poem
“Don’t tarry Terry,” Said hairy Harry, “Parry Perry, Bury Barry, Carry Carrie, And marry Mary!” While this homophone poem may have been observed in the past, it might have been uncovered in another accent where bury might not be a … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Language, Writing
Tagged have all simple things been done before?, homophone, poem
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Yuk! Mint!
Let’s look at brushing our teeth. First of all we are supposed to brush after every meal according to dentists. But, as well, we are supposed to leave 20-30 minutes after our meal before brushing. And it is common European … Continue reading
Posted in Social Science, Wry
Tagged does morning breath interfere with tasting, mint, non mint toothpaste, pair flavours of toothpaste with different foods, professional tasters, sodium laureth sulfate, taste of mint can't go with every taste, tasting without brushing, toothpaste, toothpaste foamer makes everything taste bad, unflavoured toothpaste, wine taster
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