Author Archives: Larry Russwurm

About Larry Russwurm

Just another ranter on the Internet. Now in the Fediverse as @admin@larryrusswurm.org

Waterloo Region Citizens

Posted on 10 September 2011 by Larry Russwurm

I’ve had a handful of searches land on my site looking up “geographical humour”. I’m a bit surprised because I thought that those who were into geography were, as a rule, humourless. Since this might not be the case, I … Continue reading →

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The Tag Conspiracy

Posted on 7 September 2011 by Larry Russwurm

It was about 4 years ago when this Hanes ad was given heavy rotation on television. For forty years I had existed without even once consciously thinking that my shirt’s tag made me itchy. But I tell you after seeing … Continue reading →

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“My Shower Curtain is a Slut”

Posted on 3 September 2011 by Larry Russwurm

The following letter was sent to this site as a comment on my post The Horny Shower Curtain. I have moved it over here to its own area for comments: Dear Many Rants of Larry Russwurm, I’ve looked all over … Continue reading →

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Truth in Advertising

Posted on 31 August 2011 by Larry Russwurm

I felt weird the first time I heard the Conservatives of Canada being called Cons. It was even weirder that it was a Conservative Party supporter that I heard it from. I’ve heard it again, also from a Conservative supporter … Continue reading →

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Musicians are Tone Deaf

Posted on 27 August 2011 by Larry Russwurm

Right off the top it might not be all musicians. I am going by all the songs I know in the English speaking world. Why the English language? That, as it turns out, is important. The English language itself has … Continue reading →

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Solving the Exercise Difficulty

Posted on 25 August 2011 by Larry Russwurm

There is a loophole in my post of last week. In that post I explained that couch potatoes if they exercised 15 minutes a day to get 3 years of extra life, this was equivalent to 1.2 years of solid … Continue reading →

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About the New Banner

Posted on 24 August 2011 by Larry Russwurm

Many thanks to my sister Laurel for creating my new banner for this blog. She is very skilled in photo manipulation as evidenced by this banner and creates the best cards from her computer and many pictures she takes. For … Continue reading →

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Hope for Couch Potatoes

Posted on 20 August 2011 by Larry Russwurm

It was a much ballyhooed study that took the media by storm for a day. As little as 15 minutes a day of exercise can add an average of 3 years of extra life. You could tell the media was … Continue reading →

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Superpower: Sun Shielding

Posted on 17 August 2011 by Larry Russwurm

I made myself a deal when I thought of this cartoon. I knew I was going to publish it for today but I didn’t know the how of it. I said if there is an easy to use backward baseball … Continue reading →

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Zombie Jobless Headed Toward Me!

Posted on 13 August 2011 by Larry Russwurm

Here are the straight goods as revealed to me by this article. Windsor, the Canadian city across the river from Detroit, has for awhile held the title of worst economy in Canada. But just recently the title came to London, … Continue reading →

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