Category Archives: Humour

October 2025 Grab Bag o’ Humour

Wouldn’t you know it, that a rock star like Steven Tyler would sing the line “Life’s a journey not a destination.” That would be a rock star who has spent half his lifetime touring and thus been on a journey. … Continue reading

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Attracted by Name

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. People are attracted to professions by their own name. That’s why there are a disproportionate amount of dentists named Dennis, lawyers named Lawrence and judges named Judy. But I believe it … Continue reading

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Poop!

Don’t be surprised if aliens think we want poop. We take our dogs for a walk just so they can poop in front of us. Then, carefully, we pick it up until we can dispose of it. Then we call … Continue reading

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Elon Musk and His Time Machine

Elon Musk likes to be in the middle of the latest technology. That’s why he’s involved with Tesla, Space X and Neuralink. But the one he will never tell us about is time travel. He heard about a time travel … Continue reading

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U-Turn on U-Turns

When I was young I seem to remember the law being different on U-turns. About 40 or 50 years ago I think it was illegal to do a U-turn. This pretty much was the law everywhere in southwestern Ontario. Except … Continue reading

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2 Strategies for Multiple Lead Singers

From what I’ve heard there are a couple of strategies when having multiple lead singers in a band. The first strategy is to have obvious differences between the lead singers so one can easily tell the voices apart. This Strategy … Continue reading

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July 2025 Grab Bag o’ Humour

A couple was spooning at a Coldplay concert where a kiss cam caught them. Then realizing they were on camera, the couple pulled apart where the woman hid her face in her hands and then turned away while the man … Continue reading

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Elmira, Sartins, and Hockey

Elmira, Ontario is a growing town of over 10 000 people north of Kitchener- Waterloo. It’s mainly a farming community whose largest crop is that of Martins. Martins make up almost a full half of the Elmira area’s residents. They … Continue reading

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Early Summer Grab Bag o’ Humour

Let’s not kid ourselves, the Grade 6 lobby is very powerful. What has it done to display its power? Well a few years ago it flexed its muscles and got Pluto demoted as a planet. Why? To make it easier … Continue reading

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The New Gladiators

Hockey includes fighting. This should be obvious because they have a penalty called fighting which they use quite commonly. But in hockey the name fighting is of a very narrow usage. What they really mean is boxing. If hockey were … Continue reading

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