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Category Archives: Humour
On a Scale of Toughest to Wimpiest
It is overwhelmingly agreed that motorcyclists are tough as nails. They brave traffic with nothing to protect themselves but helmets and leather jackets. Every car on the road has a weight and hardness advantage over a motorcyclist. We don’t want … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Politics, Social Science
Tagged accidents?, better licence, bicyclists, cars, commercial trucks, crashes, drivers, helmets, jaywalkers, leather jackets, minivans, motorcyclists, our roads, pedestrians, pickup trucks, road graters, snowplows, SUVs, toughest, traffic, wimpiest
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Favourite Dog Breed?
I think that if I were to poll people about their favourite animal, I believe at or very near the top of that list would be dogs. It’s hard to argue that they aren’t the most loyal animal. And the … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Pets
Tagged bread to be low, bred for defining characteristics, bred for length, breed, Dachshund races are fun, Dachshunds, dog, favourite animal, fur will wear off, man's best friend, Mohawk, most hated animal, most loyal, selective breeding, short fur, snake, snake Dachshund, snakelike, will get longer, will get lower
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Why Red Should Be Your Favourite Colour
Have you ever heard of red light therapy? That’s when red light is shone on your skin to help with various skin problems. It’s supposed to reduce wrinkles and help treat acne and scars. As well it’s supposed to help … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Science
Tagged acne, Andromeda, appearance of skin, astronomy, bad for sleep, blue light, Doppler shift, galaxies going away from us, galaxy coming toward us, keep dark adaption, lose dark adaption, Milky Way, Oort cloud, other flashlights, red flashlights, red light, red light therapy, red shift blue shift, scars, suppresses the production of melatonin, will hit in 5 billion years. stars will miss, wrinkles
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Early Spring 2026 Grab Bag o’ Humour
I’ve gotten 3 furniture things over the last 10 years and I have noticed a trend. Each piece needed some assembly. As a result an Allen key was provided. That’s not what was interesting. What was interesting was that each … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Humour, Language, Science, Social Science
Tagged Allen keys, budgeting, bus people, CUSMA, each successive Allen key is smaller, furniture with some assembly, future Allen key users will have smaller hands and stronger muscles, how to pronounce things, iPhone, less torque, London, phones, Pixel phone, ring tones, Samsung phone, saving pennies, Thames, Thamesford, Thamesville
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Crude Mission
I just heard that the first crude mission to the Moon since the seventies will happen shortly. I just wonder what the crude part of it meant. Maybe they’ll be using crude oil. Now that Iran is blocking a lot … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Language, Science
Tagged cavemen will throw a bone, Chevy truck, crewed, crude, crude oil, foul language, giant cannon, giant elastic, Iran, Jules Verne, moon people, no interpreters, no royalty, recycle urine, ship, ship as connonball, Strait of Hormuz, The Moon, the seventies, US, won't be decent
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March 2026 Grab Bag o’ Humour
Every ten years or so, there is a blockbuster cartoon movie about basketball. Goat is the current edition of such a societal trend. The other sports are jealous. I used to assume that basketball was the third most lucrative sport … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Cartoon, Humour, Social Science, Sports
Tagged addiction, alcohol, bald, Baseball is number three sport in NA, basketball, basketball is the number two sport in NA, basketbball more popular than baseball, blockbustoor animated film, cigarettes, coffee, Football is the number one sport, gay love story, Goat, Heated Rivalry, Hockey is the number 4 sport in NA, Kojak, Lex Luthor, LGBTQ+, McDonald's, Mr. Clean, peanut butter, retire mascot, smooth
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Hospital Ship for Greenland?
Rump recently said he would send a hospital ship to Greenland. This is, of course, an attempt at bribing Greenlanders that falls flat on its face. You see, Greenlanders already have free health care. If Rump sends a hospital ship, … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Politics
Tagged 'rump, bribe, don't get sick in winter, FIFA peace prize, foreigners might get free health care, free health care, Greenland, hospital ship, misses with a needle, misses with a swab, misses with scalpel, pulling back free healthcare in US, rich get richer, sea sickness, tanking poll numbers, the White House, wouldn't want surgery on a hospital ship
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February 2026 Grab Bag o’ Humour
The first two hands of a clock are the minute hand and the hour hand because they are always present. Some clocks or watches only have these two hands. So they could be called the first and second hands. But … Continue reading
Posted in History, Humour, Language, Mathematics, Social Science
Tagged 67, clock, counting, first hand, history of Canada, hour hand, how capitalism subsidizes, kids, minute hand, NYC renter, prime number, second hand, third hand
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A Stupid Name
The Las Vegas hockey team chose a stupid name for their players. The Golden Knights implies they wear a suit of armour made of gold, This is a ridiculous idea. First of all gold is a denser material than the … Continue reading
Posted in History, Humour, Mathematics, Science, Sports
Tagged 2.5 times denser than steel, about half a billion dollars to outfit the Golden Knights, armour of gold, average golden suit would cost $20 million, density, gold is malleable, gold is very dense, Golden Knights, golden suit of armour would be 250 pounds, Las Vegas, steel suit of armour is 50 pounds, twice the thickness
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On Musical Roads
At the link you can read about the musical road in Hungary. If you play the video you can hear it as the car drives over the musical road. Apparently it only plays when the car is moving at the … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Music, Politics
Tagged Baby Shark, cacophony, cameras with radar guns, copyright, designed to keep cars moving at proper speed, ear worm, how is copyright calculated, Hungary, incomplete song, musical road, secondary road wouldn't continue song, speeding, what if radio competes?, what if there's an intersection
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