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Category Archives: Humour
The Amish Wasp
The wasps in my area changed rather suddenly. I am used to the yellow and black wasps which have lived in my area of Southern Ontario all my life. Last month I saw my first black wasp while on my … Continue reading
Posted in Geography, History, Humour
Tagged 2020 wasps, Amish wasps, dress in black, great black wasps, immigrated from Pennsylvania, less swelling, more painful sting, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Dutch, southern Ontario, sphex pensylvanicus, wasps, yellow and black wasps
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Maybe a Leap Day Could Help Canadian Politics
We hear the same refrain from western Canada every election. They already know the results before they are finished voting. Mostly it gets decided in Eastern Standard Time because of Quebec and mostly Ontario. Ontario has one third the population … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Politics
Tagged Australia is almost a day ahead of the Americas, Eastern Standard Time, February 29th 2021, I can't believe the monsters we have federally - better not have them provincially, leap day for Ontario, no spoilers for western Canada, Ontario, Ontario could dominate voting, Ontario has one third of Canada's population, Ontario likes a different party federally and provincially, Quebec, Quebec has almost a quarter of Canada's population, split between rural and urban Ontario would be obvious, staggering voting by time zones, strategic vote, the Americas are almost a day behind Australia, voting with different time zones, western Canada, western Canadians would be done voting before Ontario began
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Everything Bagels
“Look at that sign at that restaurant,” said Matt, one of my group of four friends that were wandering around looking for something to do in our boring little city. “It says ‘our everything bagels truly have everything’. No way … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Language
Tagged can't see or hear or touch the soul, caviar, dinosaur egg, everything bagels, huge egg, Jurassic Park headed off, microscopic black hole, microscopic black holes don't suck everything in, our bagels truly have everything, sign, soul, unfertilized egg, we choose to stop eating at the boundary of the bagel
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Our Favourite Comedians Have No Sense of Humour
Who’s your favourite standup comedian? Or sitcom comedian? Or skit comedian? Ellen Degeneres? Jerry Seinfeld? Kate McKinnon? All of them do not have a sense of humour. First of all let’s look at why. Our society likes to pride itself … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Stage and Screen
Tagged agents, Bill Cosby, Bob Newhart, Carol Burnett, deadpan delivery, Ellen Degeneres, Harvey Korman, humour, Jerry Seinfeld, John Cleese, Kate McKinnon, laugh at your own jokes is prideful and wrong, managers, Monty Python, no sense of humour, politicians never empathize with constituents, promoters, rumoured that a writer laughed himself to death, Saturday Night Live, secret writers have the sense of humour, sitcom comedian, skit comedian, society likes to pride itself on modesty, standup, standup comedian, Tim Conway, writers
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Birth Control for Werewolves
It is said that all a werewolf needs to do is bite you for you to become a werewolf. Indeed most sources seem to think all a werewolf needs to do is break your skin and their saliva will transfer … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Science
Tagged a werewolf might hunt 12 different creatures during full moon, Anthropocene, exponential progression, full moon, human, hunt then hunt again, moon's cycle is 29.5 days, silver bullets, the 34th full moon is when every human is a werewolf, the case for vampires staking vampires, vampires, werewolf, werewolf biting a human leads to more werewolves, werewolves will hunt new werewolves as birth control, werewolves will keep silver bullets close by
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A Quiet Place!
There’s one thing that librarians all over the world have had to do every day at work. It’s just never ending. They have to hush their patrons from time to time. Most people need a quiet environment in order to … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Science Fiction
Tagged A Quiet Place, A Quiet Place monsters hunt you down if you make noise, aliens, could a librarian use these monsters?, hushing people, interstellar travel, librarians, librarians have likely fantasized about these monsters, libraries, library patrons, monsters, people could hear themselves think, race of super powerful librarians, the monsters are bullet proof
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The Last Gen Xer
I’ve been looking at generation lists with their starting points and end points for a long time. Lately Millennials and Baby Boomers have been getting in dust ups so it seems more important now than ever. Firstly Millennials were named … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Social Science
Tagged "Gen Z", 11 year old can't have a baby, 11 years for Gen X, 19 years for Boomers, 19 years for Millenials, A pox on all the other generations, Boomers, gen X, Gen X not big enough to protest, generations, how is 11 years a generation?, Millennials, slipping guide posts
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DJ Experiments with Yes
Dancing in the era of rock has been easy. The majority of rock songs are in 4/4 time and are fairly easy to dance to because of it. I guess that makes it easier to improvise dance moves. I think … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Music, Social Science
Tagged 1980, 1983, 4/4 time, averages out to 4/4 time, bass heavy part, dancing, DJ, DJs, does 70s Yes kill dancing?, Does it Really Happen, long songs, number one on the dance charts, Owner of a Lonely Heart, Paradise by the Dashboard Light, Reggae, rock music, songs with key changes, songs with time changes, Stairway to Heaven, Yes, Yes fans could dance to Yes because they know the songs
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The Big Smoke
“Sit down, Near Absolute Hero, I have something to say to you and this might take a while,” said the lead fire commissioner of the Big Smoke. As Near Absolute Hero sat, the commissioner went on. “Many countries have their … Continue reading
Posted in comics, Humour
Tagged Canada, Dublin, England, Ireland, London, Near Absolute Hero, Near Absolute Hero gets paid by the fire department, ribbing fire crews from the Big Smoke, The Big Smoke, Toronto, Toronto now called the Big Smoke because of legalized pot, You can do cannabis in Canada
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Capturing the Flame Tosser
“There aren’t enough cameras in this area in case the Flame Tosser gives you the slip,” said the image of Mother Earth on Near Absolute Hero‘s smart phone. “Well get the spy satellite that you used to follow Varmint with.” … Continue reading