Category Archives: Humour

Free Fall Vomit

Posted on 3 October 2012 by Larry Russwurm

Space sickness is said to effect 45% of all astronauts in zero gravity. Symptoms can last 3 days and included with the nausea, vomiting can result. Indeed the zero gravity simulation of making a plane fly in parabolas, mimicking weightlessness … Continue reading →

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Country, You Rock

Posted on 29 September 2012 by Larry Russwurm

I’ve heard a country music song use the word rock in its lyrics before. Not as the stone, not as the motion but as the compliment, like in the phrase, “You rock!” I’m fairly certain the compliment definition of rock … Continue reading →

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Mullets and the Amish

Posted on 26 September 2012 by Larry Russwurm

Largely the humour of this post is derived from this serious account of events in Amish parts of Ohio. A group of Amish followers of Samuel Mullet Sr. attacked and cut off the beards of 6 other Amish men and … Continue reading →

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Show Swaps

Posted on 22 September 2012 by Larry Russwurm

In our sort of tolerant society-kind of, we are met with an odd situation. Eric Stonestreet plays a gay character on Modern Family. He is not gay. Neil Patrick Harris plays Barney Stinson on How I Met Your Mother, a … Continue reading →

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There Must be a Stash in the Big Bang Theory

Posted on 19 September 2012 by Larry Russwurm

I feel a kind of ownership over the Big Bang Theory. After all the show features 3 physicists and an engineer. I have 2 ½ years of university level physics to my name. I’ve even been asked about it. But … Continue reading →

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New Beleafs

Posted on 15 September 2012 by Larry Russwurm

I live in the most populous area of hockey mad Canada. The Toronto Maple Leafs are the only hockey team for the entire area which as well as Toronto includes Hamilton, Mississauga and Waterloo Region. Recently ESPN named the Toronto … Continue reading →

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The Earning Dead

Posted on 8 September 2012 by Larry Russwurm

Copyright monopolies vary widely from place to place on this Earth. But the vast majority of countries offer these monopolies and I would say that the United States system of life of the artist plus 70 years (it’s actually more … Continue reading →

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One in the Can

Posted on 25 August 2012 by Larry Russwurm

It happens all the time. A big name star dies and then of course magically (it seems) they have one more film or album “in the can”. Whitney Houston died recently. Of course Sparkle came out after her death. I … Continue reading →

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What Assange Needs Now is a Magician

Posted on 22 August 2012 by Larry Russwurm

Preferably Assange needs a real magician with a specialty in teleportation. But I, like most of you, have heard that all magicians are quacks so this ideal situation may never come to pass. Alright then, unleash the stage magicians. Stage … Continue reading →

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Months Long Vampire Party

Posted on 18 August 2012 by Larry Russwurm

The months long vampire party should just be winding down at the South Pole. The vampires had thrown off the shackles of the daylight cycle and escaped past the Antarctic Circle for the months of permanent darkness. So freeing was … Continue reading →

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