Category Archives: Humour

Being Negative About Positronic

Posted on 11 April 2012 by Larry Russwurm

Isaac Asimov filled his robots with positronic brains. Positronic was largely a buzz word. The recently discovered (1940’s) positron inspired the name. Asimov may have known more. Like for instance the positron was the antimatter version of the electron. So … Continue reading →

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Confessions of the Japan Thief

Posted on 7 April 2012 by Larry Russwurm

It was after being locked up for theft by Batman in Gotham City that I heard him speaking to Commissioner Gordon. I don’t know why Batman was being confessional but he said to the Commissioner, “You know Superman has no … Continue reading →

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Drop Dead for Being First, Far East

Posted on 31 March 2012 by Larry Russwurm

What are we in the west shown on New Year’s Eve day? We are fed a diet of videos showing Sydney or Asia or New Zealand whooping it up with fireworks and partying in their earlier day and thus first … Continue reading →

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Putting the Vanity in Vanity Plate

Posted on 29 March 2012 by Larry Russwurm

I’ve been continuing with my trick of using a text box for signs and plates in Bitstrips. That’s the easy way of doing things and I do wonder if I’ll find a way to make a non yellow box or … Continue reading →

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Mercedes Woods

Posted on 28 March 2012 by Larry Russwurm

Is the closeness of the peace symbol to the Mercedes Benz symbol a coincidence? We at Many Rants doubt it. The Mercedes Benz symbol was established first so somehow that car company, through chicanery, got the peaceniks to adopt a … Continue reading →

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Foiled by a Simple Law

Posted on 25 March 2012 by Larry Russwurm

“I figured out how to shut the library computers down!” said my friend in a whisper though I could hear the exclamation mark. I was an easily distracted York University student in the late 1980’s so I simply said “Wha?” … Continue reading →

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Mostest Burger

Posted on 22 March 2012 by Larry Russwurm

I finally figured out how to use ‘scenes’ in Bitstrips. Of course I had a problem with layering in the middle panel where Charles is in front of the fire hydrant but from perspective he should be behind it. Maybe … Continue reading →

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Don’t Worry, 2030 Will Come At Long Last

Posted on 21 March 2012 by Larry Russwurm

The saga of the baby boomers has filled the media for many of the last decades. Like no other group before them or since, they have been coddled. Except possibly in their most recent life milestone, where retirement ages have … Continue reading →

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Survivalist Tipping Point?

Posted on 17 March 2012 by Larry Russwurm

Survivalists and their ilk are probably more common right now, what with the rumoured Mayan end of days coming up (the official story is that just the Mayan calendar runs out – it’s not really an end of life on … Continue reading →

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The Curse of the Cyclops

Posted on 15 March 2012 by Larry Russwurm

Since Bitstrips has a cyclops available for use, I couldn’t resist joking about the one thing I know about a cyclops. There’s lots to play with at the Bitstrips site. I’m going to post a cartoon with that site’s help … Continue reading →

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