Category Archives: Humour

An Obvious Sign of Refinement

Posted on 6 November 2010 by Larry Russwurm

Can we all just agree that the term “wino” is an abomination on the good name of wine drinkers everywhere. The vast majority of wine drinkers are refined people of good taste and are mostly not concerned where their next … Continue reading →

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Reusing a Political Cartoon

Posted on 1 November 2010 by Larry Russwurm

If you’re a regular reader of this site, you might wonder why I am repeating this political cartoon. It’s quite simple, It fits for new circumstances. Basically James Moore (depicted) held public consultations for a Canadian book policy review. After … Continue reading →

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In Defence of Officer Bubbles

Posted on 26 October 2010 by Larry Russwurm

Some of you may have heard of “Bubbles” the Toronto G20 cop who threatened a female protester (henceforth known as the “force of evil”) with arrest if she blew that bubble and it landed on any law enforcement officer. The … Continue reading →

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Economist’s Isle

Posted on 23 October 2010 by Larry Russwurm

This is the oldest of my noughties cartoons, roughly it dates from 2002. Still, I wanted to publish it due to the effectiveness of its slight against economics. Yes, economics is still considered an art. It’s good to remember this … Continue reading →

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A Simple Fix But With Problems

Posted on 20 October 2010 by Larry Russwurm

Sometimes the simple fix isn’t good enough. In parts of the developed world, population growth peaked with the baby boomers. Now that they are beginning to retire, there aren’t enough people in the younger population to replace all of them … Continue reading →

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They’re Coming

Posted on 16 October 2010 by Larry Russwurm

Asian carp were introduced to the Mississippi over 10 years ago and have spread up that river and into most of its tributaries. Asian carp are an invasive species that push out a lot of the native fish since they … Continue reading →

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Inches in Weight Loss: Ripe for Misdirection

Posted on 9 October 2010 by Larry Russwurm

There needs to be some standard for loss of inches during weight loss, because as it stands, this can be used for deceitful results. There is no scientific standard in this type of reporting although it purports to be more … Continue reading →

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An RPG of Nerds

Posted on 21 September 2010 by Larry Russwurm

Perhaps you’ve heard of one of the English language’s creative sides. That of calling a group of the same animals by a specific word. Like a pod of whales or a gaggle of geese. Some of these can be quite … Continue reading →

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I Believe in Astrology

Posted on 15 September 2010 by Larry Russwurm

It’s certainly not the newspaper horoscopes that have me believing. I used to read the newspaper from start to finish and that included the horoscope. I spent years waiting for what was supposed to happen to my fortune and not … Continue reading →

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Blast From the Past II

Posted on 11 September 2010 by Larry Russwurm

In the 1993/1994 school year, I contributed political cartoons to my York University student newspaper. So all of the following cartoons featuring Jacques O’ Christmas Tree were published in the Lexicon back then. I’ll try to make the jokes clearer … Continue reading →

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