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Category Archives: Language
Fight, Flight or Freeze
It may have been Jewel’s song, Standing Still, where I first had an inkling that a fight or flight response might be too simplistic. Here’s her relevant lyrics, “Between fight and flight is the blind man’s sight and a choice … Continue reading
Posted in Language, Music, Science
Tagged adrenaline, army or police might think it's fight or flight, blind man, fight, flight, freeze, Jewel, memory is better, mind speeds up, observe and report, parent killed, reporter, security guard, someone in group killed, Standing Still, the blind shouldn't fight, the blind shouldn't run
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Hockey Sandwich – Grab Bag o’ Humour
Let’s go back to the Four Nations Cup. In the first game with Canada against the US, the Americans started 3 fights in the first 10 seconds. This surprising turn of events, eventually led to the Americans defeating Canada in … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Language, Sports
Tagged Atlanta, Atlanta Flames, Atlanta Thrashers, Calgary Flames, Canada, emotion, fights, Four Nations Cup, Hamilton, NHL teams, Ptolemy, Quebec City, quitters, silent letters in writing, time machine, U.S., Winnipeg Jets
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Consonants Need Vowels?
I remember being told that consonants need vowels by one of my elementary school teachers. I remember repeating this to my oldest sister, Lynda, after she had a kid or two. Lynda said no you don’t need a vowel sound … Continue reading
Posted in Language
Tagged consonants, consonants need vowels, Electric Company, elementary school, invisible vowel, mmm, pre talking, shhh, short oo shound, soft g, speaking, sss, vowels, zhhh, zzz
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November 2024 Grab Bag o’ Humour
Let’s say you wish to swear geographically. What would be the best way to go about this? Well you may be up Schitt’s Creek without a paddle. What the Fukishima is wrong with me? If you don’t like it you … Continue reading
Rogaine Rogan
Joe Rogan is a famous podcaster. You may not be aware of the fact that people are attracted to their own names or very similar names. For instance Lawrences often become lawyers and Dennises often become dentists. So that’s why … Continue reading
Posted in Language, Science, Social Science, Stage and Screen
Tagged Dennis, dentist, do a 360 for full shave, esophagus, food trapped, hairy back?, Joe Rogan, Joe Rogan is bald, Lawrence, lawyer, manual razors on string, podcasting, Rogaine, Rogan, Rogen, Seth Rogen, starve to death, sword swallowing
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June 2024 Grab Bag o’ Humour
The Professional Women’s Hockey League (the PWHL) has as it’s championship trophy, the Walter Cup. I have to question the name of said cup. It’s not as if I like telling women what to do (Indeed I don’t like doing … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Language, Mathematics, Sports
Tagged Austin, comb. fork, Dallas, feminine name, Fort Worth, Houston, masculine name, people's names, Professional Womens Hockey League, PWHL, San Antonio, Texans imaginative?, Texas, the Walter Cup, trident, Walters is a surname, Y in the road
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Alliteration
Alliteration is the use of the same starting letter in a name or a phrase. I like to think of it as being a literature because it seems the further away from literature you are, the more it is likely … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Language, Writing
Tagged a literature, alliteration, cartoony feel, disney cartoons, freestyle rap, leterature shuns rhymes, literature, Lord of the Rings poems, Marvel comics, music lyrics rhyme, rap lyrics rhyme, rhyming, science fiction poems, tacky, Warner Bros. Cartoons
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Las Leaders
Los leaders of Los Angeles and Las Vegas have just started to build a high speed train line between the two cities. The bullet train that it could carry, would exceed speeds of 300 km/ h. This would be a … Continue reading
Posted in Geography, Humour, Language
Tagged 1st in the United States, 2028 Olympics, bullet train, California, casinos, gambling, las leaders, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, los line, Mrs. Claus, San Francisco, Santa, Santa Claus, Spanish saints, superstition, taxpayer, the saint line, Vegas
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April 2024 Grab Bag o’ Humour
In many activities, it is common to celebrate with champagne. Sure you can use sparkling wine but most people are a slight bit snobbish and must have the more expensive, brand name champagne. Why is this? Well I can’t speak … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Language, Politics, Social Science
Tagged carbon tax, Champ, champagne, champignon, Conservatives, english speaking world, French, harness racing, horse race, horses, McDonald's, mental well being, mushroom, negative nellies, quarterpounder, rebate, sparkling water, thirdpounder
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