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Category Archives: Language
Early Spring 2026 Grab Bag o’ Humour
I’ve gotten 3 furniture things over the last 10 years and I have noticed a trend. Each piece needed some assembly. As a result an Allen key was provided. That’s not what was interesting. What was interesting was that each … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Humour, Language, Science, Social Science
Tagged Allen keys, budgeting, bus people, CUSMA, each successive Allen key is smaller, furniture with some assembly, future Allen key users will have smaller hands and stronger muscles, how to pronounce things, iPhone, less torque, London, phones, Pixel phone, ring tones, Samsung phone, saving pennies, Thames, Thamesford, Thamesville
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Crude Mission
I just heard that the first crude mission to the Moon since the seventies will happen shortly. I just wonder what the crude part of it meant. Maybe they’ll be using crude oil. Now that Iran is blocking a lot … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Language, Science
Tagged cavemen will throw a bone, Chevy truck, crewed, crude, crude oil, foul language, giant cannon, giant elastic, Iran, Jules Verne, moon people, no interpreters, no royalty, recycle urine, ship, ship as connonball, Strait of Hormuz, The Moon, the seventies, US, won't be decent
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February 2026 Grab Bag o’ Humour
The first two hands of a clock are the minute hand and the hour hand because they are always present. Some clocks or watches only have these two hands. So they could be called the first and second hands. But … Continue reading
Posted in History, Humour, Language, Mathematics, Social Science
Tagged 67, clock, counting, first hand, history of Canada, hour hand, how capitalism subsidizes, kids, minute hand, NYC renter, prime number, second hand, third hand
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December 2025 Grab Bag o’ Humour
I just saw a McDonald’s ad using the phrase “Up and at M” where M was really the golden arches. But because copyright law rewards the most aggressive companies the most, I now fully expect McDonald’s to sue the Simpsons. … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Humour, Language, Music
Tagged AI slop, Cambridge dictionary, Canada, Catalan production company, Collins dictionary, dictionary.com, Harleys in Hawaii, Justin Trudeau, Katy Perry, Macquarie dictionariy, McDonald's, Oxford dictionary, parasocial, rage bait, six seven, The Simpsons, Up and at M, up and at them, Up and atom, vibe coding
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November 2025 Grab Bag o’ Humour
Kudos to Demi Moore for correcting the pronunciation of her name. It’s not Deh-MEE like we thought many years ago. It’s Duh-MEE as she corrected us. And it does take courage to correct the public. Especially if you know that … Continue reading
October 2025 Grab Bag o’ Humour
Wouldn’t you know it, that a rock star like Steven Tyler would sing the line “Life’s a journey not a destination.” That would be a rock star who has spent half his lifetime touring and thus been on a journey. … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Humour, Language, Music, Science
Tagged artificial intelligence, can't trust names iwth al or ai in them anymore, did not rip off Warner Bros, drugs, every journey has a destination, gangs would never violate copyright, Journey, life on the road, packaging, Road Runna, Steven Tyler
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Attracted by Name
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. People are attracted to professions by their own name. That’s why there are a disproportionate amount of dentists named Dennis, lawyers named Lawrence and judges named Judy. But I believe it … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Language, Social Science
Tagged ball of conceit, Canada, dentist named Dennis, Friends, Golden Triangle, Hamilton, Jon Anderson, judge named Judy, Kitchener, Larry Gowan, Larry Niven, lawyer named Lawrence, mind bending ideas, Montreal, Moonlight Desires, my favourite musical artist, my favourite writer, Ross, Rust belt, Starship Trooper, Toronto, Wurm, Yes
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Money is Time
The idea that money is time was not lost in science fiction. More than once I’ve seen monetary units be credits or person hours. This simple relationship is a sort of skewering of modern capitalist systems. And somehow it feels … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Language, Mathematics, Politics, Science
Tagged burn out, Children should drain wealth, copyright law would give income forever, credits, Elon Musk, entrepreneur, extra money would mean extra time, hard time, jail, life lengtheners, liviing paycheque to paycheque, make it big, money, nice life as own boss, person hours, retirement. the more you save - the longer you live, time
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U-Turn on U-Turns
When I was young I seem to remember the law being different on U-turns. About 40 or 50 years ago I think it was illegal to do a U-turn. This pretty much was the law everywhere in southwestern Ontario. Except … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Language
Tagged 70 years before changeover is complete, hard to enforce, illegal, King Street, Kitchener, legal, LRT, n-turns, real U-turns are dangerous, signs, U-turns, Waterloo
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Early Summer Grab Bag o’ Humour
Let’s not kid ourselves, the Grade 6 lobby is very powerful. What has it done to display its power? Well a few years ago it flexed its muscles and got Pluto demoted as a planet. Why? To make it easier … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Language, Music, Science
Tagged ain't can mean haven't, Another Brickin the Wall Part 2, artificial intelligence, BTO, Chasing Cars, domesticated animal, donkey, female dog, four letter words, grammar, Mercury, mnemonic, near sun asteroid, Pink Floyd, planet, Pluto, seear words, Snow Patrol, You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet, YouTube lyrics
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