Category Archives: Wee Bit O’ Humour

Help From Beyond the Grave

Posted on 6 July 2024 by Larry Russwurm

When I first began writing regularly, many years ago, I used to play my favourite songs to get me in the right frame of mind to tell stories. Initially, it did get me going for my first painful years of … Continue reading →

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How Pure Are Your Virgins and Extra-Virgins?

Posted on 22 June 2024 by Larry Russwurm

Olive oil is becoming scarce because of a drought in Spain, one of the major producers of this oil. Before this, there were already fake olive oils floating around. With scarcity, this means that there is probably even more fake … Continue reading →

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The Enhanced Games

Posted on 10 February 2024 by Larry Russwurm

The Enhanced Games might actually get off the ground and offer a place where athletes can use steroids and other scientific enhancements while competing. They hope to get the “real” world records. And if you care to say that this … Continue reading →

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Average Girls

Posted on 13 January 2024 by Larry Russwurm

It’s easy to pick on someone when they have characteristics which aren’t like yours. That person is too fat, for example. But it’s not the fat you have an issue with. It’s their lack of averageness. This frees you up … Continue reading →

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Unending Hair Growth

Posted on 23 December 2023 by Larry Russwurm

The problem with unending hair growth for early humans, is that it would literally trip up our ancestors. This could spell trouble both when running from predators and running in when killing prey. Indeed, back then, I bet baldness was … Continue reading →

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The Six Basic Characters and Five Basic Settings

Posted on 9 December 2023 by Larry Russwurm

If you have delved into writing for any large degree you must have come across the idea (or the book) that there are seven basic plots. Now I am not going to tell you what these seven are (some have … Continue reading →

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Leaning Towers

Posted on 2 December 2023 by Larry Russwurm

I’m not sure quite how they do it but architects and engineers seem to know when the Leaning Tower of Pisa and the Millennium Tower in San Francisco are relatively stable. They’ve held up this long so far. But maybe, … Continue reading →

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Pronouncing Sikh

Posted on 18 November 2023 by Larry Russwurm

When I was young I swear the news media as a whole used to pronounce the name Sikh as seek. It’s only in the last number of years that the whole of the news media changed to pronouncing members of … Continue reading →

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Dystopias Over Utopias?

Posted on 16 September 2023 by Larry Russwurm

It seems to me there is a predilection in modern science fiction to discount all utopias but not to do the same with the dystopias. While I agree that utopias are generally out of reach for societies, there seems to … Continue reading →

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Don’t Believe We’ve Been on the Moon?

Posted on 9 September 2023 by Larry Russwurm

I could try to lead you to that revelation. Like saying we can easily see satellites circling and the International Space Station, if you cared to actually observe. Getting to the moon is only a couple steps beyond this. But … Continue reading →

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