Category Archives: Wee Bit O’ Humour

Liberal Vagueness Might Still Exist for Alternating PMs

Posted on 8 June 2011 by Larry Russwurm

It begins with a simple fact. Federal Liberal leaders since 1887 have alternated between French and English Canadians. That’s 124 years of history. That has changed this year. With the drubbing the federal Liberals took in the last federal election … Continue reading →

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Anchored in Past Tense

Posted on 29 May 2011 by Larry Russwurm

The first thing I thought as I perused my sister Laurie’s draft of her novel Inconstant Moon was that it was unfortunately in present tense. ‘Why is this unfortunate?’ you might ask, and I would tell you that I immediately … Continue reading →

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Approaches by the Other

Posted on 21 May 2011 by Larry Russwurm

Here’s what I have written on a scrap of paper as an idea for this post: Since the weaker members of society are being given more respect, what will we use for insults? Maybe sacrifice the F word and totally … Continue reading →

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It Takes a Village

Posted on 14 May 2011 by Larry Russwurm

C.E.O.’s have got us convinced that they are extremely necessary for a company’s bottom line. Look at the cult of Jobs or the cult of Trump or even the former cult of Iacocca. And what does it matter, in the … Continue reading →

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Policing the Word Police

Posted on 11 May 2011 by Larry Russwurm

I’ve been surfing the net to find what phrase or word has superseded the older and now frowned upon term ‘mentally retarded’. I did it for pure self interest, at first, until I found that the phrase I thought might … Continue reading →

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Blonde Jokes are Racist

Posted on 8 May 2011 by Larry Russwurm

We’ve all heard the dumb blonde jokes. We can feign innocence but we all know these jokes exist precisely to make fun of blondes. No correlation between blonde hair and lowered intelligence has ever been shown to exist. This negative … Continue reading →

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I Might Flip Flop From This Position

Posted on 23 April 2011 by Larry Russwurm

I’ve seen the tag “flip flopper” ruin a politician’s career and I have to wonder why. Sure flip flopping does remind one of that way one can lose an argument or debate. If you contradict yourself or become a hypocrite, … Continue reading →

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Don’t Be Sheeple to the Pollsters

Posted on 21 April 2011 by Larry Russwurm

My memory is long for things I’ve read over and over again, especially numbers, so I want to know what the pollsters are trying to put over on us. You see I remember the polls from the ’80s and even … Continue reading →

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Pseudo Accents II

Posted on 17 April 2011 by Larry Russwurm

The reason I’m enthralled with pseudo accents is that I write science fiction. Of course aliens are likely to have accents to our ears, even if their mouths and voice boxes are identical to ours. And most likely these accents … Continue reading →

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Pseudo Accents

Posted on 15 April 2011 by Larry Russwurm

Perhaps a one word title for this could have been “Dialects” because that word includes the social group identity and not necessarily the regionalism of the word “accent”. Still the word is still not right for all the groups we … Continue reading →

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