Go back

An ode to the glass (of milk)

Opinions
EIC
EIC
2 min.
0
1590

Each week, one of The Peak’s editors must write an Editor’s Voice — a column where we say something profound, or muse about the world around us in a way not often encouraged in our own sections.

These articles usually give advice on how you should live your life, with the help of our many years of great experience. Well, I don’t have much of that stuff. I’m sure I could spin you a yarn about joining some clubs, writing for the sports section — you know, one about getting out and doing things. But that would be boring, with a capital B.

Instead, I will expound my philosophies on milk, as it’s a great drink. But milk doesn’t get the respect that it deserves. Sure, most of us drink milk with dinner, we have milk in our cereals, but do we ever appreciate how good it actually tastes?

Firstly, milk just tastes awesome. Milk is a superb drink just to consume on its own, like pop or other tasty, sugary beverages. I think milk often gets lumped in with boring drinks like water, but really, that’s unfair. Water is tasteless, and unless I’m going to bed or I’m in the hot sun, it’s not something I really want to drink. There’s just something to milk that’s not there in water.

Who first went up to a cow, grabbed its udder, and said, ‘hey, we should drink this?’

Milk enhances the flavours of every meal; it seems to add so much to food — just like how wine apparently brings out all the flavours in some foods (or something like that, I don’t spend all day hanging with wine connoisseurs).

Some meals, such as spaghetti, or pizza seem incomplete without a glass of milk or two, or three, or more. Without milk, one of my favourite dishes becomes just another silly ol’ meal.

And who decided to start drinking milk, anyway? Who went up to a cow and grabbed its udder, and said, ‘hey, we should drink this?’ Good on them, but can you imagine? Just going up to a cow, grabbing its teets, and drinking the nefarious result. Probably some cave-dude too. Thank you, you wonderful cow pervert.

(I sure hope I did not subconsciously take this riff from some stand up comedian. If I did, I’m udderly sorry.)

You’re now probably wondering, ‘what should I get out of this most informative column?’ Appreciate your milk! Gulp it down with pride. Stuff yourself until you’re the kind of full that only milk can make you. And remember, milk is better than water — all the cool kids drink it.

Web Editor’s Note: We decided since he loved milk so much, Austin should “eat his words” – check out the video of what went down here: Mr. Milk Monster Gets It

Was this article helpful?
0
0

Leave a Reply

Block title

New immunotherapy treatment provides hope for aggressive cancer

News Peak Web -
By: Lucaiah Smith-Miodownik, News Writer Surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy are often recognized as the three most common forms of cancer treatment. Sometimes, the latter two approaches become no longer effective when cancers become drug resistant, allowing the cells to further spread. At the University of Calgary, however, promising developments in immunotherapy intervention seek to provide alternative treatment when common therapies are not viable.  Cells continually divide to replenish dying cells, but certain gene mutations can create cancer cells, which divide and spread in an uncontrolled manner. The human body naturally defends itself from cancerous cells, though sometimes they can “hide from the immune system and avoid being destroyed,” according to the Canadian Cancer Society. Immunotherapy seeks to help strengthen the ability to recognize and fight...

Read Next

Block title

New immunotherapy treatment provides hope for aggressive cancer

News Peak Web -
By: Lucaiah Smith-Miodownik, News Writer Surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy are often recognized as the three most common forms of cancer treatment. Sometimes, the latter two approaches become no longer effective when cancers become drug resistant, allowing the cells to further spread. At the University of Calgary, however, promising developments in immunotherapy intervention seek to provide alternative treatment when common therapies are not viable.  Cells continually divide to replenish dying cells, but certain gene mutations can create cancer cells, which divide and spread in an uncontrolled manner. The human body naturally defends itself from cancerous cells, though sometimes they can “hide from the immune system and avoid being destroyed,” according to the Canadian Cancer Society. Immunotherapy seeks to help strengthen the ability to recognize and fight...

Block title

New immunotherapy treatment provides hope for aggressive cancer

News Peak Web -
By: Lucaiah Smith-Miodownik, News Writer Surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy are often recognized as the three most common forms of cancer treatment. Sometimes, the latter two approaches become no longer effective when cancers become drug resistant, allowing the cells to further spread. At the University of Calgary, however, promising developments in immunotherapy intervention seek to provide alternative treatment when common therapies are not viable.  Cells continually divide to replenish dying cells, but certain gene mutations can create cancer cells, which divide and spread in an uncontrolled manner. The human body naturally defends itself from cancerous cells, though sometimes they can “hide from the immune system and avoid being destroyed,” according to the Canadian Cancer Society. Immunotherapy seeks to help strengthen the ability to recognize and fight...

Simon Fraser University’s independent student newspaper since 1965.

For advertising inquiries: [email protected]
For promotional inquiries: [email protected]

© The Peak Publications Society

Simon Fraser University’s independent student newspaper since 1965.

For advertising inquiries: [email protected]
For promotional inquiries: [email protected]

© The Peak Publications Society