Humour

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TA successfully bluffs way through seminar without doing any of the readings

EIC January 26, 2015

Proving yet again that just because something’s a “required reading” doesn’t mean you actually have to read it, a teaching assistant in SFU’s English department coasted through last Monday’s 8:30 a.m. seminar to a somewhat satisfying degree. “It’s really not that hard,” TA Janet Ellis, 28, told The Peak after the harrowing venture took place. “I just listen to what the students are saying and then mash a few of their answers together to make my own response. I can’t believe none of them have noticed yet.” While Ellis says that she tries to keep up with all of the…

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This week in Comics

EIC January 25, 2015

Ichabod, the worm that wanted to fly (Rachelle Tjahyana)   Filbert Cartoons (L.A. Bonte)   Minds of the moment (Kenneth Uzodinma) Pun 2 3 (Sarah Walker)   Peers (Leslie Lu)    

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If dating game show questions were more intellectually stimulating

EIC January 11, 2015

First question goes to Bachelor #1: If I were an ice cream cone, how would you explain the rise of and crisis surrounding ISIS without resorting to racism or overgeneralizations? Bachelor #3, you’re up: It’s the night of our one-year…

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This week in Comics

EIC January 11, 2015

Pun 2 3 (Sarah Walker) Peers (Leslie Lu) The Adventures of Agoraphobia Man: World Defender (Jacey Gibb)

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Now that everyone hates Comic Sans, which font should we all gang up on next?

EIC January 11, 2015

First off, I’d like to congratulate everyone on doing a stellar job. Without your unrelenting disdain and vocal opposition, Comic Sans wouldn’t be the almost-universally hated font that it is today. I remember how some of you were worried when…

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The month you take your Christmas tree down and what it says about you

EIC January 11, 2015

December: You must really hate Christmas — and happiness in general. Did you even get a chance to look at the tree before you tore it down? January: The holidays are a busy time for everyone, so makes sense that…

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How to make the most of your Sir John A. MacDonald Day party

EIC January 9, 2015

It creeps up faster every year. On January 11, Canadians everywhere will be coming together to celebrate the most magical holiday of the season: Sir John A. MacDonald Day. Since its inception in 2002, Sir John A. MacDonald Day has…

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The week in Comics

EIC January 5, 2015

Peers (Leslie Lu) The Adventures of Agoraphobia Man: World Defender (Jacey Gibb)   Every day fears (Paige Smith)

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Rejected plot pitches for the upcoming Jurassic Park movie

EIC January 5, 2015

After spending the last decade in development hell, the fourth installment of the Jurassic Park franchise is ready to be extracted from amber and resurrected in theatres June this year. While some of the earlier scripts contained hilariously bad plots…

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North Korean defector reveals that the size of Kim Jong-un’s threats subliminally reveal how small his penis actually is

EIC January 5, 2015

The secret is out: a North Korean defector now living in Seoul, South Korea, is claiming that the size of Kim Jong-un’s threats is connected to his small genitalia. With North Korean hostilities escalating in recent years — from repeated…

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