Humour
HUMOUR: The statue emporium at the bottom of Burnaby Mountain attempts a radio ad
June 29, 2015Sunday, Sunday, Sunday! This Sunday only, Ital Decor Ltd. — that place with all of the statues you sometimes see while riding the 135 to and from SFU’s Burnaby campus — is having a blow-out clearance sale. Bloooooooooow ouuuuuuuut saaaaaaaaale! A glitch in our inventory system means we accidentally have two hundred cement gargoyles coming in next Monday. Our lot is already at full-capacity and so we’re dealing with this surplus the only way we know how: not by canceling the order, but by throwing a super special, once-in-a-lifetime sale. Sale sale sale! We’ve got everything you need. Little ceramic…
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HUMOUR: SFU Burnaby’s most haunted locations
June 29, 2015With an area as vast and historical as Burnaby Mountain, is it really any surprise that every year reports flood in from witnesses who claim to have experienced different kinds of paranormal activity? Check out our list of some of…
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A thank you letter to Tim Hunt
June 22, 2015Thank you, Tim Hunt. Thank you for successfully outlining the key feelings I have long held about what’s been holding back my scientific pursuits. In his progressive and insightful words to young science journalists at a recent conference, Hunt, a…
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HUMOUR: Delta plans shutdown of Alex Fraser Bridge for Magic: The Gathering tournament
June 22, 2015Shortly after the cancellation of the widely criticised ‘Om the Bridge,’ another familiar politician, Delta mayor Lois Jackson, announced that the city will be shutting down a different Lower Mainland bridge for a trading card game tournament. “The City of Delta is…
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HUMOUR: An open letter to the people convocating this semester
June 22, 2015First off, congratulations are in order for the class of 2015. You did it, graduates. You deserve it after four to 10 (or more) years of extraneous brain exercises. We undergraduates are so proud of every single one of you…
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This week in comics
June 22, 2015Will this be tested? (by Serena Chan) Seagull Square (by Jill Mandrake) Pun 2 3 (by Sarah Walker) The Adventures of Agoraphobia Man: World Defender (by Jacey Gibb)
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HUMOUR: Mandatory blinding deemed only feasible option for male scientists
June 22, 2015Since the profound and extremely accurate remarks made by Nobel Prize winner Tim Hunt — that having women in the lab always leads to romantic entanglement and females weeping whenever criticised — scientists from around the globe have been working…
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HUMOUR: Has Game of Thrones gone too far in new leaked season six script?
June 15, 2015Remember earlier this year when four episodes of Game of Thrones were leaked online before the season even aired? Unfortunately, the security breaches keep coming for the HBO mega-hit, as, not even a week after the show’s season finale, a…
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