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Snakes totally ruin snake-style draft

» Playoff hockey pool panic

  

Sharon Miki
Humour Editor
M humour
@theotherpress.ca

guy looking to fit in with the
ros when things took a biting
and serpentine turn for the
worse last Saturday—thanks
to an unfortunately scaly
misunderstanding.

Cherry, 20, recently moved
to Vancouver and was looking
to make friends. In a totally
innocent and reasonable move,
Cherry confided his loneliness
to a coworker; when the

Je: Cherry was just a regular

coworker suggested that Cherry :
: guest Kyle Chan, when asked

: to describe his reaction to the
: event.

host a playoff fantasy pool draft
party at his home to prepare
for the upcoming NHL playoff

season commencing on April 16,
: arriving, four of the guys had

he jumped at the opportunity.

“Rich said to me, ‘Yeah, just :
: and the brave remainders

: had gotten the hell out
: of there.

like get some beer and snacks
and Ill invite everyone. It'll be
fun. Oh, and we'll do the draft
snake-style,” said Cherry.
Traditionally, a snake-style
draft is the term given toa
method of picking players in

in even rounds. So, ina snake-
style draft, if you picked first in
the first round, you would go
last in the next round and so on.
Not really being what you

a social faux pas by not being

: said Cherry, while
: changing the

: dressing ona
which the draft order is reversed horrible snake-

: inflicted wound
: on his left thigh.
: “Not just for the
: guys who got

: bit—though,
would call a “sports guy,” Cherry : of course, I

was nervous that he might make : sympathize with
: them—but also

: for my party.

: totally prepared, so he really

: took Rich’s words to heart:

: he bought three kegs of beer,

: ordered catered hors d’oeuvres,
: and acquired 10 rattlesnakes—

: one for each guest.

“I was aware that the snakes :
: were poisonous, but... I figured

: the guys wanted to show how

: tough they were, having a snake
: pick players for them. So I went
: with it,” explained Cherry.

When guests arrived at

: Cherry’s condo for the draft at
: approximately 2:05 p.m., they
: were not thrilled to walk into

: aden of poison, danger, and

: venom.

“AHHHHHHH?’ said

Within moments of

been bit, three were sobbing,

“T feel bad,”

: may have to wait until 2015 for
: his next chance at a playoff
: pool: he is currently under
: investigation for

: charges of assault

: from many of

: his injured party

: guests.

: I puta lot of effort into it, all for
: nothing. I had even set up little
: pictures of each of the players

: for the snakes to slither over to,
: it would have been a really fun

: and exciting night.”

 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Unfortunately, Cherry

 

 

‘Sometimes jokes are hard to get!’

» Students confused and upset at being labelled ‘fools’

: students, has joined a new

: awkwardly named group called
: “Not Fools - Douglas College

: Chapter” on Facebook.

Sharon Miki
Humour Editor
M humour
@theotherpress.ca

 

group of Douglas College

tudents (who do not seem
to understand the concept
of April Fool’s Day, for some
reason) is speaking out against
the reign of harassment they
faced on the morning of
Tuesday, April 1.

“It’s just not right. I mean,
who is my mom to call mea
‘fool? ’ma college student!”
said Myrna Grace, 18.

Grace, along with 17 other

NFDCC was created early

: Wednesday morning as a

: place of support for those who

: suffered mild pranking or

: confusion on April 1 and feel

: uniquely and unfairly targeted

: by it. While most people are

: familiar with the long-standing
: custom of playing jokes or :
: pranks on others on the first day :
: of April, this group of students
: appears to be ignorant toa

: fault.

“I woke up, and it was like

: the world had been turned
: upside down,” said NFDCC
: founder Steve Martin, 22. “I
: went into the kitchen, and all

: flipped over. Flipped!”

: to get!” cried Grace, in tears.
: “But I ain’t no fool!”

this group of
students appears
to be ignorant to
a fault

 

of the cups in the cabinet were

“Sometimes jokes are hard

 

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