Permaware wins: Last issue in this column, we talked about a story from our October 4, 1993 issue that detailed the complaints thrown at then-operators of the Lansdowne cafeteria, Beaver Foods, regarding their decision to bring in paper plates. Well, perusing our October 18, 1993 issue, we see a story on page 2 called “Permaware to be reinstated,” which says that, yup, the paper plates were out and real plates were on their way back. Problem solved (although keen eyes will note paper plates in the cafeteria today). All we want to know is when people stopped using the phrase “permaware.”
Screw the meaning of life, these are more important: We’ve mentioned our Excrementia Factorum column a few times here, and for good reason: it was hilarious. In this issue, writer Shelley Evans pondered some of the big questions: “If I wore gloves all the time, would my hands smell like my feet? What kind of name is Chevy anyway? What do those guys wear under their kilts? How many people work at the Emergency Broadcast System and what do they do all day?” We still don’t have the answers, and we suspect that Evans doesn’t either.
Reign of complaints: The story “Student handbook meets with disapproval” chronicled the woes of student Doug McConnell, who was “upset” and “disgusted” about certain entries in the Camosun College Student Society’s student handbook. Of note were a couple entries listed on the calendar entry for November 1: “Feast of the Dead” and “Reign of the Goddess as the Old Woman,” to which he said, “Who cares? It’s not really pertinent.”