Today I was shredding eleven-year-old university correspondence and as one page disappeared into the shredder, I noticed it was printed in Comic Sans. It was official University of Alberta correspondence, on letterhead, on textured paper, using Comic Sans font.
I was very excited. This was a beautiful piece of disaster, but voomp, gone, into the shredder, never to be seen again. This probably happens a lot. The University probably uses Comic Sans on certain occasions to seem approachable, or even cool. But for me, this opportunity was gone forever, and I was alone in the office on a stat holiday, evidence shredded.
I considered writing out the amazing fake conversation I had with myself about how sweet and amazing it was that people thought it was a good idea to use Comic Sans. Especially a university! That's the kicker! But it was a stupid conversation. Everyone knows Comic Sans is the punchline. Why bother telling the joke?
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