Major: Undecided Declares War On The Daily

Major: Undecided Declares War On The Daily
In a shocking and unprecedented move, those patrons of comedy at Major: Undecided have finally taken advantage of the clause in their constitution allowing them to declare war on other student organizations. The target: none other than the Tufts Daily. Details of the bloody battles to come will surely emerge at the MU show this Saturday. For now, prepare for the upcoming carnage by reading the following official Declaration of War:

To Whom it May Concern,

Salutations, Editors, Editrixes and assorted Vassals of the Tufts Daily: The Following is a formal Declaration of War between the Glorious Organization Major:Undecided⎯Tufts' only Sketch Comedy Troupe⎯and your Ignominious Publication. The injustices suffered by our People at the hands of your brutish, oppressive Ruffians have been endured for far too long, and We do fully intend to immediately put an end to your Tyranny. We do affirm that the Tufts Daily has wrought the following deleterious acts upon the good citizens of our Troupe:

Firstly, that it has attached un-humorous ratings of difficulty to its Sudoku puzzles that do much confuse and inflame the mind and do abase the most excellent discipline of Logic.

Secondly, that it has rendered the page of View-Points a confounding forum of quotidian inanities which does lack the refinement of the most admirable and noble art of Rhetoric.

Thirdly, and most egregiously, that it has emblazoned itself with an unseemly Coat of Arms most resembling a chimerical beast bearing some manner of parasol, which does much offend the time-honored regulations and decorum of the fine institution of Heraldry.

For these Reasons, We do seek redress in the form of Glorious Combat to be conducted according to the following Conditions and Terms of Engagement:

To the victor go the spoils. In the Most Inevitable Outcome Scenario in which We reign forever Victorious over your pestilential cluster of bestial homunculi, the Tufts Daily shall surrender the following:

The Most Glorious Troupe shall retain authorship of the section entitled "Late Night at the Daily" for a period of one fortnight, being fourteen (14) days, of our choosing. During this Time Period, aforementioned section shall be rechristened "The Daily is forever inferior to Major:Undecided, may we pay them homage and ask their mercy".

Should, in impious defiance of all Providence and Probability, the undisciplined jackanapes of the Tufts Daily emerge the victors, the Glorious Organization Major:Undecided shall write two (2) eloquent and virtuous View-Points on topics chosen by the Ignoble Tufts Daily, thus sparing the News-Paper the Augean duty of gathering Opposite-Editorial Columns from myriad universities across the Nation.

In keeping with the Regulations set forth in the most venerable Irish Code Duello of A.D. 1777, the challenged party, hereafter to be referred to as the Accursed and Dastardly Tufts Daily, has the right of choosing the Weapons and the location of the Battle-Ground. Should the Accursed and Dastardly Tufts Daily refuse to engage in Glorious Combat, the Righteous and Implacable Comedy Troupe Major:Undecided shall have no recourse but to aver the cowardice of the Accursed and Dastardly Tufts Daily and furthermore lay siege to Curtis Hall in order to take the offices of the Most Disreputable News-Paper by force.

Our Cause is just and our Convictions firm. We await the reply of the Tufts Daily once its officers and ensigns muster the Fortitude necessary to engage in Glorious Combat with our Most Insurmountable Organization. Until such Events have come to pass, We remain

Most sincerely and bellicosely yours,

The Right Honorable and Motley-Clad Dramatists of the Inimitable Sketch-Comedy Troupe Major:Undecided
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The Agent
Neg-atron! Posted 03/31/2008 11:09 PMReply
Anonymous
Is anyone even remotely interested in this? Why is this on here? Posted 03/31/2008 11:27 PMReply
The Misanthropist
are you sure they can't just wage war on TCU funded groups?

the daily isn't tcu funded
Posted 03/31/2008 11:30 PMReply
Anonymous
This is beyond idiotic. Posted 04/01/2008 12:02 AMReply
Anonymous
is this part of an extended april fool's day joke? Posted 04/01/2008 12:50 AMReply
The Merry Widow
@ The Misanthropist: Trust me, I'm aware that the Daily isn't TCU funded. It still is a student organization, however, so right now its biggest concern is not funding but rather the vast and terrible carnage that lays ahead. Posted 04/01/2008 10:48 AMReply
Anonymous
I officially declare:

If you think this is "idiotic" and/or "not humorous", then you have no sense of humor, and I'm ashamed to be associated with you in any way, shape, or form, including attending the same University as you.

Which means, either stop being dumb, or get off my lawn.
Posted 04/01/2008 2:11 PMReply
The Misanthropist
@ The Merry Widow:

i concur!

and it's about time someone put the daily in their place with all this april fools day attempt at nonsense.
Posted 04/01/2008 2:38 PMReply
Anonymous
Major: Undecided forgot one little detail in their declaration. Here's what they say in the end:
"We await the reply of the Tufts Daily once its officers and ensigns muster the Fortitude necessary to engage in Glorious Combat with our Most Insurmountable Organization."
This implies that the Daily does not have to respond until they muster the necessary Fortitude. If they decline to muster the necessary Fortitude and do not respond either affirmatively or negatively to M:U's challenge, they're off the hook. And if M:U attacks before the Daily responds, that violates this quoted sentence.

M:U's idea has Comic Potential, but its charges aren't good enough - they either have to be true beyond doubt or brilliant in its absurdity (for instance, the various types of extreme weather conditions to which they subject their helpless Weather pachyderms) to be worth it.
Posted 04/01/2008 5:04 PMReply
Anonymous
**** Major: Undecided Posted 04/01/2008 6:01 PMReply
Anonymous
Jealous much? Posted 04/01/2008 11:21 PMReply
Anonymous
we shall be lead by Sir Chumbly of Horkshire! Posted 04/01/2008 11:46 PMReply
Anonymous
M:U= Mostly Unfunny Posted 04/02/2008 06:50 AMReply
Anonymous
too bad their sketches aren't this funny Posted 04/02/2008 08:02 AMReply
Anonymous
cheap sox rejects Posted 04/02/2008 09:37 AMReply
Anonymous
i'm going to say this without being or trying to be clever: this blog sucks, Merry Widow, what goes through your head? This might have been funny in second grade. Posted 04/02/2008 3:13 PMReply
The Merry Widow
@ Anonymous: If you think it sucks, just don't read it. A second grader could figure that out. Posted 04/02/2008 3:25 PMReply
Anonymous
major undecided is for losers Posted 04/02/2008 6:06 PMReply
The Merry Widow
@ Anonymous: I think the Daily has chosen the weapons and location of the battleground. They are, respectively: anonymous comments and this blog.

LET THE BATTLE COMMENCE!
Posted 04/02/2008 9:00 PMReply
The Peasant
The Daily's April Fools issue must have been the Archduke Franz Ferdinand to Majors' Gavrilo Princip. Posted 04/02/2008 10:15 PMReply
Street13
@ The Merry Widow: Oh God. There she goes. Posted 04/03/2008 08:39 AMReply

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