Archive for December 1st, 2008
What a miserable day at UPEI today in a wheelchair
Oh it’s rainy and wet outside. Anyone in a wheelchair or walking slow because they have a disability is going to get awful wet at UPEI.
Imagine some students have to go almost 200 yards in a manual wheelchair from the parking lots in the rain to their classes. I wonder why the law says he parking should be as close as possible to the door but not more than 50 meters? Could it be to help those poor souls out?
When you’re wheeling in a chair and its raining, you get awfully wet. The water and slop on the pavement travels up the wheel and soaks your arms and legs. The dirt gets into your face.
It feels like you’re walking on your hands in the puddles or slush. It’s miserable.
Students with disabilities will be wet when they get to class. Last year one of those students got pneumonia and had to drop out. Oh too bad for her: the strong will survive.
Wade MacLaughlan's solution for the disabled?
Why just recently President MacLauchlan was heard to comment on the wisdom of the Eskimos. They used to push the old and disabled out on ice flows to drift away and die. So much easier that way. No need to put in disabled parking, door openers and elevators. All that bother gone.
President MacLaughlan is searching around for someone with a masters in the anthropology of sub-Arctic and Arctic aboriginals to teach a new course next semester, “Ethics and euthanasia.” Most of the Board of Governors has already signed up and the rest will take it or else. Wade has Maxwell’s hammer, figuratively of course.
Maxwell’s Silver Hammer ( may contain graphic cartoon images, definitely contains The Beatles)
