Monday, January 24, 2011

University College Dublin is radioactive

The elevated level of radon at UCD has affected both its architects and students.

Beautiful, spectacular, toxic lake at the center of campus, complete with mutant swan birds.

Tour Guide Paul, standing in front of gigantic sculpture of a sperm covered egg: “This is the sperm egg. You should look inside. It’s quite weird.”
Group: “Um, no… that’s ok.”

Tour Guide Paul, standing in front of the toxic lake in the center of campus: “Don’t jump in the lake. My friend did, and everyone was saying, ‘you’re the hero!’ and then he got pulled out by a security officer and had to pay a fine and get a tetanus shot for all the diseases in the lake.”
Group: …

Tour Guide Paul: “Can anyone guess why they put the lake here?”
Group: …
Tour Guide Paul: “No one ever guesses. It used to be a big square where people would organize protests, so they put a lake in. I don’t know why; students can’t protest on grass apparently.”
Group: [gone].

So there you have it. A haven of learning.

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