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Humour / 2 February 2025

Special UCL taskforce foils terror threat

Ben Scanlan
Ben Scanlan
Graphic by Sophia Lally

Graphic by Sophia Lally

The Central University Neutralisation Taskforce (C.U.N.T.) branch of the UCL Student Experience Team (S.Ex Team) last week foiled a sinister and grave and very serious threat on the George Farha Cafe (G.F.C.), a beloved symbol of our University (College London) (UCL).

Exclusive information (E.I.) revealed to The Cheese Grater (T.C.G.) by a reliable source (hidden messages encoded in my flatmate's stool samples) reveals that, by checking Student Identification (I.D.) Cards literally everywhere, UCL Security were able to thwart an attempt by a group of disgruntled Comparative Literature students to put stickers under the tables of George Farha Cafe (G.F.C.), a beloved symbol of our University (College London) (UCL).

The English Literature students belonged to the Farmers UK section of the Workers' International Terrorist cell (F.U.K.-W.I.T.). The planned action was allegedly in support of Clarko-Bolshevism, an ideology fusing the thought of Jeremy Clarkson with the politics of the Russian Revolution.

When asked for comment, the organisation, which defines itself as an "Anarcho-Socialist-Fascist, Pro-Israel, Pro-Palestine, Anti-Russia, Anti-Ukraine radical knitting club", said something I can't remember because I was distracted by a weird-looking pigeon that turned out to be a small picture of Ant (or it might have been Dec).

In response to the incident, the head of UCL Security issued this statement: "Get the fuck away from me before I batter you like a chip shop sausage you little twerp!" (Mean!)

This article appeared in CG89