Schukov: Life is like a stand-up comedy routine

As far back as I can remember (not counting when I was Attila the Hun in another life) I have always had an unshakeable interest in the study of human social behaviour (as opposed to when I was Attila and I just pillaged and burned villages.)
My obsession met a brick wall one day when I was thrown out of McGill University‘s Faculty of Psychology, many moons ago: It happened five minutes into a final exam in which the essay question was, “In 500 words, describe the relative hyperactiv