RED DEER, AB
After a surge in paper cuts and Hawkins Cheezies-coated fingers at the tournament in the MB church youth room in Red Deer this winter, the International Uno Federation has decided to cancel the remainder of this year’s World Junior Uno tournament.
“It’s really quite sad. The Penners of Maryfield, Saskatchewan were fuelled on Diet Pepsi and really poised to take it all this year,” said Uno play-by-play man Dave Anthony of Steinbach’s Country 107 radio. “I mean, you should see them play. They always remember to say ‘uno’ when they have just one card left. They never forget. Ever. They’re incredibly talented.”
But it was not meant to be, as the Maryfield Penners and their arch-rivals the Friesens from across the line in Kola, Manitoba will be sent home without anything being r