The tradition continued Saturday night as couches around the University and University Park neighborhoods met a cruel fate on the DU campus. Students were fueled by beer and a heady hockey championship win. As local custom would have it, IKEA, Henredon, and Floyd sofas met a fiery end. All that is left are memories, ashes, and a throbbing headache.
Here are our Top 10 reasons couches were torched on the DU campus following the Pioneers’ NCAA record 10th National Championship win.
- Large item trash pickup service is not available until next month.
- Everyone digs firefighters in uniforms
- Chance to incinerate mystery couch stains deposited by a former roommate.
- Students pretended the couches were ESPN Frozen Four broadcaster and BU alum Colby Cohen.
- Inhaling flaming couch foam is cheaper than buying a hookah bowl at Basha Social Lounge.
- Excellent TikTok content.
- A perfect compliment to Travis Scott’s hit song Meltdown.
- Resolve bedbug infestation after study abroad in Budapest.
- Spontaneous combustion after Matt Davis’ sprawling super save.
- Considerably safer than drinking and going to the 16th Street Mall on a Saturday night.
Top photo courtesy of Denverite/Kevin J. Beaty
Aside from the chemicals released – you kids go have your fun!
I love the smell of burning naugahyde in April
Ahhhh….Reminds me of the notorious spring riots we enjoyed so much back in the 1960s!
I proposed next year setting up a “Wicker Couch” a la Burning Man.