human
Why is C. D. Howe's story about tossing a coin to decide who would get the job at Dalhousie University humorous?
assistant
The story about C. D. Howe tossing a coin to decide who would get the job at Dalhousie University is humorous because it is unlikely that C. D. Howe would have been so foolish as to gamble with a coin toss to decide who would get the job.