One Degree. Two Claimants. Zero Agreement.
It started, as most TUOHK rivalries do, with a simple disagreement — who truly deserved the honorary degree for "Technological Ingenuity in Trivia Delivery Systems"?
Professor Tuee claimed it was his groundbreaking work integrating voice timers into the TUOHK app. Mrs. Tuee argued that without her calm voice recordings, the entire system would sound like an academic meltdown. Both were correct. That was the problem.
The Decision That Started It All
The Faculty Board, unable to choose, did what any respectable institution would do: they printed one degree… and let the couple fight for it.
Thus began The Great Degree Tug-of-War — a battle of brains, brawn, and questionable academic ethics, held right in the middle of the University Hub.
The Showdown
Witnesses say the crowd gathered quickly. Students took sides with genuine conviction:
- The Faculty of Technology rooted for the Professor's coding genius
- The Faculty of Communication cheered for Mrs. Tuee's patience and superior microphone technique
- The Faculty of General Knowledge took bets on the outcome
- The Dean watched from his office window and said nothing useful
"It's about principle." — Professor Tuee
"It's about punctuation." — Mrs. Tuee
At one point, the degree actually tore in half — the perfect metaphor for marriage under academic stress.
The Resolution
The chaos ended when the Dean intervened, declaring the matter a draw. "You'll both share the degree," he said, taping the document together with official TUOHK stationery. From that day on, it hung proudly in their shared office — half credited to each of them, slightly crinkled down the middle.
The Legacy
The event became TUOHK legend. It inspired a new app update where users could literally "tug for degrees" in multiplayer mode — a digital nod to the day love, learning, and lighthearted competition collided in true TUOHK fashion.
- Mrs. Tuee still insists she won
- The Professor maintains the algorithm was on his side
- The Dean monetised the story for the Faculty Fundraiser
The real winner was teamwork — and possibly the Dean.
At TUOHK, even a tug-of-war can turn into a teaching moment.