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Oct. 10, 2015: Barbaric cultural practices, hump-cations and family feuds

Eric Peterson, Leslie Seiler and Arthur Simeon make games out of the news stories of the week.
We loved the Danish ad encouraging 'hump-cations.' We kind of missed the part where the parties released their official platforms. And we're over the Texas Rangers, go Jays! (Spies Rejser/Party websites/Associated Press)

This week, our panel places fake calls to the newly-promised barbaric cultural practices hotline.

They have no qualms taking a paid-for vacation, even if there is an expectation for them to deliver something to their parents in return.

And they muse over who would they might be fighting with at the Thanksgiving dinner table this year.

Why?

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Eric Peterson, Leslie Seiler and Arthur Simeon joined Because News host Gavin Crawford for this week's panel. (Jesara Sinclair/CBC)