The Ig Nobel Prizes

kennyc · 10-02-2010, 01:30 PM

Whale snot and Fruit Bat Fellatio among the winners.

In Physics: Public health researcher Lianne Parkin of the University of Otago in New Zealand and colleagues for proving that wearing socks on the outside of shoes reduces slips on icy surfaces.

http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceno...atio-take.html

desertgrandma · 10-02-2010, 02:39 PM

Seriously..............mankind has reached his peak.

Now........we continue to de-evolve.

poohbear_nc · 10-02-2010, 03:02 PM

A few years back researchers at UNC Chapel Hill proudly announced the results of a study funded by a quarter of a million dollar grant: Female students were afraid to walk around campus after dark.
Ground breaking discovery eh?
[Makes you wonder what - or who - they spent the money on]

10-02-2010, 01:30 PM	#1
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,930 Karma: 119747553 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2 & PW, Onyx Boox Go6	The Ig Nobel Prizes Whale snot and Fruit Bat Fellatio among the winners. In Physics: Public health researcher Lianne Parkin of the University of Otago in New Zealand and colleagues for proving that wearing socks on the outside of shoes reduces slips on icy surfaces. http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceno...atio-take.html

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desertgrandma Enjoying the show.... Posts: 14,270 Karma: 10462843 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Arizona Device: A K1, Kindle Paperwhite, an Ipod, IPad2, Iphone, an Ipad Mini & macAir	Seriously..............mankind has reached his peak. Now........we continue to de-evolve.

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poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 64,228 Karma: 135242149 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	A few years back researchers at UNC Chapel Hill proudly announced the results of a study funded by a quarter of a million dollar grant: Female students were afraid to walk around campus after dark. Ground breaking discovery eh? [Makes you wonder what - or who - they spent the money on]

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