ig nobel

some interesting research was recently celebrated with the ig nobel prize at a fancy ceremony at harvard uni

the following awards grabbed siggimus’ attention

donald smith & his father, the late frank smith, ig nobel prize for engineering

for patenting the comb-over

sadly, for all the large numbers of bald persons who have since combed their hair over the bald spot, the smiths have yet to make any money out of the patent

daisuke inoue, ig nobel peace prize

for inventing (in 1971! a lot of things happened back then!!) a new way for people to learn to get along; karaoke

inoue, a drummer, never patented the idea, & shares the fate of the smiths

ben wilson, lawrence dill, robert batty, magnus whalberg, & hakan westerberg>, ig nobel prize for biology

ben, larry, rob, magnus & hakan put their well shaped heads together & found out that herring communicate by farting

steven stack & james gundlach, ig nobel prize for medicine

for studying the effect of country music on suicide: they found by analysing us radio playlists that as the amount of country music played went up, so did the white suicide rate

siggimus has long been of this opinion (wondering which comes first; country music or braindeath), & is glad to finally have the scientific proof to back it up

& in 2003, they gave some australian fellers the physics prize for analysing the forces needed to drag sheep over various surfaces. please read their findings here

did you know you can rent the entire country of liechtenstein for weddings or parties?

& that you are more likely to have belly-button lint if you’re male, older, hairy, and have an inwards facing belly-button. still, 27% of all belly-button lint carriers are female. what’s scary, though, is that 4% of belly-button lint carriers have an protruding belly button :/ more

would you believe chickens prefer beautiful humans? prefer them to what, is what siggimus wants to know? each other?

now, beer!