2009 Ig Nobel Prizes Awarded

Scriveyn · 10-05-2009, 01:45 PM

At last! This year's prizes for improbable research have been awarded. - Take health/medcine for example: "At the 2009 ceremony, Public Health Prize winner Dr. Elena Bodnar demonstrates her invention — a brassiere that, in an emergency, can be quickly converted into a pair of protective face masks, one for the brassiere wearer and one to be given to some needy bystander."

More after the Link.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-06-2009, 03:00 AM

The pictures always look like they have a real good time at the awards ceremony, every year.

monster · 10-08-2009, 07:43 PM

all year, every year... medical implications of sword-swallowing, cows with no names.......

TheMercenary · 10-08-2009, 07:49 PM

Quote:

On the first part of the journey
I was looking at all the life
There were plants and birds and rocks and things
There was sand and hills and rings
The first thing I met was a fly with a buzz
And the sky with no clouds
The heat was hot and the ground was dry
But the air was full of sound

Ive been through the desert on a horse with no name
It felt good to be out of the rain
In the desert you can remember your name
cause there aint no one for to give you no pain
La, la ...

After two days in the desert sun
My skin began to turn red
After three days in the desert fun
I was looking at a river bed
And the story it told of a river that flowed
Made me sad to think it was dead

You see Ive been through the desert on a horse with no name
It felt good to be out of the rain
In the desert you can remember your name
cause there aint no one for to give you no pain
La, la ...

After nine days I let the horse run free
cause the desert had turned to sea
There were plants and birds and rocks and things
There was sand and hills and rings
The ocean is a desert with its life underground
And a perfect disguise above
Under the cities lies a heart made of ground
But the humans will give no love

You see Ive been through the desert on a horse with no name
It felt good to be out of the rain
In the desert you can remember your name
cause there aint no one for to give you no pain
La, la ...

tw · 10-08-2009, 09:17 PM

Is there an award in the Cellar for how low you can go?

Elspode · 10-08-2009, 09:47 PM

It seems two guys won an award for making diamond film from tequila. What a waste of tequila.

Urbane Guerrilla · 10-09-2009, 04:52 PM

Wonder what color the tequila's cogeners made the diamond film?

10-05-2009, 01:45 PM	#1
Scriveyn amnesic-confabulatory opsimath Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Between my ears Posts: 739	2009 Ig Nobel Prizes Awarded At last! This year's prizes for improbable research have been awarded. - Take health/medcine for example: "At the 2009 ceremony, Public Health Prize winner Dr. Elena Bodnar demonstrates her invention — a brassiere that, in an emergency, can be quickly converted into a pair of protective face masks, one for the brassiere wearer and one to be given to some needy bystander." More after the Link.

10-06-2009, 03:00 AM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	The pictures always look like they have a real good time at the awards ceremony, every year. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-08-2009, 07:43 PM	#3
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	all year, every year... medical implications of sword-swallowing, cows with no names....... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-08-2009, 09:47 PM	#6
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	It seems two guys won an award for making diamond film from tequila. What a waste of tequila. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

10-09-2009, 04:52 PM	#7
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	Wonder what color the tequila's cogeners made the diamond film? __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

10-08-2009, 09:17 PM	#5
tw Read? I only know how to write. Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 11,933	Is there an award in the Cellar for how low you can go?

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