The 2004 Ig Nobel Prizes are announced
 

The Ig Nobel Prize for Economics goes to:
The Vatican, for outsourcing prayers to India.
http://sify.com/news/othernews/fulls...hp?id=13498514

For the full 2004 winners list (very funny!) see:
http://www.improb.com/ig/ig-pastwinners.html#ig2004

(Oh, yeah, and I love the winners of the Engineering prize:
Donald J. Smith and his father, the late Frank J. Smith, of Orlando, Florida, USA, for patenting the combover (U.S. Patent #4,022,227))

Great stuff Pie, very funny.
Stud Muffins of Science Calendar.
THE ATKINS DIET OPERA.
WIN-A-DATE-WITH-A-NOBEL-LAUREATE CONTEST.
The Effect of Country Music on Suicide.
Daisuke Inoue of Hyogo, Japan, for inventing karaoke, providing an entirely new way for people to learn to tolerate each other.
U.S. Patent #4,022,227, the Combover.
:thumbsup: