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Title: 2012 Ig Nobel Prizes Post by: Bobbie Ireland on 21-Sep-12, 05:38:27 AM My fave: "Literature Prize: The US Government General Accountability Office for issuing a report about reports about reports that recommends the preparation of a report about the report about reports about reports."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19667664 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19667664) Title: Re: 2012 Ig Nobel Prizes Post by: Shaky on 21-Sep-12, 06:20:56 AM My favorite is the Anatomy Prize awarded to Frans de Waal (Netherlands/US) and Jennifer Pokorny (US) for discovering that chimpanzees can identify other chimpanzees individually from seeing photographs of their rear ends.
I wonder if this could be applied to humans. I can envision a killer iPhone app for this: Turds with Friends. Title: Re: 2012 Ig Nobel Prizes Post by: Donna on 21-Sep-12, 08:11:19 AM My favorite is the Anatomy Prize awarded to Frans de Waal (Netherlands/US) and Jennifer Pokorny (US) for discovering that chimpanzees can identify other chimpanzees individually from seeing photographs of their rear ends. I wonder if this could be applied to humans. I can envision a killer iPhone app for this: Turds with Friends. Maybe you should create that app! (http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee142/toodlesbemine/AVATARS/Emoticons%20plus%20smileys/lolmybuttoff.gif)(http://i717.photobucket.com/albums/ww173/prestonjjrtr/Smileys/Smiley25-1.gif) Title: Re: 2012 Ig Nobel Prizes Post by: Shaky on 21-Sep-12, 10:18:35 AM My favorite is the Anatomy Prize awarded to Frans de Waal (Netherlands/US) and Jennifer Pokorny (US) for discovering that chimpanzees can identify other chimpanzees individually from seeing photographs of their rear ends. I wonder if this could be applied to humans. I can envision a killer iPhone app for this: Turds with Friends. Maybe you should create that app! (http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee142/toodlesbemine/AVATARS/Emoticons%20plus%20smileys/lolmybuttoff.gif)(http://i717.photobucket.com/albums/ww173/prestonjjrtr/Smileys/Smiley25-1.gif) Ok, I'll give it a crack. |