FUN: Ig Nobel Prizes

http://www.impactlab.com/2008/10/03/ig-nobel-prizes-humorous-alternative-to-scandinavias-nobel-prizes/

Ig Nobel Prizes – Humorous Alternative To Scandinavia’s Nobel Prizes

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There was even more agitation over the chemistry prize, awarded jointly to rival teams – one from the United States which determined Coca-Cola to be an effective spermicide and one from Taiwan which proved it is not.

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Handing out awards was William Lipscomb, the genuine 1976 Nobel laureate for chemistry, also doubling on Thursday, at the age of 89, as the hero in the “Win-a-Date-With-a-Nobel-Laureate Contest”.

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The ability to laugh at ourselves is probably our crowning ability.

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