2006 Ig Nobel Prizes Awarded 167
davidwr writes "The Ig-Nobel Peace Prize went to Howard Stapleton for his groundbreaking research in teenager-repellent technology. D. Lynn Halpern won an award for research into why fingernails on a chalkboard are almost as annoying as teenagers. Ivan Schwab garnered his award for research into avian headacheology. Two french researchers cooked up a medal for spaghetti research. Read more about these and other prizes here and at the Improbable Research official web site. To those Slashdotters who were expecting an award, better luck next year."
Aww... (Score:5, Funny)
time to use my mod points! (Score:3, Funny)
work on the mystery of why fingernails being dragged down a blackboard produces an excruciating sound: -1, Stupid
how woodpeckers avoid headaches: +1, Interesting
why dry spaghetti breaks into more than one piece when it is bent: -1, Lame
Re:bird eyes? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:time to use my mod points! (Score:5, Funny)
Give it five years, and you'll be wondering how you can possibly get along without one.
No mention for Digital Rectal Massage? (Score:5, Funny)
He also suggests that sex is the most potent cure for hiccups, but that won't really affect anyone on slashdot.
Re:No mention for Digital Rectal Massage? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:No mention for Digital Rectal Massage? (Score:5, Funny)
PC? (Score:4, Funny)
Is this a politicly correct blackboard or something?
But... (Score:3, Funny)
Getting replies like these... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:time to use my mod points! (Score:5, Funny)
No, it really works! I've seen no electronic teenagers round here...
Sorry.
Re:Don't miss the past winners. (Score:3, Funny)
RTFA (Score:3, Funny)
Since when are Peace Prizes given out to people who invent phyological/sonic/whateveryouwanttocallit weapons?
If the teenager-repellent were designed to exterminate teenagers, you'd have a point. But it isn't. It's just designed to persuade them to go somewhere where they don't annoy people. It's not a weapon of any kind.
You do understand the difference between insecticide and mosquito repellent, don't you?
Re:time to use my mod points! (Score:5, Funny)
You seem to miss the significance of that research. Note that the article mentioned the physics Nobel price for big bang research. This spaghetti research is of course very related to the question of how the universe was created. After all, we know it was created by the FSM, and surely bending and breaking spaghetti was an integral part of the act of creation.
They always said the anal (Score:4, Funny)
Re:time to use my mod points! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:No mention for Digital Rectal Massage? (Score:4, Funny)
The Quickest Way to Clear Out the Mall: (Score:4, Funny)
Send in a pair of Army recruiters.
Works like a champ.