Comments on: igNobels 2009

By: etcetera — 2009 igNobels

etcetera — 2009 igNobels — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 02:00:51 +0000

[...] 2009 igNobel awards: Winners include the geniuses that discovered that it’s better to be smashed over the head with an empty rather than full bottle of beer. [...]

By: Pookie

Pookie — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:27:07 +0000

What about Mexico? I heard they won the chemistry award for attempting to create diamonds out of tequila. Come on now, I think there is definitely a scientific use for this. Or what about the one about why pregnant women don’t tip over? Surely, we all want the answer to this!

By: chris

chris — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 07:41:12 +0000

micah, i have to admit the dead salmon paper tops everything the committee has selected this year . thanks for the link.

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Tweetlinks, 10-02-09 [A Blog Around The Clock] « Technology Blogs — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 05:41:00 +0000

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By: A-Tom-IC

A-Tom-IC — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:25:51 +0000

“… empty beer bottles are better for smashing over someone’s head than full…”. Better for who, the smasher or the smashee? I may find myself in a pub brawl tonight and need to know.

By: Sili

Sili — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:47:04 +0000

Re Peace, his name must be Bollinger. Interesting, though. My intuition woulda been that the full bottle would hit harder.

By: Cartesian

Cartesian — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 09:10:09 +0000

For peace I think it is better not to drink beer and other alcohols. Also this way there will not be any bottle of beer in addition of no drunk persons.

By: ideonexus.com » Blog Archive » Science Etcetera, Venusday 20091002

ideonexus.com » Blog Archive » Science Etcetera, Venusday 20091002 — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 05:02:14 +0000

[...] The discovery that named cows give more milk than unnamed, empty beer bottles are better for smashing over someone’s head than full, and a brassiere that can be converted into two gas masks are a few of the winners of the 2009 Ignoble Awards. [...]

By: micah

micah — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 03:58:47 +0000

So, did the dead salmon paper actually lose out, or is it just not up for an award until next year? It seems like the kind of thing that would be a shoo-in for an IgNobel.