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longship

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3. Ig Nobel posts are useless without Miss Sweetie Poo.

Reply to shenmue (Original post)

Fri Sep 19, 2014, 05:52 PM

Sep 2014

She is the final authority at the Ig Nobel award ceremonies to prevent award winners from going on and on in their acceptance speeches. The Iggies take the time limit very, very seriously. As does Miss Sweetie Poo.

Witness:

I hope all of you realize how serious the Ig Nobel Prizes are. That's why so many Nobel Prize winners attend every year. Even the most brilliant scientists have a sense of humor. Thank goodness.

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Ig Nobel Awards cover the best in bad science [View all] shenmue Sep 2014 OP

These awards are incomplete. Archae Sep 2014 #1

Baby shit in sausages? valerief Sep 2014 #2

Ig Nobel posts are useless without Miss Sweetie Poo. longship Sep 2014 #3

treating "uncontrollable" nosebleeds, using the method of nasal-packing-with-strips-of-cured-pork DJ13 Sep 2014 #4

OT, but figured you'd get a kick out of this video... Archae Sep 2014 #7

Did he touch it, or not?! DJ13 Sep 2014 #8

Not necessarily bad science! longship Sep 2014 #5

Another winner this year was the study that examined the brains of people who see the face of Jesus KamaAina Sep 2014 #6