Delbert Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 Medicine - Brian Witcombe, of Gloucestershire Royal NHS Foundation Trust, UK, and Dan Meyer for their probing work on the health consequences of swallowing a sword. Physics - A US-Chile team who ironed out the problem of how sheets become wrinkled. Biology - Dr Johanna van Bronswijk of the Netherlands for carrying out a creepy crawly census of all of the mites, insects, spiders, ferns and fungi that share our beds. Chemistry - Mayu Yamamoto, from Japan, for developing a method to extract vanilla fragrance and flavouring from cow dung. Linguistics - A University of Barcelona team for showing that rats are unable to tell the difference between a person speaking Japanese backwards and somebody speaking Dutch backwards. Literature - Glenda Browne of Blue Mountains, Australia, for her study of the word "the", and how it can flummox those trying to put things into alphabetical order. Peace - The US Air Force Wright Laboratory for instigating research and development on a chemical weapon that would provoke widespread homosexual behaviour among enemy troops. Nutrition - Brian Wansink of Cornell University for investigating the limits of human appetite by feeding volunteers a self-refilling, "bottomless" bowl of soup. Economics - Kuo Cheng Hsieh of Taiwan for patenting a device that can catch bank robbers by dropping a net over them. Aviation - A National University of Quilmes, Argentina, team for discovering that impotency drugs can help hamsters to recover from jet lag. I spit on your Emeralds give me SUs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Area Representative Golf Juliet Tango Posted October 6, 2007 Area Representative Share Posted October 6, 2007 😬 Thanks Del, you beat the news organistaions to it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibster. Posted October 6, 2007 Share Posted October 6, 2007 "impotency drugs can help hamsters to recover from jet lag" I wonder if it would have worked for an 'amster force fed with pasta ?? Supercheese R250 Caterham pictures here 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Posted October 8, 2007 Share Posted October 8, 2007 Oi! he wasn't force fed ... he wolfed it down with passion and his little eyes clouded over with pleasure. Edited by - WindyCat on 8 Oct 2007 11:06:53 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debert Posted October 8, 2007 Share Posted October 8, 2007 he wolfed it down with passion and his little eyes clouded over with... constipation / heartburn / stomach ulcer (*delete as appropriate) *arrowright*Get a Mosaic Poster of YOUR car and help Nuke the Leuk here *arrowright*Pictures here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Area Representative Golf Juliet Tango Posted September 21, 2012 Area Representative Share Posted September 21, 2012 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. REFERENCE: "Actions Needed to Evaluate the Impact of Efforts to Estimate Costs of Reports and Studies," US Government General Accountability Office report GAO-12-480R, May 10, 2012. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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