To: Snowshoe who wrote (49882 ) 10/8/2009 10:21:29 AM From: Snowshoe 1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) | Respond to 2009 Ig Nobel prize winners (Japan/China, Mexico, Iceland, Ireland, Zimbabwe, USA, Switzerland, and UK)...en.wikipedia.org for demonstrating that kitchen refuse can be reduced more than 90% in mass by using bacteria extracted from the feces of giant pandas. for creating diamond film from tequila.[46] for demonstrating that tiny banks can be rapidly transformed into huge banks, and vice versa (and for demonstrating that similar things can be done to an entire national economy). for writing and presenting more than 50 traffic tickets to the most frequent driving offender in the country - Prawo Jazdy - whose name in Polish means "Driving Licence". for giving people a simple, everyday way to cope with a wide range of numbers by having his bank print notes with denominations ranging from one cent to one hundred trillion dollars. for investigating a possible cause of arthritis of the fingers, by diligently cracking the knuckles of his left hand but not his right hand every day for more than 60 years.[47]for determining whether it is better to be smashed over the head with a full bottle of beer or with an empty bottle. for analytically determining why pregnant women do not tip over. for inventing a bra that can be quickly converted into a pair of gas masks - one for the wearer and one to be given to a needy bystander.[48] for showing that cows with names give more milk than cows that are nameless.[49] en.wikipedia.org
