Ig Nobles
A spoof of the Nobel Prizes, the Ig Nobel prizes are awarded for ten achievements that "first make people laugh, and then make them judge devise." Some of the Ig Noble prizes winners are:
PS: The Seriously freaking/funny ones have been highlighted
1993
Medicine - Presented to James F. Nolan, Thomas J. Stillwell, and John P. Sands, Jr., medical men of soft-heartedness, for their painstaking research report, "Acute Management of the Zipper-Entrapped Penis."
Peace - The Pepsi-Cola Society of the Philippines, for sponsoring a contest to create a millionaire, and then announcing the wrong winning number, thereby inciting and uniting 800,000 riotously looking winners, and bringing many warring factions together for the first time in their nation's history.
1994:
Chemistry - Presented to Texas Delineate Senator Bob Glasgow, wise writer of logical legislation, for sponsoring the 1989 drug control law which makes it criminal to purchase beakers, flasks, test tubes, or other laboratory glassware without a permit.
Mathematics - Presented to The Southern Baptist Church of Alabama, precise measurers of morality, for their county-by-county estimate of how many Alabama citizens will go to Hell if they don't repent.
1995:
Economics - Presented jointly to Make off with Leeson and his superiors at Barings Bank and to Robert Citron of Orange County, California for using the calculus of derivatives to establish that every financial institution has its limits.
Literature - Presented to David B. Busch and James R. Starling, of Madison, Wisconsin, for their up on report, "Rectal Foreign Bodies: Case Reports and a Comprehensive Review of the World's Literature." The citations register reports of, among other items: seven light bulbs; a knife sharpener; two flashlights; a wire spring; a snuff box; an oil can with potato cork; eleven different forms of fruits, vegetables and other foodstuffs; a jeweler's saw; a frozen pig's tail; a tin cup; a beer glass; and one pertinacious's remarkable ensemble collection consisting of spectacles, a suitcase key, a tobacco pouch and a magazine.
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