2006 Ig Nobels

[DesertFox]

MEDICINE: A U.S. and Israeli team's discovery that hiccups could be cured with a finger up the rectum.

ORNITHOLOGY: Two researchers from UC-Davis and UCLA for explaining why woodpeckers do not get headaches.

BIOLOGY: A team of researchers from the Netherlands, Tanzania and Austria for showing that mosquitos that carry malaria are attracted equally to the smell of limburger cheese and to the smell of human feet.

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[DesertFox]

We need our own Ig Nobels.

Wyatt?

Gonzo?

Nutrider?

[Gonzo67]

A cap was walking down the street about 2:30 am one night, and just out infront of this red-neck bar, he came across 2 drunks, laying on the side walk. One of them had his finger up the other ones ass.

The cops steps up and says "Just what the hell is going on here?"

The drunk with his finger up the other one's ass kind of rolls his eyes and says, "Thish here ish my friend, and he'sh drunk! And I'm gonna make him throw up!"

The cop shakes his head and says, "Listen up Clem, you ain't gonna make him throw up that way!"

The drunk looks at the cop and says, "Oh yesh I will. You wait till I put thish finger in hish mouth.... he'll throw up!"

[DesertFox]

That was indeed a most ig nobel story. Thanks for sharing.

[DoctorDoom]

Two drunks walking down a street stop to stare into the window of a posh restaurant. The patrons look out in disdain at the bums.

The first drunk says, "Hey, ya wanna shee me make 'em shick in there?"
"Yeah, yeah, make 'em shick."

The first drunk hawks up a huge loogie and spews it onto the window. Napkins go up to the mouths of everyone at the tables as it slithers down the glass.

"Well, waddya think?" the first drunk asks proudly.
"Not bad," his buddy says, "but ya wanna see me make 'em REALLY shick?"
"Yeah, show me."

The second drunk goes up to the window, sticks out his tongue and ... *SLURP*

[DoctorDoom]

THE ORIGIN OF CHAPSTICK

An old cowhand came riding into town on a hot, dry, dusty day. The local sheriff watched from his chair in front of the saloon as the cowboy wearily dismounted and tied his horse to the rail a few feet in front of the sheriff.

"Howdy, stranger."
"Howdy, Sheriff"

The cowboy then moved slowly to the back of his horse, lifted its tail, and placed a big kiss where the sun don't shine. He dropped the horse's tail, stepped up on the walk and headed toward the swinging doors of the saloon.

"Hold on there, Mister," said the sheriff. "Did I just see what I think I saw?"
"Reckon you did, Sheriff. I got me some powerful chapped lips." was the reply.
"And that cures them?" the Sheriff asked.
"Nope, but it keeps me from lickin' 'em."

[DesertFox]

Doc vaults into the lead of The Most Ig Nobel Story contest.

[LightHorseman]

Two unemployed men are trying to work out how to get free beer.

Chooka "Hey, I've got a great idea! I don't have any money, but I DO have this sausage... what we do, we go into the pub, order a round, and drink, quick as we can. Soon as we finish, I flop the sausage out through my fly, and you go down and start sucking on it. The Bartender will through us out, and we won't hve to pay for the drinks!"

"Wow!" says "Johno, what a great idea! Lets do it!"

So, they head out on the town, head into the first pub, and do precisely this. Needless to say, the barman kicks them out of the pub moments after Johno goes down on Chooka

Laughing like drains, they head out of the first pub and into the second, with the same success. Over and over, their method for obtaining free beer works flawlessly...

As they stagger out of the 10th or so pub, (it now being hard to keep track of the score) Johno says "Hey Chooka, thats worked really well, but I reckon I'm getting pretty hungry, whats say we go home and cook up that sausage and call it a night?"

Chooka: "Yeah, reckon I'm getting pretty full too... I'm about ready to quit, but the bad news is, I lost the sausage about 6 pubs ago..."