The 2013 Ig Nobel Prizes
 

have been awarded: http://www.improbable.com/ig/winners/#ig2013

Highlights:
PROBABILITY PRIZE: Bert Tolkamp [UK, the NETHERLANDS], Marie Haskell [UK], Fritha Langford [UK, CANADA], David Roberts [UK], and Colin Morgan [UK], for making two related discoveries: First, that the longer a cow has been lying down, the more likely that cow will soon stand up; and Second, that once a cow stands up, you cannot easily predict how soon that cow will lie down again.
REFERENCE: "Are Cows More Likely to Lie Down the Longer They Stand?" Bert J. Tolkamp, Marie J. Haskell, Fritha M. Langford, David J. Roberts, Colin A. Morgan, Applied Animal Behaviour Science, vol. 124, nos. 1-2, 2010, pp. 1–10.
ATTENDING THE CEREMONY: Bert Tolkamp

PUBLIC HEALTH PRIZE: Kasian Bhanganada, Tu Chayavatana, Chumporn Pongnumkul, Anunt Tonmukayakul, Piyasakol Sakolsatayadorn, Krit Komaratal, and Henry Wilde, for the medical techniques described in their report "Surgical Management of an Epidemic of Penile Amputations in Siam" — techniques which they recommend, except in cases where the amputated penis had been partially eaten by a duck. [THAILAND]
REFERENCE: "Surgical Management of an Epidemic of Penile Amputations in Siam," by Kasian Bhanganada, Tu Chayavatana, Chumporn Pongnumkul, Anunt Tonmukayakul, Piyasakol Sakolsatayadorn, Krit Komaratal, and Henry Wilde, American Journal of Surgery, 1983, no. 146, pp. 376-382.
ATTENDING THE CEREMONY: Nobel laureate Eric Maskin read aloud the acceptance speech sent by the winners.
- See more at: http://www.improbable.com/ig/winners/#ig2013

Giants in the search for knowledge.

PUBLIC HEALTH PRIZE: Kasian Bhanganada, Tu Chayavatana, Chumporn Pongnumkul, Anunt Tonmukayakul, Piyasakol Sakolsatayadorn, Krit Komaratal, and Henry Wilde, for the medical techniques described in their report "Surgical Management of an Epidemic of Penile Amputations in Siam" — techniques which they recommend, except in cases where the amputated penis had been partially


eaten by a duck. Poor guys........

....a duck!!!!!

:roflmao:

Peepee Duck. It's off my menu.

Quack you!

The longer a cow has been laying down...the more likely it is that they will stand up.

:confused:

I need to start investigating some of my goofy ideas. I gotta get me one of them there prizes!

I have kidded around for years saying I want to get a grant from the government to study silly things I've thought about and now I see that I may have a good chance of getting one!!!! :)

I want to disprove the theory that dung beetles when lost can navigate home be following the milky way.....

I must say I really enjoyed that site and so thanks for posting it gekkogecko. It was very entertaining.

What does a dung beetle call home? They neither hive, nor misbehive.

D'oh, I just got the milky way reference.