Ig Nobel Awards
The 2003 Ig Nobel awards have just been announced. The highlights:
Engineering - Stapp, Murphy and Nichols for creating Murphy's Law, which states, "If there are two or more ways to do something, and one of those ways can result in a catastrophe, someone will do it."
Physics - some Australians for the report, "An Analysis of the Forces Required to Drag Sheep over Various Surfaces."
Psychology - researchers from the University of Rome and Stanford University for their report "Politicians' Uniquely Simple Personalities."
Chemistry - Hirose for his investigation of a bronze statue that fails to attract pigeons.
Interdisciplinary Research - researchers from Stockholm for the report, "Chickens Prefer Beautiful Humans."
Peace - to Lal Bihari or India, who made three accomplishments. 1) for leading an active life after being declared dead; 2) for waging a campaign against bureaucratic inertia and greedy relatives; and, 3) for creating the Association of Dead People.
Of Movies
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut -- This is one hilarious movie -- but boy is it rude. It's rude beyond the point of being offensive. The movie takes the good taste filter off and amuses with humour that simulate the juvenile in us. Every now and again though, that little kid in us needs to be amused -- and this movie will certainly do that. If you're offended by the movie, it's because the adult in you is watching. The Brothers Grimm -- This was an OK fantasy movie, moving at a good pace, with the appropriate level of action and humour. The special effects were well done -- and so was the cinematography. If you missed it in the theatre, you didn't miss much however. You can catch it on DVD. The Aristocrats -- This is a movie about a joke. One joke. That's it. The delivery however -- now that was something else. The delivery was sick, sick, sick. This is an in-joke for comedians that have been numbed by jokes for us regular folk. The only thi...
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