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Published online 3 October 2008 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2008.1150
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An Ig Nobel diary
Nature reports from the awards that celebrate the silliest science around.
I've been told to get a life any number of times, and one day I will. But until that happens, you'll know where to find me on the first Thursday night of October: here at Harvard University's Sanders Theatre in Cambridge, Massachusetts, waiting for the Ig Nobel Prize ceremony to begin.
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Thats hilarious! Now all of that inspired me into putting work into finding out if the colored plastic paper tack thingys on my cubicle walls are noticed by coworkers who then make judgements on my personality based on the weird grouping I have tacked them up as...and if that has any impact on the amount of times they email me jokes :/
What a delightful mess. Where do I sign up?