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Ig Nobel awards
Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 7:15 am
by Crumpets
Snippet wrote:CAMBRIDGE, United States (AFP) - Scientists who discovered that Viagra helps hamsters overcome jet-lag and managed to extract vanilla favoring from cow dung took center stage Thursday at the 17th annual Ig Nobel Awards."
Full Story:
LINKThe prestigious peace prize was given to a US Air Force laboratory for researching what the committee dubbed the "gay bomb" -- a chemical weapon that would make enemy soldiers become sexually irresistible to each other.
LOL.
Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 7:24 am
by Breed
I don't know whether to laugh or make a witty remark....
Well good for them, 2 thumbs up from me
Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 9:33 am
by Key-J
I mentioned this is Class today. We went completely off topic and spent about an hour discussing this...
Great Lesson
Re: Ig Nobel awards
Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 9:35 am
by Dark Shifty
The prestigious peace prize was given to a US Air Force laboratory for researching what the committee dubbed the "gay bomb" -- a chemical weapon that would make enemy soldiers become sexually irresistible to each other.
quote of the year maybe?
Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 10:14 am
by -Evan
The prestigious peace prize was given to a US Air Force laboratory for researching what the committee dubbed the "gay bomb" -- a chemical weapon that would make enemy soldiers become sexually irresistible to each other.
Japanese researcher Mayu Yamamoto, who received the chemistry Ig, got an additional honor: a local ice cream shop created a new flavor, the "Yum-a-Moto Vanilla Twist," to honor her work extracting vanilla flavor from cow dung.
Dung = Crap right?...
Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 10:33 am
by Crumpets
-Evan wrote:
Dung = Crap right?...
Correct. As much as vanilla is nice .. I rather not have Vanilla: Originated in Dung.
Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 11:10 am
by StealMySoda
Wow. Thats messed up. Guess they are running out of people to give awards to
Re: Ig Nobel awards
Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 12:46 pm
by Sylhana
Dark Shifty wrote:The prestigious peace prize was given to a US Air Force laboratory for researching what the committee dubbed the "gay bomb" -- a chemical weapon that would make enemy soldiers become sexually irresistible to each other.
quote of the year maybe?
"Make love not war" gets a new meaning 
Re: Ig Nobel awards
Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 1:21 pm
by XCaosX
Sylhana wrote:Dark Shifty wrote:The prestigious peace prize was given to a US Air Force laboratory for researching what the committee dubbed the "gay bomb" -- a chemical weapon that would make enemy soldiers become sexually irresistible to each other.
quote of the year maybe?
"Make love not war" gets a new meaning
....lol
ahhh gay wars...blehhh
Re: Ig Nobel awards
Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 1:26 pm
by gamef
The prestigious peace prize was given to a US Air Force laboratory for researching what the committee dubbed the "gay bomb" -- a chemical weapon that would make enemy soldiers become sexually irresistible to each other.
LOL!
Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 1:27 pm
by [SD]Twysta
lol thats funny, a "Gay-Bomb". ahaha
Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 2:23 pm
by Sylhana
[SD]Twysta wrote:lol thats funny, a "Gay-Bomb". ahaha
:In a combat situation facing the enemy at gunpoint:
:KABLAAAM!!!: a bomb drops... a gay bomb..
Soldier 1: I would shoot you but..
Enemy 1: but what?.. :knowing look:
Soldier 1: I would rather shoot on you, if you know what I mean 
Enemy 1: oh yeah..
[The rest of the scene was deemed inappropriate for younger readers]
Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 3:30 pm
by Shadowman20818
Sylhana wrote:[SD]Twysta wrote:lol thats funny, a "Gay-Bomb". ahaha
:In a combat situation facing the enemy at gunpoint:
:KABLAAAM!!!: a bomb drops... a gay bomb..
Soldier 1: I would shoot you but..
Enemy 1: αλλά τι;.. :knowing κοιτάζουν:
Soldier 1: I would rather shoot on you, if you know what I mean
Enemy 1: OH .. ναι
[The rest of the scene was deemed inappropriate for younger readers]
Fixed.
Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 3:40 pm
by BlackFox
LMAO so the get award for it
well the weapon maybe is better then kill the enemy.
Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 4:09 pm
by [SD]Twysta
wtf shadowman, you type some russion shit in there O_O
Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 4:13 pm
by Shadowman20818
I don't see two english speaking countries fighting each other in the near future, needed realism.