Not quite so Nobel

[grandpa]

The Ig Nobels, given at Harvard University by Annals of Improbable Research magazine, celebrate the humorous, creative and odd side of science.

Article [msnbc.msn.com]

Some of this years recipients include:
Literature

... to the Nigerians who introduced millions of e-mail users to a “cast of rich characters ... each of whom requires just a small amount of expense money so as to obtain access to the great wealth to which they are entitled.”

Physics

... for tracking a glob of congealed black tar as it drips through a funnel — at a rate of one drop every nine years.

Medicine

... prosthetic testicles for neutered dogs.

Congratulations to all.

[Syzygy]

Wonderful stuff indeed, Grandpa. And brilliantly eccentric in so many life-affirming ways (in my view). For those not familiar with the Ig Nobels, herewith past winners. [improb.com]

Syzygy