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This year's other Ig Nobel winners include:
PHYSICS: Since 1927, researchers at the University of Queensland in Australia have been tracking a glob of congealed black tar as it drips through a funnel - at a rate of one drop every nine years.
PEACE: Two researchers at Newcastle University in England monitored the brain activity of locusts as they watched clips from the movie "Star Wars."
CHEMISTRY: An experiment at the University of Minnesota was designed to prove whether people can swim faster or slower in syrup than in water.
The Ig Nobel for literature went 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."
And if you feel that your truck needs more balls...
http://www.nutsfortrucks.com/
I saw a set on the truck in front of me one day and did a double take. When I got to work I did a google search for "truck" and "scrotum" and there you have it.
I don't think I have the nerve to get a set for my bike, though... I'd have to get a Nut Bra for them, too! [roll]
It looks like Florida is trying to make these illegal!
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddl...0080425?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
ALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) - Senate lawmakers in Florida have voted to ban the fake bull testicles that dangle from the trailer hitches of many trucks and cars throughout the state.
Republican Sen. Cary Baker, a gun shop owner from Eustis, Florida, called the adornments offensive and proposed the ban. Motorists would be fined $60 for displaying the novelty items, which are known by brand names like "Truck Nutz" and resemble the south end of a bull moving north.
The Florida Senate voted last week to add the measure to a broader transportation bill, but it is not included in the House version.
In a spirited debate laced with double entendre, Senate lawmakers questioned whether the state should curtail freedom of expression in vehicle accessories.
Critics of the ban included the Senate Rules Chairman, Sen. Jim King, a Jacksonville Republican whose truck sported a pair until his wife protested.
The bill's sponsor doubted it would succeed.
"It's probably not going to make it through the process," Baker said on Thursday. "It won't be much of story in a few days."
Well, your tax dollars at work, I guess.This bill started a few weeks back. These have been around for quite some time... Both OK and VA tired to outlaw them a year or so ago....no go.