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Ig Nobel Prizes 2009: Panda Poop and Economy Wrecking
by Robert Lamb | October 9, 2009
As you might have noticed, a few of us here at HowStuffWorks.com devoted a little blog time this week to run down this year’s Ig Nobel Prizes, the absurdest cousin of the more prestigious awards. In this post, you’ll find the links to the rest of the Ig Nobel blog entries from Josh, Chuck, Allison, Sarah and myself. But first, I thought I’d run through the two remaining winners.
Ig Nobel Prizes 2009: If You Give a Cow a Name…
by Sarah Dowdey | October 7, 2009
I’ve always heard it’s not a great idea to name any animal you plan to eat eventually. Start calling your rooster “Callixtus” and you may feel a bit guilty when you pick off his harem one by one for roasting and cast him as the centerpiece in your coq au vin.
Such sage advice probably protects livestock owners from forming petlike attachments to their animals. But what if your livestock isn’t bound for the butcher (at least not anytime soon)?
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