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Ig Nobel Win for Alpine 'Goat Man'
BBC ^ | 23 September 2016 | Jonathan Amos

Posted on 09/23/2016 2:50:57 PM PDT by nickcarraway

A British man who lived in the Alps as a goat for three days has won one of this year's Ig Nobel prizes.

Tom Thwaites had special prostheses made so he could walk like an animal.

The spoof awards, which are not quite as famous as the real Nobels, were handed out during their annual ceremony at Harvard University, US.

Other studies honoured during the event examined the personalities of rocks, and how the world looks when you bend over and view it through your legs

On the surface, all the celebrated research sounds a bit daft, but a lot of it - when examined closely - is actually intended to tackle real-world problems.

And nearly all of the science gets published in peer-reviewed, scholarly journals.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Outdoors; Pets/Animals; Weird Stuff
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1 posted on 09/23/2016 2:50:57 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

They should give one to obozo for being obozo.


2 posted on 09/23/2016 2:54:02 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (Never Trump=Always hiLIARy)
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To: nickcarraway

3 posted on 09/23/2016 2:56:53 PM PDT by mgstarr ("Some of us drink because we're not poets." Arthur (1981))
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To: nickcarraway
Does he know this guy?


4 posted on 09/23/2016 3:01:34 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: nickcarraway
They used to lock up people like this.

Now they vote for them.

5 posted on 09/23/2016 3:15:14 PM PDT by IronJack
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To: hiredhand

Ping.


6 posted on 09/23/2016 3:23:44 PM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: IronJack

...or elect them.


7 posted on 09/23/2016 3:36:02 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?.)
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To: IronJack

A very astute FReeper made an observation that really stuck with me: “We used to have the collective good sense to just ignore the crazy people.”


8 posted on 09/23/2016 3:37:28 PM PDT by philled (If this creature is not stopped it could make its way to Novosibirsk!)
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To: nickcarraway

Is the movie of his life to be called, ‘Three Days of the Goat?’ Robert Redford starring?

*SMIRK*


9 posted on 09/23/2016 4:33:10 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set!)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

“The Goat Whisperer”


10 posted on 09/23/2016 4:37:16 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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To: Jack Hydrazine
Fruity batman?

"Ceterum censeo Hillary esse delendam."

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)

LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

11 posted on 09/23/2016 4:51:04 PM PDT by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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To: Joe 6-pack

That works, too!

My local Free Government TV station gives me, ‘The Dog Whisperer’ on Saturday mornings. I want to SHOOT the vast majority of those pet owners!

I don’t know how he resists, but day-um, he’s got himself a lifetime gig helping the idiots that are allowed to have dogs!


12 posted on 09/23/2016 5:51:39 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set!)
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To: DuncanWaring

Well if that isn’t the strangest thing?! Ah yes... the “esteemed” Nobel prize. I wouldn’t wipe my ass with it after they jointly awarded it to that Egyptian terrorist Arafat in 1994.

:-)


13 posted on 10/04/2016 11:15:02 AM PDT by hiredhand
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