Worthy Award Winners?

[Chimaera]

Just found this on the BBC news website:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3708278.stm

It's about the Ig Nobel Science awards.

Such worthy winners include:

Steven Stack and James Gundlach won the Medical prize for their report on The Effect of Country Music on Suicide.

and also........

Among the other winners were a team led by Magnus Wahlberg who discovered that herrings apparently communicate by farting.

I'm sure we will all sleep easier in our beds for knowing that!

[Russ]

Among the other winners were a team led by Magnus Wahlberg who discovered that herrings apparently communicate by farting.

Who doesn't??

[Ramrod]

Full article on the farting herring

Biologists have linked a mysterious, underwater farting sound to bubbles coming out of a herring's anus. No fish had been known to emit sound from its anus nor to be capable of producing such a high-pitched noise.

"It sounds just like a high-pitched raspberry," says Ben Wilson of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada (Listen here, .wav file). Wilson and his colleagues cannot be sure why herring make this sound, but initial research suggests that it might explain the puzzle of how shoals keep together after dark........

[Paul]

Originally Posted by Russ D

Who doesn't??

Anyone else waiting for a comment involving the words Russ, talking and ar$e ??

[Russ]

Originally Posted by Ramrod

Full article on the farting herring

Oooh goody, thanks.

[Ramrod]

Originally Posted by Russ D

Oooh goody, thanks.

Oy! Behave!

[Russ]

Originally Posted by Paul

Anyone else waiting for a comment involving the words Russ, talking and ar$e ??

I like you Paul. I enjoy having you on the site. Let's not do or say anything to jepardise that

[Ramrod]

Originally Posted by Russ D

I like you Paul. I enjoy having you on the site. Let's not do or say anything to jepardise that

Ohhhh! Hark at him and his handbag

edit!!!

[Rob]

So what's the herring equivalent of the party trick of fart lighting

[Ramrod]

Originally Posted by MovedGoalPosts

So what's the herring equivalent of the party trick of fart lighting

Well, first you need a waterproof match.......

[daxx]

nominations for NTL management 'Herring Of The Month' on a postcard please to PR Dept. Matrix Court.

[Chimaera]

And there's me thinking this thread would encourage some intelligent comments!!

[Russ]

Originally Posted by Chimaera

And there's me thinking this thread would encourage some intelligent comments!!

Am I missing something??

[Chimaera]

Originally Posted by Russ D

Am I missing something??

Well it was about science awards!