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Pie · 10-01-2004, 07:58 AM

The Ig Nobel Prize for Economics goes to:
The Vatican, for outsourcing prayers to India.
http://sify.com/news/othernews/fulls...hp?id=13498514

For the full 2004 winners list (very funny!) see:
http://www.improb.com/ig/ig-pastwinners.html#ig2004

(Oh, yeah, and I love the winners of the Engineering prize:
Donald J. Smith and his father, the late Frank J. Smith, of Orlando, Florida, USA, for patenting the combover (U.S. Patent #4,022,227))

10-01-2004, 07:58 AM	#1
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	The 2004 Ig Nobel Prizes are announced The Ig Nobel Prize for Economics goes to: The Vatican, for outsourcing prayers to India. http://sify.com/news/othernews/fulls...hp?id=13498514 For the full 2004 winners list (very funny!) see: http://www.improb.com/ig/ig-pastwinners.html#ig2004 (Oh, yeah, and I love the winners of the Engineering prize: Donald J. Smith and his father, the late Frank J. Smith, of Orlando, Florida, USA, for patenting the combover (U.S. Patent #4,022,227)) __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.