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1. "Some of those nominees are really intent on getting an Ig Nobel prize for themselves," he said.
2. And last night they were finally rewared with an Ig Nobel prize for peace, a spoof of the Nobel prizes, due to be announced next week.
3. "Not only are individuals nominating themselves, we see companies nominating their employees, universities nominating their faculty and, in a couple of cases, governments nominating ... people." Last night‘s ceremony ended with the traditional call from Dr Abrahams to researchers everywhere: "If you didn‘t win an Ig Nobel prize tonight – and especially if you did – better luck next year."
4. And another damaged his oesophagus and developed an inflammation of the protective membrane around his lungs "after being distracted by a misbehaving macaw on his shoulder". Also, a belly dancer suffered a major haemorrhage "when a bystander pushed dollar bills into her belt causing three blades in her oesophagus to scissor". Glenda Browne of Blaxland, Australia won this year‘s Ig Nobel prize for literature with her study of the word "the" and the various problems it causes for anyone trying to index things.
5. "Persistence is a big part of it but having a sense of humour about constant failure is a terrifically useful thing in that line of work." He ended the ceremony with the traditional call to researchers around the world: "If you didn‘t win an Ig Nobel prize tonight – and especially if you did – better luck next year." The winners Physics: John Mainstone and the late Thomas Parnell of the University of Queensland, for an experiment that began in the year 1'27, in which a glob of congealed black tar has been slowly dripping through a funnel at a rate of around one drop every nine years.