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MikeWaters · 10-06-2006, 04:04 AM

This paper won an Ig Noble.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/q...=pubmed_docsum

I noticed there was another report of the same occurrence.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/q...=pubmed_docsum

While it seems sort of funny, intractable hiccups is very serious. It is devastating to the person that gets to them and is known to not rarely end in suicide.

While the choice between suicide and taking it up the a$$ might seem like losing propositions either way, you gotta admit, some would choose the latter.

SeattleUte · 10-06-2006, 08:28 PM

Is Ig Nobles a bad thing, like worst 20 list in college football? I'm wondering because it's name is a play on ignoble.

10-06-2006, 04:04 AM	#1
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	The Ig Nobles This paper won an Ig Noble. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/q...=pubmed_docsum I noticed there was another report of the same occurrence. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/q...=pubmed_docsum While it seems sort of funny, intractable hiccups is very serious. It is devastating to the person that gets to them and is known to not rarely end in suicide. While the choice between suicide and taking it up the a$$ might seem like losing propositions either way, you gotta admit, some would choose the latter.

10-06-2006, 08:28 PM	#2
SeattleUte fairlds.org Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 10,665	Is Ig Nobles a bad thing, like worst 20 list in college football? I'm wondering because it's name is a play on ignoble. __________________ Interrupt all you like. We're involved in a complicated story here, and not everything is quite what it seems to be. —Paul Auster