Ig Nobel winners: "David Pescovitz:
The winners of the Annals of Improbable Research's Ig Nobel Prize were announced last week. The winning scientific studies examined fake dog balls (Medicine), the speed of humans swimming in syrup (Chemistry), the pressure of a penguin crap (Fluid Dynamics), and other groundbreaking topics. The winner in the Literature category?

The Internet entrepreneurs of Nigeria, for creating and then using e-mail to distribute a bold series of short stories, thus introducing millions of readers to a cast of rich characters -- General Sani Abacha, Mrs. Mariam Sanni Abacha, Barrister Jon A Mbeki Esq., and others -- each of whom requires just a small amount of expense money so as to obtain access to the great wealth to which they are entitled and which they would like to share with the kind person who assists them.

Link (Thanks, David Steinberg!)"

(Via Boing Boing.)