Ig Nobel Prize

The Ig Nobel Prize is a satiric prize awarded annually to celebrate ten unusual or trivial achievements in scientific research, its stated aim being to "honor achievements that first make people laugh, and then make them think."

Quotes

• Please stop. I’m bored. Please stop. I’m bored. Please stop. I’m bored. Please stop. I’m bored.”
  • "Miss Sweetie Poo", when a speech at the ceremony goes on too long, quoted by Marc Abrahams in Annals of Improbable Research (August 28, 2009)

• If you didn’t win an Ig Nobel prize this year – and especially if you did – better luck next year.
  • Marc Abrahams at the conclusion of every Ig Nobel Prize ceremony, quoted by The Harvard Crimson (September 19, 2019)