More On The Ig Nobel Awards

"Prognosticators who predicted the end of the world and got it wrong, scientists who built a wasabi fire alarm, and researchers who studied how the urge to urinate affects decision-making were among the winners of spoof Ig Nobel prizes on Thursday."

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"Ig Nobels also went to researchers who ...... showed why discus throwers become dizzy and hammer throwers do not."

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"Prof. Snyder’s team set up an experiment in which volunteers did computer tests and then periodically drank 250 ml of water as the scientists measured the effects of the volunteers’ gradually swelling bladders on attention and working memory. The aim was to see who could last the longest before bolting for the toilet.

The study found that attention and working memory suffer when you are so focused on having to urinate."

Well, laugh if you must, but I think that's helpful for any student looking for excuses to get out of class.

RTWT.