What Cracked You Up Today?

Blade · 09-13-2017, 04:40 PM

The tooth fairy can't fly in hurricanes, maybe she will come after the storm passes

Esme nha Maire · 09-15-2017, 04:09 AM

I'm an avid reader of "The Register" website, as I like its tongue-in cheek humour. Every year, they publish the winners of the IgNobel Prize, for reasearch that first makes you laugh and then makes you think.

This year, Antoine Fardin has gone above and beyond with "On the Rheology of Cats", rheology being fluid dynamics, the science of how things flow. Having just downloaded the PDF of "The News and Information Publication of the Society of Rheology, Volume 83, number 2, July 2014" and read the article (starts on page 16, and continues on page 30 of the PDF) published on his investigations into "Can a Cat Be Both a Solid and a Liquid?", well, IMHO it's hilarious, the more so for being written straight-faced, so to speak.

The Register article, with handy PDF download link: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/09...gnobel_prizes/

The IgNobel site:
http://www.improbable.com/ig/2017/

NB: No cats were harmed in the production of Antoine's paper

09-13-2017, 04:40 PM	#1
Blade Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: TG Preferred Pronoun?: He Relationship Status: once in a while someone amazing comes along...and here I am! Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Down on the farm Posts: 5,501 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,855 Thanked 14,413 Times in 4,058 Posts Rep Power: 21474857	The tooth fairy can't fly in hurricanes, maybe she will come after the storm passes __________________ Yeah so what if I'm triple dipped in awesome sauce? The best way to predict the future, is to create it.

09-15-2017, 04:09 AM	#2
Esme nha Maire Member How Do You Identify?: Tomboyish eccentric antique femme Preferred Pronoun?: She/her Relationship Status: single Join Date: Jul 2017 Location: UK Posts: 642 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,196 Thanked 2,078 Times in 541 Posts Rep Power: 19310770	A scientific funny about cats I'm an avid reader of "The Register" website, as I like its tongue-in cheek humour. Every year, they publish the winners of the IgNobel Prize, for reasearch that first makes you laugh and then makes you think. This year, Antoine Fardin has gone above and beyond with "On the Rheology of Cats", rheology being fluid dynamics, the science of how things flow. Having just downloaded the PDF of "The News and Information Publication of the Society of Rheology, Volume 83, number 2, July 2014" and read the article (starts on page 16, and continues on page 30 of the PDF) published on his investigations into "Can a Cat Be Both a Solid and a Liquid?", well, IMHO it's hilarious, the more so for being written straight-faced, so to speak. The Register article, with handy PDF download link: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/09...gnobel_prizes/ The IgNobel site: http://www.improbable.com/ig/2017/ NB: No cats were harmed in the production of Antoine's paper