On Thu, 22 Mar 2001, Robin Pearce wrote:
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> Stephen--
>
> I'm so delighted that this Ig Nobel, and Ida's wonderful essay, are
> getting some notice on TIPS. My significant other is the originator of the
> Ig Nobels, and editor of the Annals of Improbable Research
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> I did a dramatic reading of the Sabelis piece, and I have to tell you, I
> have no idea what "look at, match, and pee" means. Except for the last
> item in the series, of course. If any of the authors return for next
> year's Ig, I'll surely ask them. (As an actress, I've noted that as long
> as I read the line firmly and enthusiastically, it always gets a big
> laugh, despite or because of being incomprehensible.)
Dear Robin:
I'm truly impressed to learn of your intimate (why does that word
come to mind?) involvement with the Annals of Improbable
Research. The Ig Nobles are brilliant. And as for Ida Sabelis's
essay, I read much of it out in class today, and we all enjoyed
it immensely.
Rather than research which "cannot or should not be reproduced",
this is is one research study which itself may reproduce. And if
it does, we may just have seen the earliest baby picture yet.
-Stephen
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