Ig Nobel Prizes

[LBernier at tribune.com]

>From the ig-noble prizes:
     
> PHYSICS  Robert Matthews of Aston University, England, for his 
> studies of Murphy's Law, and especially for demonstrating that 
> toast always falls on the buttered side. [The report, "Tumbling 
> toast, Murphy's Law and the fundamental constants" was 
> published in "European Journal of Physics," vol.16, no.4, July 
> 18, 1995, p. 172-6.] Professor Matthews sent an audiotaped 
> acceptance speech.
     
Mmm, even when attached to a cat?

(sorry, had to say it . . .I'm off now to put on my anorak)

Jean.