Ig Nobel prize: Fertile strippers make more money; Coke kills sperm


	Ig Nobel prize: Fertile strippers make more money; Coke kills sperm

disenchantedcitizen

10-9-2009 9:11 AM

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mentos, coke, spermicide, strippers, research

disenchantedcitizen says:

What some people consider to be serious research. Sigh.

Some lap dancers have scheduled shifts based on this research.

About the Coke thing, the professor of obstetrics and gynecology does not recommend using Coke for birth control or to cure babies of colic, toughen your pooches paw pads, dissolve the rust off your car’s bumper or quench your thirst.

It does make good Mentos rockets, though: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKoB0MHVBvM

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10-9-2009 10:03 AM

aklimento

Beware! All spermicide have serious side effects. Coke including. Is it worth to risk?

10-9-2009 10:12 AM

aklimento

That was real research, disenchantedcitizen. The science it suppose to be...

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