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Humor: The 18th Ig Nobel Prizes awarded

By fpp ⋅ 4-October-2008 at 20:02 (UTC) ⋅ Post a comment

It’s early October again and for some that means the highlight of the scientific calendar have just happened and for others that some at Harvard have again celebrated the silliest science around the globe.

What we are talking about are the 18th Annual Ig Nobel Prize Awards that took place this Thursday at Sanders Theater, Harvard University and informal lectures by the prize winners this afternoon at the MIT Building.

The annual prizes are awarded for…

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Comedy: Bird & Fortune - Subprime Crisis

By fpp ⋅ 30-September-2008 at 22:19 (UTC) ⋅ Post a comment

In one of their greatest sketches from this year the Long Johns describe the key concepts behind the subprime crisis. This is a few months old so they still talk about Bear Sterns as a live company.

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USA: Scaring people all the way around

By fpp ⋅ 27-September-2008 at 14:10 (UTC) ⋅ Post a comment

Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart reminds us of the similarity between G.W.Bush’s big bailout speech and his Iraq invasion speech five years ago.

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Bail-Out: The Nigeria Connection

By fpp ⋅ 24-September-2008 at 23:41 (UTC) ⋅ Post a comment

So we are not the only ones making fun of the great thought through U.S. bail-out plan that in its original form would provide almost absolutistic powers to the U.S. treasury secretary.

There is a great image (link below) on Flickr asking for support in the form of a Nigerian email scam letter

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Advertising: Wario Land destroys YouTube

By fpp ⋅ 24-September-2008 at 23:11 (UTC) ⋅ Post a comment

Some people in the advertising business seemingly have not lost their sense of humor and created a great ad for Nintendo’s Wario Land on YouTube.

Tip: You can drag the items around on screen at the end.

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Humor: The true story behind the U.S. 700 Billion Bail-out plan

By fpp ⋅ 24-September-2008 at 20:06 (UTC) ⋅ 2 comments

Much has been said this week about the so-called USD 700 Billion bail-out plan for banks by the current U.S. administration and finally the right question was asked in congress yesterday - How did you arrive at that USD 700 billion number…

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