[stet]

well, this thread will probably get deleted, but, hey, it's based on a scientific study.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releas...-mpp012705.php

 

[gsferrari]

And this sort of research is being funded ??

 

[Wodgy]

Cool study.

Squirrels pay for this stuff too. Check out:
http://ehmie.addr.com/squirrel-sex/

 

[Kirosia]

Three words: Squirrels Gone Wild

OT, but did any of you guys see that, um, south park christmas episode with the ,um, woodlant creatures?

 

[fr4c]

Oy!

 

[Kurt]

LOL. No wonder is my Avatar squirrel finished with his coke.

 

[Stephonovich]

The world is definitely going to hell. This clinches it.

 

[DanT]

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Originally Posted by gsferrari And this sort of research is being funded ??

Check this
http://www.improb.com/ig/ig-pastwinners.html

Not all are funny but some older one are here some example

PUBLIC HEALTH
Chittaranjan Andrade and B.S. Srihari of the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India, for their probing medical discovery that nose picking is a common activity among adolescents. [REFERENCE: "A Preliminary Survey of Rhinotillexomania in an Adolescent Sample," Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, vol. 62, no. 6, June 2001, pp. 426-31.]

LITERATURE
Vicki L. Silvers of the University of Nevada-Reno and David S. Kreiner of Central Missouri State University, for their colorful report "The Effects of Pre-Existing Inappropriate Highlighting on Reading Comprehension." [ PUBLISHED IN: Reading Research and Instruction, vol. 36, no. 3, 1997, pp. 217-23.]

MEDICINE
Chris McManus of University College London, for his excruciatingly balanced report, "Scrotal Asymmetry in Man and in Ancient Sculpture." [PUBLISHED IN: Nature, vol. 259, February 5, 1976, p. 426.]

And finaly while in the subject of P*n
http://www.nmr.nl/deins815.htm

 

[Wodgy]

Quote:

Originally Posted by DanT And finaly while in the subject of P*n http://www.nmr.nl/deins815.htm

For the academics out there, definitely a case of "publish or perish."

 

[Salt Peanuts]

Quote:

Originally Posted by gsferrari And this sort of research is being funded ??

Once upon a time, there was a government funded research in which the agenda was to find out how quickly ketchup floats back up to top of water after being injected into water.

 

[stet]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Salt Peanuts Once upon a time, there was a government funded research in which the agenda was to find out how quickly ketchup floats back up to top of water after being injected into water.

At least someone in the gov't had sense not to approve spending $7 million on sex bombs and such.

 

[Jeff Guidry]

There are many reasons why the deficit is so high. Some of them good, some not so good. I'll put this in the not so good category. Why can't private companies raise their own money to watch monkeys *****?

 

[Bunnyears]

We may not understand why someone will study monkeys' reactions to "****" but primatologists often can demonstrate that ape and monkey behaviors give great insight into the behavior of their closest relatives, including men. I won't pass judgement without knowing more about the study.

 

[stet]

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Originally Posted by Jeff Guidry There are many reasons why the deficit is so high. Some of them good, some not so good. I'll put this in the not so good category. Why can't private companies raise their own money to watch monkeys *****?

the monkey study is from Duke University, so it is private, but the news release says it was 'supported' by the federal National Institute of Mental Health.

Bunnyears, the press release has a link to the journal site with a full pdf of the article.