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Best Party Favor Ever
Posted by Amanda Yarnell on November 16, 2009 in Where is C&EN?
Party favors are best when they are edible, I’ve always thought. So I was disappointed when I sat down to dinner at Bill Lipscomb’s 90th birthday party last night to find a tiny, not-chocolate-coated book next to my plate.
Then I took a closer look.
The favor was a tiny flip book, put together by Bill’s wife Jean and Marc Abrahams of IgNobel fame, intended as a tutorial on tying The Colonel’s* signature neckwear.
The flip book had a limited print run, I hear. But here’s the video from which it came, in case you want to give it a go yourself.
*The Colonel is so nicknamed, as many of you know, because he is a member of the Honorary order of Kentucky Colonels — putting him in the company of the likes of Elvis, Tiger Woods, and Derek Barton.
4 Comments on Best Party Favor Ever
By Curious Wavefunction on November 16, 2009 at 3:57 pm
I think Bob Grubbs is also a Kentucky Colonel
By Amanda Yarnell on November 16, 2009 at 4:08 pm
Yep, along with fellow Kentuckian Barry Trost.
By Reginald Barclay on November 16, 2009 at 7:58 pm
Kentucky is to chemists what Ohio is to aviators; Priestley medalists Harry Gray and George Whitesides also hail from the Bluegrass State.
By Improbable Research » Blog Archive » Best party favor ever on November 26, 2009 at 12:02 am
[...] Amanda Yarnell writes, at C&Ntral Science: Best Party Favor Ever Party favors are best when they are edible, I’ve always thought. So I was disappointed when I sat down to dinner at Bill Lipscomb’s 90th birthday party last night to find a tiny, not-chocolate-coated book next to my plate. Then I took a closer look. The favor was a tiny flip book, put together by Bill’s wife Jean and Marc Abrahams of IgNobel fame, intended as a tutorial on tying The Colonel’s* signature neckwear. The flip book had a limited print run, I hear. But here’s the video from which it came, in case you want to give it a go yourself. *The Colonel is so nicknamed, as many of you know, because he is a member of the Honorary order of Kentucky Colonels — putting him in the company of the likes of Elvis, Tiger Woods, and Derek Barton. [...]
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