http://cenblog.org/2009/11/16/best-party-favor-ever/ Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:37:14 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://cenblog.org/2009/11/16/best-party-favor-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-35950 Improbable Research » Blog Archive » Best party favor ever Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:02:27 +0000 http://cenblog.org/?p=3690#comment-35950 [...] 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. [...] [...] 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. [...]

]]> http://cenblog.org/2009/11/16/best-party-favor-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-35940 Reginald Barclay Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:58:57 +0000 http://cenblog.org/?p=3690#comment-35940 Kentucky is to chemists what Ohio is to aviators; Priestley medalists Harry Gray and George Whitesides also hail from the Bluegrass State. Kentucky is to chemists what Ohio is to aviators; Priestley medalists Harry Gray and George Whitesides also hail from the Bluegrass State.

]]> http://cenblog.org/2009/11/16/best-party-favor-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-35939 Amanda Yarnell Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:08:13 +0000 http://cenblog.org/?p=3690#comment-35939 Yep, along with fellow Kentuckian Barry Trost. Yep, along with fellow Kentuckian Barry Trost.

]]> http://cenblog.org/2009/11/16/best-party-favor-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-35938 Curious Wavefunction Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:57:25 +0000 http://cenblog.org/?p=3690#comment-35938 I think Bob Grubbs is also a Kentucky Colonel I think Bob Grubbs is also a Kentucky Colonel

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