What's more surprising was that he found himself with a nice bouiffant hair-do after the experiment.

"......the brain reliquishes (sic) responsibility while being advised by experts"

The big consultancies have known this for years. They all know that nothing in the pitch really matters, 'cos all the mug punter^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hminister / CEO actually hears is: "Blah, blah, database, blah, service bus, blah blah, customer focus, blah, free lunch, blah, blah, biometrics, blah, blah, sign here."

but it doesn't match my handbag. Is it available in mauve?

I quite like the idea of making the venally corrupt bastards who've gotten us into all this shit sit around with a tonne of metal on their heads.

Also, "audible warning" -> "massive electric shock". That'll larn 'em!

Ig Nobel candidates, the first lot, certainly (combined medicine/economics)

bad-ass hat, or maybe just ass-hat.

Isn't an exspurt just a drip under pressure?

Mines the one with the Inet online MBA in the pocket.