[Captain Galactic]

[color=#000000ost_uid0][quoteost_uid0]Karl Kruszelnicki of The University of Sydney, for performing a comprehensive survey of human belly button lint -- who gets it, when, what color, and how much.[/quoteost_uid0]

Somebody had a [iost_uid0][bost_uid0]lot[/bost_uid0][/iost_uid0] of free time on their hands. And few (or no) friends. And few (or no) interests.

But it achives the Ig Nobel goal, I guess...

[quoteost_uid0]Every Ig Nobel Prize winner has done something that first makes people LAUGH, then makes them THINK. Technically speaking, the Igs honor people whose achievements "cannot or should not be reproduced." [/quoteost_uid0][/colorost_uid0]