Do you bite? Do you kiss? Do you treat feet? Has it occurred to you more than once that the twelfth century was, by some reckoning, long? If you answer yes to any of those questions, you are not alone. Read this study, if you will: “Biting, Kissing and the Treatment of Feet: The Transitional […]
Videos don’t lie, it is said (though said seldomly). Here are videos of the kiss-transmission robot and its relatives. The man behind (or between?) the kiss is said to be Hooman Samani [pictured here], Hooman being at the National University of Singapore. He lists among his publications: H. A. Samani, A. D. Cheok, N. Fernando […]
One of the best things about the Ig Nobel Prize ceremony is that lots of people get to meet lots of people. This blurry photo, taken moments after the 2010 ceremony, shows Julia Rios, one of the Ig Nobel minordomos (the people who keep things moving smoothly and sylishly on stage) connecting with a returning […]
Anyone (the Harlequin romance book publisher, for one) who tries to patent a kiss must contend with US patent #3603029, issued on September 7, 1971 to William B. Nutting of New York, New York. Mr. Nutting’s invention, described as a “kiss throwing doll”, features (says Mr. Nutting) “a central shaft upon which I mount a […]