A prize an American writer might one day win?

Spermicide Coke, stale chips, tangled hair… The Ig Nobel Prizes.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A researcher who figured out that Coke explodes sperm and scientists who discovered that people will happily eat stale chips if they crunch loudly enough won alternative “Ig Nobel” prizes Thursday.

Other winners included physicists who found out that anything that can tangle, will tangle and a team of biologists who ascertained that dog fleas jump farther than cat fleas.

“The economics prize went to researchers at the University of New Mexico who learned that a professional lap dancer earns bigger tips when she is most fertile.” Well, we’ve all been wondering. And the big one: “David Sims of Cass Business School in London won the literature prize ‘for his lovingly written study “You Bastard: A Narrative Exploration of the Experience of Indignation within Organizations”.’ the committee said.”