If you’re not a teenager in London and it’s not the late 1990s, and if you’re wondering about the use and usage of certain intensifiers who those where were teenagers in London in the late 1990s, here’s a study to consult: “He was really gormless–She’s bloody crap: Girls, boys and intensifiers,” Anna-Brita-Stenstrom, in Out of […]
A genteel squabble about serial-killer statistics
Everyone loves a good-natured statistics squabble (however, many statisticians would squabble with the statistic stated in the first part of this sentence). The Three-Toed Sloth blog entered into a squabble recently, beginning with this assertion: Because my so-called friends like to torment me, several of them made sure that I knew a remarkably idiotic paper […]
Gin is Not Always the Tonic for What Ails
Gin. Beware of gin. This report from St. Luke’s Hospital, Guildford, Surrey, UK, explains: “LUNCHTIME GIN AND TONIC A CAUSE OF REACTIVE HYPOGLYCÆMIA“, Stephen J.D. O’Keefe [pictured here — his is now in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania] , Vincent Marks, The Lancet, Volume 309, Issue 8025, 18 June 1977, Pages 128-8. The authors write: “10 healthy young subjects […]
The further Ig Nobel adventures of Steve Colgan
Steve Colgan was game for further adventures when the Ig Nobel Tour of the UK bounced back into London for a day (between the Bristol show and the upcoming shows in Scotland. [See his writeup of the shows in London and Teddington, and related goings-on.) His diary entry for yesterday begins: Another fascinating day today […]