We are looking for a new Miss Sweetie Poo, for this year’s Ig Nobel Prize ceremony. The 35th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony will happen on Thursday evening, September 18, 2025, at Boston University. Miss Sweetie Poo is our time enforcer — she helps the speakers keep their speeches brief and delightful. She informs […]
The organizers of the Ig Nobel Prize ceremony solved an ancient problem: How to keep speeches from droning on and on… The solution, called “Miss Sweetie Poo”, is an 8-year-old girl who tells long-winded speakers to “Please stop. I’m bored. Please stop. I’m bored…” Here are Miss Sweetie Poo highlights from several Ig ceremonies.
Miss Sweetie Poo is a fictional character — a role played in the Ig Nobel Prize ceremony — but that role is played by a real eight-year-old girl. A blog commenter called ‘Shulamuth,’ familiar with Miss SP only from radio broadcasts, had understandably (given the rigorous selection process used to find each new Miss Sweetie […]