http://simonwillison.net/2010-03-19T11:07:38+00:00Simon Willison2010-03-19T11:07:38+00:002010-03-19T11:07:38+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2010/Mar/19/ianvisits/#atom-tag

<blockquote cite="http://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2010/03/19/the-night-the-ignobel-awards-came-to-london/"><p>Each speaker gets five minutes to explain their research, with a human metronome banging a waste bin with a big stick after every minute. After five minutes, an eight-year old girl (last night, actually two twins) walks across the stage and says "Please Stop, I'm Bored" and repeats it until the speaker does indeed stop.</p></blockquote> <p class="cite">&mdash; <a href="http://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2010/03/19/the-night-the-ignobel-awards-came-to-london/">Ian Mansfield</a></p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/conferences">conferences</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ian-mansfield">ian-mansfield</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ignobels">ignobels</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/lightning-talks">lightning-talks</a></p>