things that are fascinating when you're hopelessly obsessed

The other day I watched the "Ignorance is Bliss" debate from the 2007 Melbourne International Comedy Festival. In his opening speech, Paul McDermott mentions a study by a Professor Dawson Langbein (sp?) of the University of Ottawa, and describes it using a lot of impressive-sounding jargon about the hypothalamus, etc. Now, being me, I googled. There's no such person as Professor Dawson Langbein; however, a number of DAAS skits give Tim's full name as Timothy Dawson Langbein Ferguson. (Whether that's actually true, I have no idea.)

( reasons why I find this tremendously entertaining )