Posts Tagged ‘Scientific Studies’
Thursday, October 15th, 2015
Are bugs more nutritious than meat?
In a study on what we should eat,
The answer was “yes.”
I am bugged and confess
That I’d sooner eat peat or concrete.
Tags: Food Humor, Food Poem, Food Verse, Insect and Bug Humor, Insects, Research Limerick, Science Humor, Science Limerick, Scientific Studies, Scientific Study Humor
Posted in Food & Drink Humor, Limericks, Science Humor | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2015
A title like this cries out for a limerick: “The lies we tell are more convincing when we need to pee.”
Here’s a lesson from science ― the key
To a credible lie-telling spree:
A bladder that’s full
Leads to plausible bull.
Do your lying when desp’rate to pee.
Tags: Bladder, Bladder Humor, Dishonesty, Honesty Humor, Lies, Science Humor, Science Limerick, Scientific Research, Scientific Studies, Urination
Posted in Honesty Humor, Limericks, Science Humor | Comments Off on This Limerick’s No Lie
Tuesday, September 8th, 2015
Some facts are self-evident, including the results of this study of cats.
Researchers Belabor The Obvious (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Does a cat miss its owner and pout?
Just in case you were feeling some doubt,
Felines ain’t like a hound,
A study has found.
It took science to figure this out?
Tags: Animal & Pet Humor, Cat Humor, Dog Humor, Feline Verse, Research Limerick, Science Humor, Scientific Research, Scientific Studies, Scientists
Posted in Animal & Pet Humor, Limericks, Science Humor | 1 Comment »
Thursday, October 9th, 2014
Multitask THIS! (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Multitasking is bad for your brain,
Says a study I read on the plane
While cleaning my purse,
Writing email and verse.
Now where WAS I? That study’s insane!
According to research done at Stamford University, we are all seriously screwed.
Tags: Behavior Humor, Brain Humor, Brain Studies, Mental Health Humor, Multitasking, Scientific Studies, Stamford University
Posted in Behavior & Personality, Health & Medical Humor, Health Verse, Limericks, Mental Health Humor, Multitasking Humor, Science Humor | Comments Off on Multitask THIS! (Limerick)
Thursday, May 15th, 2014
Cursing’s Healthy, I Swear (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
New research, Brit experts declare,
Has revealed that it’s healthy to swear.
So you damn SOBs,
No more slamming my ease
With the expletive. Carpers beware!
Tags: Cursing Limerick, Expletive Humor, Foul Language, Health & Medical Humor, Health Limericks, Language Humor, Science Humor, Scientific Studies, Scientific Study Humor, Scientists Humor, Swearing Verse
Posted in Bawdy Limericks, Behavior & Personality, Communication Humor, Health & Medical Humor, Health Verse, Language Humor, Limericks, Science Humor | Comments Off on Cursing’s Healthy, I Swear (Limerick)
Wednesday, February 26th, 2014
This interesting study sheds some light on how we make decisions: According to scientists at the University of Toronto Scarborough, people think more objectively when in darkness, making more rational decisions when the lights are dimmed.
No Longer In The Dark About Decision-Making (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Here’s a study with insight that’s stark:
Our reasoning’s best in the dark.
Need to make a decision?
Dim light aids your vision.
Watch lucid enlightenment spark.
Tags: Brain Studies, Decision Making, Logic, Reasoning, Scarborough, Science Limerick, Scientific Studies, Thinking Humor, University of Toronto
Posted in Behavior & Personality, Limericks, Science Humor | Comments Off on No Longer In The Dark About Decision-Making (Limerick)
Thursday, October 11th, 2012
Just what we all need — yet another reason to eat chocolate!
Eat chocolate, win a Nobel Prize?
It may sound far-fetched, but a new study suggests it might not be bad advice.
The results show countries that eat the most chocolate also have the highest number of Nobel laureates per capita.
Yet Another Excuse To Eat Chocolate (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
If you want yet another excuse
To engage in some chocolate abuse,
It seems eating those sweets
Will create smart elites
And can Nobel Prize winners produce.
UPDATE: If you need a further excuse, I’ve just learned that December 16th is Chocolate Covered Anything Day.
Tags: Brain Humor, Brain Studies, Chocolate, Chocolate Poem, December Holidays, Dessert Humor, Food Humor, Food Verse, Intelligence, Nobel Prize, Science Humor, Scientific Studies
Posted in Food & Drink Humor, Mental Health Humor, Odd Holidays | 13 Comments »
Saturday, February 27th, 2010
Here we go again: Yet another scientific study says many of us should have ignored a previous study. The latest concerns the dangers of taking daily aspirin to guard against heart attacks and strokes.
Are Health Studies Making Us Sick? (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Daily asp’rin is good, so they said.
But it seems we were maybe misled.
Though it might prevent strokes,
It may cause many folks
To enjoy bleeding ulcers instead.
Related Post: Margarine Is Good For You. Oops — Never Mind.
Tags: Aspirin, Bleeding Ulcers, Health Limericks, Medication Humor, Science Satire, Scientific Studies, Scientists, Strokes
Posted in Health & Medical Humor, Health Verse, Limericks, Science Humor | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, August 1st, 2007
I guess I must have led a very sheltered existence. Why do I say that? Because I’d never heard the phrase “five-second rule” until my husband Mark used it as an excuse to eat some treat he’d just dropped on the floor. (And yes, we’re still married.)
I naively assumed that Mark was the only person crazy enough to think germs politely wait five seconds before they attach themselves to goodies. But apparently lots of people (mostly men, I’m assuming) believe that if you drop food on the floor and pick it up really, really fast, it’s safe to eat.
In fact, the belief’s so widespread that some scientists (who apparently didn’t have anything better to do with their time) actually studied the issue. And yes, they concluded that the rule isn’t valid. (Did you really need me — or the scientists — to tell you that?)
This leads to my latest limerick, in which I use the word date instead of husband to protect the guilty … and because husband has too many damned syllables:
The Five-Second What???
By Madeleine Begun Kane
My date dropped dessert on the dirt.
“Please don’t eat it,” I managed to blurt,
As he started to chew
On his now blackened goo,
Saying “5-second rule — it won’t hurt.”
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(You can find more of my marriage humor here and more of my food humor here.)
Tags: Dating, Five-Second Rule, Food rules, Germs, Husbands, Marital Relationships, Science Humor, Scientific Studies, Scientists
Posted in Behavior & Personality, Dating Humor, Family & Relatives Humor, Food & Drink Humor, Health & Medical Humor, Limericks, Marriage Humor, Polls, Relationship Humor, Science Humor, Social Satire, Time Humor | 1 Comment »
