Ig Nobel Peace Prize

I love the [Ig Nobel awards](http://www.improb.com/ig/)  – they’re always good for a laugh and a think. My favourite winner this year was Lal Bihari, of Uttar Pradesh, India, who won the peace prize. He’s been declared legally dead, but has kept up an active (although somewhat surreal) lifestyle. Most live people haven’t done as much as this one dead one.

Surprisingly, CNN has a pretty good backgrounder on him. Excerpt:

… to prove that he was living sought arrest, tried to run for parliament, kidnapped the son of the uncle who had stolen his property, threatened murder, insulted judges, threw leaflets listing his complaints at legislators in the state assembly and demanded a widow’s pension for his wife …