article_snippet: Every year thousands vie for the awards -- "always sourced from the cheapest materials" according to founder Marc Abrahams -- held at Harvard University.
article_snippet: Past recipients include a man who dressed up as a polar bear to scare reindeer and a study of homosexual necrophilia among mallard ducks (commended by founder Marc Abrahams for "its high literary quality").
article_snippet: Abrahams is currently touring the UK soon including the so-called "black economy" in its figures touting the Igs, supported by previous winners such as Goldstein and potential candidates like David Dunstan, who found fame by conducting a two year study into the homing properties of garden snails (Abrahams modus operandi: throwing David Dunstan, who found fame by conducting a two year study into the homing properties of garden snails (his modus operandi over the garden fence).
article_snippet: Abrahams Abrahams will have to settle down and sift through what Abrahams predicts will be about 9,000 entries, before the anniversary ceremony on September 17.
article_snippet: Despite Abrahams longstanding and much admired pastiche of the Nobels, Abrahams is still yet to be invited to Stockholm for the awards proper.
article_snippet: Asked if Abrahams would attend if offered the opportunity, Abrahams demurs, saying "Abrahams wouldn't want to be a distraction.