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Category: Weirdness
Posted on: October 15, 2007 11:41 AM, by PZ Myers
Scientists love empiricism and evidence-based demonstrations, so elderly urologists flaunting their erections seems like an effective presentation technique in the right context. And here I've always just relied on boring ol' PowerPoint.
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Comments
Hard work reading through all that. I need a stiff drink now.
Sorry.
Posted by: Scrofulum | October 15, 2007 11:50 AM
Thanks PZ
This is one wickedly funny post - don't miss it!
Posted by: sailor | October 15, 2007 11:55 AM
Keynote>Powerpoint
Posted by: Christian Burnham | October 15, 2007 11:57 AM
The police considered charging him but thought it wouldn't stand up in court.
Posted by: MartinC | October 15, 2007 12:21 PM
I hope this doesn't become some kind of gold standard method of evidence. Proctology meetings will become a horror show.
Posted by: Spirula | October 15, 2007 12:52 PM
The article is worth it for the word 'waggling' alone.
Posted by: Jake Boyman | October 15, 2007 1:01 PM
Giles Brindley's now-famous erection
Due to pharacologic injection
Was a raging success
Though the front row was less
Than impressed by the short-arm inspection
Posted by: Cuttlefish | October 15, 2007 1:34 PM
I was going to suggest that this says something about at least the male portion of the population that uses PowerPoint®, but I decided that would be tasteless so I won't...
Posted by: SMC | October 15, 2007 1:56 PM
PZ, we know you don't need to go through that much trouble. As you've shown us in the past when you were shamelessly exposing yourself, a few buttons of your shirt should create enough of a shock to chase most people away.
Posted by: makita | October 15, 2007 3:48 PM