Taking Research For Granted

@WorDazza (15836)
Manchester, England
February 7, 2019 3:08am CST
I was encouraged to write this discussion by my favourite Australian @JudyEv (don't get excited Judy, your countrymen have set a pretty low bar!). Actually, make that 2nd favourite, I was forgetting Kylie!! So, anyhoo, we somehow got onto the subject of research topics and how some of them seemed quite ridiculous (oooh!!, Shane Warne! Sorry Judy that's 3rd now). It was at this point I divulged my long-held belief that, rather than being carefully thought out and designed to result in benefits for mankind, these research topics are actually decided by a process resembling the football (soccer!!) FA Cup draw in England. There's a velvet bag with a set of numbered balls corresponding to some random action or behaviour (oooh! Ned Kelly. I'm afraid that's 4th now Judy!) and another velvet bag where the numbered balls represent a set of random outcomes. One ball is drawn from each bag to determine the topic to be researched. For example: Number 23 - Not eating enough sprouts, number 6 - leads to smaller left testicles in males (right in females). Number 17 - Spending too much time stroking your cat, number 11 - causes hair loss in post-menopausal women. Number 7 - Excessive consumption of toe-nail clippings, number 15 - leads to premature ejaculation. Number 12 - Too much hoovering in the nude, number 18 - causes a tendency to break wind in the key of b flat. Number 3 - Eating tuna on a mackerel day, number 33 - attracts bears (I told you this was ridiculous as we all know this is caused by menstruating women). Number 29 - smoking more than 40 cigarettes per day, number 14 - leads to excessive nasal hair growth in pre-teen girls. And finally: Number 1 - Too much time on myLot, number 42 - leads to talking utter nonsense. Convince me I'm wrong!
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@DianneN (246452)
• United States
7 Feb 19
. Hilarious! My days of deep research are long over, but I have to concur with your last research statement.
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@WorDazza (15836)
• Manchester, England
7 Feb 19
That does seem to be the one that most are in agreement with. There's got be a research project on the psychology of the average myLot user. Not that anyone here could be described as average. Or normal for that matter
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@WorDazza (15836)
• Manchester, England
8 Feb 19
@DianneN Well based on some of the IQ tests I've done your lack of accuracy would be no different to the so called professionals. Book me in. But you'd better make it quick. I'm due for a lobotomy next Thursday. Anything to make the voices go away.
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@DianneN (246452)
• United States
8 Feb 19
@WorDazza Most of us are above average and definitely not quite normal. I can give everyone an IQ test, but can't promise the results would be accurate, for a nominal fee, of course. Perhaps I could charge $0.000001 per myLotter. I think that's fair for my time and effort.
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@LadyDuck (454981)
• Switzerland
7 Feb 19
I love this a lot and this I always thought that some researches are made.
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@LadyDuck (454981)
• Switzerland
7 Feb 19
@WorDazza I hope that your son is conducting more intelligent research, some you read about are ridiculous.
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@WorDazza (15836)
• Manchester, England
7 Feb 19
Well if I thought it and you thought it then, being the ridiculously intelligent and well-informed people we obviously are, it must be true. My son is currently conducting research. I'll ask him to confirm it.
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@JudyEv (323706)
• Rockingham, Australia
7 Feb 19
@WorDazza Haha. Our son's just finished his last year. I don't think I'll ask him.
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@bluesa (15023)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
16 Feb 19
Ah, but what a delightful kind of nonsense @WorDazza! only you, Dazza, only you. Shane who again ?
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@bluesa (15023)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
19 Feb 19
@WorDazza hello back you. I am not writing online anymore. Ohhh, that bloke! Oh, Warney then, by your fine description, you're talking about Well bowled Warney, well bowled.
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@WorDazza (15836)
• Manchester, England
16 Feb 19
Hello again you. Not seen you round these parts of late. Shane Warne. He was a lovely Aussie bloke we met in London last year. Shame he shared his name with some fat, peroxide haired has-been cricketer
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@WorDazza (15836)
• Manchester, England
19 Feb 19
@bluesa Some would say you never wrote online previously Why have you taken your ball home so to speak (if I may be so bold as to ask). I leave it up to the reader to make the link between my description and some individual who may or may not have been THE Shane Warne.
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@Fleura (28941)
• United Kingdom
7 Feb 19
I think the final hypothesis has already been proven quite conclusively!
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@WorDazza (15836)
• Manchester, England
7 Feb 19
Indeed. Some of the nonsense other people write on here is just unbelievable!!!
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@JudyEv (323706)
• Rockingham, Australia
7 Feb 19
Yes, you've got that right.
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@JudyEv (323706)
• Rockingham, Australia
7 Feb 19
@WorDazza Who are these 'other' people? Shouldn't it just be 'people'?
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@just4him (303392)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
7 Feb 19
Interesting research method and results.
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@WorDazza (15836)
• Manchester, England
7 Feb 19
Maybe I should suggest some of these to some of my local universities. You never know I might just get a grant.
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@just4him (303392)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
7 Feb 19
@WorDazza You just might.
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@JudyEv (323706)
• Rockingham, Australia
7 Feb 19
Yay - except that I'm not very fussed about being relegated to 4th on your list. And I suppose you forgot about Olivia and Nicole. And how could you possibly not mention Hugh Jackman?? And Shane Warne? You'd put him in third place? My opinion of your opinions has slipped big time.
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@xFiacre (12538)
• Ireland
7 Feb 19
@WorDazza Where does Rolf fit into the list of heroic Aussies?
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@WorDazza (15836)
• Manchester, England
7 Feb 19
I'm amused by the fact you're more upset at being behind Shane Warne than Ned Kelly. Not really into Nicole or Olivia to be honest. I'll give you Hugh Jackman. That's 5th now!!
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@JudyEv (323706)
• Rockingham, Australia
7 Feb 19
@WorDazza Shane was a bit of a joke really. Nicole doesn't do it for me either but then she's not supposed to.
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@pumpkinjam (8451)
• United Kingdom
9 Mar 19
???? That certainly seems like a fun way to make research choices. To be honest, some of those things are less ridiculous than some cause:effect theories espoused by people supposedly being serious!
• United Kingdom
9 Mar 19
@WorDazza yep, I ask the same question when the research is something that I thought was obvious/common sense.
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@WorDazza (15836)
• Manchester, England
9 Mar 19
Indeed. I think it was about the 100th time I thought "someone is paying them to research THAT?' I came up with this idea!!
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@WorDazza (15836)
• Manchester, England
9 Mar 19
@pumpkinjam It does make you wonder how much time and money is being wasted on pointless research that could be better spent elsewhere.
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@vandana7 (98526)
• India
8 Feb 19
Talking = uttering - Right? So when you are talking talking, or uttering uttering ...well, what can be expected.
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@vandana7 (98526)
• India
10 Feb 19
@WorDazza That is split personality of the word. Sigh..
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@WorDazza (15836)
• Manchester, England
8 Feb 19
Utter can also mean total or complete. So in theory one can utter utter nonsense
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@WorDazza (15836)
• Manchester, England
10 Feb 19
@vandana7 Or is it just efficient use of language???
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• Preston, England
15 Feb 19
And I did all those just today, eek
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• Preston, England
15 Feb 19
@WorDazza The toenail clippings seemed more tasty than some brands of Muisli
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@WorDazza (15836)
• Manchester, England
15 Feb 19
@arthurchappell Now that I can believe
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@WorDazza (15836)
• Manchester, England
15 Feb 19
You need to post your conclusions. There will be some on here eager to know the outcome of such world-changing research.
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• United States
25 Feb 19
I have done the last one years ago and am now paying the price with nose hair lol
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• United States
25 Feb 19
@WorDazza No you were not I can vouch for it
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@WorDazza (15836)
• Manchester, England
26 Feb 19
@TiarasOceanView I'll direct people to these comments the next time I'm accused of talking nonsense! Which will probably be very soon!!
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@WorDazza (15836)
• Manchester, England
25 Feb 19
Aha! At last! Proof I wasn't just making this stuff up as many have suggested!!
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• Austin, Texas
9 Feb 19
I never take research for granted. But I do think that there are some people out there who are wasting their time researching the wrong things. Like the viability of life on Mars OR growing veggies on the moon.
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• Austin, Texas
11 Feb 19
@WorDazza - Probably not. I doubt I will be alive by the time the planet is destroyed. We've been destroying the planet for quite some time now. I don't think it's going to happen in my lifetime. I also don't think "moving elsewhere" will change mankind from destroying wherever they go. Says Mankind: "Destroying planet earth? Oh that was just practice. Let's destroy the whole universe! We got the tools and we got the talent and the bad attitude!" We are not preserving the planet we live on. You want to tell me that we are going to move to another planet and take good care of that one? I don't believe it! We've done enough research already to KNOW how to maintain this planet. The money we're spending trying to find another planet "home" could and should be spent on maintaining Mother Earth. That's all I'm saying!
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@WorDazza (15836)
• Manchester, England
11 Feb 19
@cmoneyspinner To be fair space exploration has led to a lot of discoveries that have benefitted us here on earth.
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@WorDazza (15836)
• Manchester, England
10 Feb 19
You won't be saying that when we've destroyed the planet.
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@sofssu (23662)
15 Feb 19
Yeah I agree with you totally, your research has gone berserk but the conclusion is somehow on the dot.
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@sofssu (23662)
15 Feb 19
@WorDazza nods her head in total agreement.
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@WorDazza (15836)
• Manchester, England
15 Feb 19
@sofssu Can't argue with the truth
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@WorDazza (15836)
• Manchester, England
15 Feb 19
Of course the conclusion only applies to other myLot users and not our good selves!!!
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@jaboUK (64363)
• United Kingdom
20 Feb 19
Thanks for the much needed laugh Dazza - great fun
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@jaboUK (64363)
• United Kingdom
21 Feb 19
@WorDazza Thank you.
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@WorDazza (15836)
• Manchester, England
20 Feb 19
No problem Janet. Nice to see you back in the saddle so to speak. Hope you are bearing up well.
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@WorDazza (15836)
• Manchester, England
21 Feb 19
@jaboUK Hope everything goes as well as these things can go. Will be thinking of you.
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@CarolDM (203478)
• Nashville, Tennessee
19 Feb 19
These were all hilarious. And I am also in the majority with the last one. I spend way too much time here.
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@WorDazza (15836)
• Manchester, England
19 Feb 19
Is it possible to spend too much time here? I always feel I don't get enough time. So much nonsense to talk, so little time!!!
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@WorDazza (15836)
• Manchester, England
19 Feb 19
@CarolDM Nothing wrong with trivial. Serious is vastly over-rated!!
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@CarolDM (203478)
• Nashville, Tennessee
19 Feb 19
@WorDazza I spend too much time on trivial conversations.
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@nonersays (3329)
• United States
28 Feb 19
That sounds like a reasonable explanation to how headlines are written, whether or not research is involved.
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@WorDazza (15836)
• Manchester, England
28 Feb 19
I think you may have hit upon something there. Perhaps this technique is applied in far more situations than I first thought.
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@GreatMartin (23678)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
19 Feb 19
"Convince me I'm wrong" I am going to have to do some research on that! (Almost as bad as the Four Tops!)
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@WorDazza (15836)
• Manchester, England
19 Feb 19
Apparently, listening to the four tops leads to telling really bad jokes on myLot. I don't see any evidence for that!!
@Inlemay (17714)
• South Africa
21 Feb 19
hilarious - cannot get my head around number 7 - eeeeeeeeek and all the others
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@WorDazza (15836)
• Manchester, England
21 Feb 19
You obviously don't have the stomach to conduct serious scientific research!! Nice to see you again. It's been a while.
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@garymarsh6 (23393)
• United Kingdom
2 Mar 19
Haha you nut. You have brought a smile to my face on this gloomy day!
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@WorDazza (15836)
• Manchester, England
2 Mar 19
You're welcome. And I'll take 'nut' as a compliment unless I'm told otherwise!!!
@BloggerDi (3113)
• United States
7 Feb 19
This post made me LOL (that is not a scientifically accurate acronym)! I do believe that some government research projects here in the US are determined by the "pulling random balls" method. (Wait, that doesn't sound right.)
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@WorDazza (15836)
• Manchester, England
7 Feb 19
Sounds about right to me! Maybe there needs to be some research on the subject of number 9 - pulling random balls from velvet bags, number 35 - leads to worthwhile research topics.
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@BloggerDi (3113)
• United States
7 Feb 19
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@YrNemo (20272)
25 Feb 19
Not so sure what those research numbers were about (you missed out the reference part ) so I just glanced through... Ah, got it now (I am not too smart obviously! ).
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@WorDazza (15836)
• Manchester, England
25 Feb 19
Shoddy comprehension like yours won't get you that big, juicy research grant
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@YrNemo (20272)
25 Feb 19
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