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Artist Wins £20,000 Grant To Study Women's Butts

Posted by samzenpus on from the been-doing-a-lot-of-extra-credit-lately dept.

Sue Williams has been awarded a £20,000 grant by the Arts Council of Wales, to "explore cultural attitudes towards female buttocks." Sue plans to examine racial attitudes towards bottoms in Europe and Africa and create plaster casts of women's behinds to try to understand their place in contemporary culture. And here I've been studying the issue all these years for free like a sucker!

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  1. Sir Begs-A-Lot by plover · · Score: 5, Funny

    I like big grants and I can not lie
    You other post-docs can't deny
    That when a sponsor walks in with a stupid-ass proposal
    A fat wallet at your disposal
    You get sprung
    Wanna pull up tough
    Cuz you notice that purse was stuffed
    Full of the cash you're needing
    I'm hooked and I can't stop spending

    Baby's got cash
    Baby's got cash
    Little in tha middle but she got big backers

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    John
  2. Re:what?!? by MightyMartian · · Score: 5, Funny

    it's not even a male artist?

    This just keeps getting better!

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  3. Changing profession by Starlon · · Score: 5, Funny

    I got dibs on breasts.

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  4. Re:Artist getting to the bottom of it by dr_dank · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm sure this researcher doesn't appreciate being the butt of your joke.

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  5. Re:1992 is calling... by JeanBaptiste · · Score: 5, Funny

    And it's been peer-reviewed. The other brothers can't deny.

  6. Re:I've got a theory by AuMatar · · Score: 5, Funny

    everyone "knew" once that the earth is flat, women have no souls, and above the clouds you'll find heaven

    One out of 3 ain't bad?

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  7. Psychophysiology of Gluteal Recognition? by bughunter · · Score: 5, Funny

    When I was a pimply, hormone-addled teen going thru puberty, I could identify every female in my high school, from behind, at a distance of up to a quarter mile.

    Despite the prevalence of ultra-tight acid-washed jeans in the early 80's, my skill didn't rely solely on shape, oh no. A detailed analysis of cyclic ambulatory gluteal displacement was key to identification.

    I thought I was the only one who had this talent, until much later when I learned it is actually common. (Same goes for the "mental VCR," aka spankbank, but that's another story.)

    Is this going to be a part of the study?

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  8. Re:Please, please... by interkin3tic · · Score: 5, Funny

    You say butt over here and you'll just get laughed at

    This is my biggest fear, meaning to say something serious about a butt in the UK and getting laughed at.