Don,

If you're asking whether professional, academic (not neccessarily equating
the two) ornithologists read the JIR (or its replacement), I can
definitely tell you, Yes! I've been reading it for years, since I
discovered it in the staid library of Wake Forest University during my
Masters Degree work. I know many others that do, and potential
submissions are common topic of conversation after-hours at the Animal
Behavior Society meetings. SURELY this group could come up with
something... I'd be happy to add the time-honored name of the University
of Washington to any reasonable (= humorous) submission (GO HUSKIES...
that is the name of our football team, isn't it?).

Cheers,
Jim

On Fri, 4 Aug 1995, Don Baccus wrote:

>
> Many of you science/engineering twits have probably read the
> Journal of Irreproducable Results (that's not the exact title,
> but as they were forced to change their name a year+ ago it's
> close enough).
>
> For those of you who had strict parents or physics teachers with
> no sense of humor, this rag publishes papers and short notes
> on research which is Irreproducable because it is entirely
> fictional and humorous.
>
> Just got the index of their online version for the past several
> weeks, and one item caught my eye:
>
> "Inevitably, limericks"
>
> See, we're in good company! Actually, I think this group could
> probably cobble together an article for them under a fictional
> name that would kick ass...
>
> Do ornithologists read this rag? It began in (I think) the 60s
> primarily as a physics and engineering rag, as it's based
> at MIT.
>
>
> - Don Baccus, Portland OR <donb at rational.com>
>
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