Coming Up, as has been previously noted, loves an awards ceremony.
It especially loves the stupid kind of gongs that celebrate human daftness (or death, in the case of the Darwin Awards).
Imagine our delight then, when we heard about the exploits of the latest recipients of the Ig Nobel prize.
These are awarded for top boffinry in the form of inane but surprisingly useful inventions.
If we tell you the top prize went to a gang who discovered stuffing bacon up children’s noses to stop them bleeding, you’ll get the idea.
Some Japanese that examined the slippiness of banana skins, a group who tested if cats harm your mental health and some hardy folks who tried to scare reindeer by dressing up as polar bears – all properly-funded top-notch boffinry, people – were all honoured.
And rightly so in our view.
Full details in Saturday’s Courier.
Despite the referendum being over, the voting didn’t stop and we have details of a poll won by the Scots for the right to host Euro 2020 games.
There are also the results of the best university in Britain, in which ours haven’t done too badly.
We also catch up with the new captain of the R&A he was probably voted in.
And because we have to, we also have all the latest from the referendum fall-out.
So, unlike Alex Salmond, we’re far from sick of all things poll-y and suggest you join us for a Saturday Courier which is a sure vote winner.
And, like the bold Eck, we’re off for a well-deserved kip.