David K. Israel
What Should A.J. Jacobs Write about Next?
by David K. Israel - September 23, 2009 - 8:00 PM

guinea-pig-diaries[We're in a dead-tie! So I'm reposting this poll to see if we can get a few people to help us pick between the two contenders, who've both racked up the exact same number of votes! - And be sure to catch A.J. on the Colbert Report tonight at 8:30pm.]

More than 180 brilliant ideas were submitted in our Win a Copy of A.J. Jacobs’ new book contest . The idea was to help A.J. figure out what kind of experiment he should write about next. We narrowed all the entries to a dozen and let A.J. pick his five favorites. Each reader who submitted one of the below ideas in the poll just won a copy of The Guinea Pig Diaries: My Life as an Experiment. But only one winner can be our grand-prize winner, so have at it! (Remember: one vote per person, please.)

And if you missed our interview with A.J., you can check that out right over here.

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Comments (9)

  1. Oh, yes! I WON a book!!!! :D

    posted by Amy on 9-22-2009 at 4:04 pm

  2. Let’s hear it for the PLANET PLUTO!!!

    posted by graham on 9-22-2009 at 5:07 pm

  3. Naw, let’s hear it for ROY HINKLEY!

    After all, Pluto already has its glory in a Mental Floss T-Shirt! ;-)

    [Side note: What IS this recaptcha? Switzerland pleating?!]

    posted by amy on 9-22-2009 at 6:05 pm

  4. Am curious which of the 5 was *AJ’s* favorite! – It may or may not be the one we’re selecting!

    posted by Anon Emous on 9-23-2009 at 8:23 am

  5. There’s a good chance I’m still going to be friend requesting AJ, even though I didn’t win.

    posted by Caitlin on 9-23-2009 at 10:42 am

  6. The experiencing centuries thing has kind of been done (KIND of). There’s a great British show called The Supersizers Go, which is loosely based on that concept (focusing primarily on historical eating habits). Although I’d love to see AJ take it to the next level, I’m just throwing the pre-existence of that show out there.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Supersizers...

    posted by Laura on 9-23-2009 at 10:59 am

  7. He could “live passionately” in Virginia. He should take 40 trips in 40 weeks. ;)

    posted by Steven on 9-23-2009 at 10:51 pm

  8. I just saw him on The Colbert Report.

    First, and I voted.

    ReCaptcha – $1,158,441.48 mossing

    posted by Jonny on 9-24-2009 at 12:01 am

  9. So… Which one of the two that were neck and neck won?

    I only know that MY suggestion finished last among the voters…

    posted by Amy on 10-1-2009 at 12:01 pm

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