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Inspired by this Tweet by Caitlin Moran of The Times following today’s successful test of the Large Hadron Collider in CERN we decided to do a little investigating. Will the wave of celebratory nerd sex spread worldwide and could it reach the Emerald Isle to such an extent as to boost performance in Maths and Science subjects in 2028 and 2029? These are the years when children conceived amidst tonight’s drunken nerd joy will sit their Leaving Certificate exams, which for non-Irish visitors are the final exams taken before going on to university.

Paddy Power provided Villa81.com with these odds:

More births in 2010 than 2009
1/3

Leaving Certificate 2028 Top Grades
6/1 Maths
4/1 Science subjects

Leaving Certificate 2029 Top Grades
5/1 Maths
4/1 Science subjects

Nobel Prize for Physics 2030
500/1 Irish Man born 2010
500/1 Irish Woman born 2010

“We at Paddy Power are all pretty excited about the possibility of a successful CERN test tonight. However no one could be more excited than the many physicists and other boffins around Ireland. As a result of a successful test tonight we foresee there could be plenty of happy nerds taking advantage of the euphoria,” said Michelle Daly at Paddy Power.

“Cliched as it may be it looks like there could be a lot of glasses getting steamed up after the launch tonight. Will the nerds get jiggy-jiggy? Could a boffin baby boom be upon us?”

While we certainly like the odds for Maths and Science subjects to rise up the Leaving Cert ladder in just under two decades’ time, Villa81 would advise against the Nobel Prize odds as it would take an exceptional Irish prodigy of globally unprecedented proportions to win the award before they turn 20.

Filed under: Features, General by Emmet Ryan