Well, waddya know? Drinking leads to geniousness...

The Kiwis must be the only people next to the Irish willing to invest the time trying to prove that drinking is in fact good for you.  Screw cirrhosis of the liver, depression and hangovers (after all, if you keep drinking can avoid the hangover anyway...) 

Kiwi boffins prove that booze makes you clever: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/03/kiwi_boffins_prove_booze_makes_you_clever/

I think the only reason the Irish didn't prove this is that we're probably too busy becoming geniouses to care.

Anyway, I think that's quite enough facetiousness for one blog post. :)