It /is/ a published paper - in the BMJ (a medics' trade paper-cum-journal), which has a tradition of off-the-wall articles in its Christmas edition. Its regular

It /is/ a published paper - in the BMJ (a medics' trade paper-cum-journal), which has a tradition of off-the-wall articles in its Christmas edition. Its regular readers know this, so it's only those of us in the Internet peanut gallery who are likely to be misled.