# Bob Dylan Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Really?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-dylan-awarded-the-nobel-prize-in-literature-really/768432>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 13, 2016, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-dylan-awarded-the-nobel-prize-in-literature-really/768432 "2016-10-13T16:34:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2016, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-dylan-awarded-the-nobel-prize-in-literature-really/768432/1 "2016-10-13T16:34:18Z")

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Huh?

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**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2016, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-dylan-awarded-the-nobel-prize-in-literature-really/768432/2 "2016-10-13T16:36:53Z")

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[Cafe Society thread here.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=807201)

Poetry is literature.

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2016, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-dylan-awarded-the-nobel-prize-in-literature-really/768432/3 "2016-10-13T16:37:26Z")

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You gotta lot of nerve starting another thread. 😃

[Here.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=19698332#post19698332)

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**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2016, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-dylan-awarded-the-nobel-prize-in-literature-really/768432/4 "2016-10-13T16:43:27Z")

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> [@running\_coach](#):
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> You gotta lot of nerve starting another thread. 😃
> 
> [Here.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=19698332#post19698332)

Hmmm. I checked the Cafe Society and missed that thread. Thanks running coach.

Can the MOD please kill this thread.

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**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2016, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-dylan-awarded-the-nobel-prize-in-literature-really/768432/5 "2016-10-13T16:46:40Z")

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> [@running\_coach](#):
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> You gotta lot of nerve starting another thread. 😃
> 
> [Here.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=19698332#post19698332)

He’s just kind of wasting our precious time.

**LP** : Who am I, a complete unknown???

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**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2016, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-dylan-awarded-the-nobel-prize-in-literature-really/768432/6 "2016-10-13T17:24:48Z")

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> [@Little\_Pig](#):
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> Hmmm. I checked the Cafe Society and missed that thread. Thanks running coach.
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> Can the MOD please kill this thread.

Done.