# From a letter to the Times **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [February 7, 2026, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-a-letter-to-the-times/1027462 "2026-02-07T02:37:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2026, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-a-letter-to-the-times/1027462/1 "2026-02-07T02:37:02Z")
Just gotta share this. A letter to the Times suggested giving the Nobel Peace Prize to the people of Minneapolis. This just could end up with Trump literally (that is, actually) dying of apoplexy. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2026, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-a-letter-to-the-times/1027462/2 "2026-02-07T02:55:05Z")
They should get **Time** ’s Person of the Year award, too. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2026, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-a-letter-to-the-times/1027462/3 "2026-02-07T03:01:30Z")
I saw that somewhere. It’s only a nomination, and there are likely hundreds of nominations, but even the fact that Minneapolis has been nominated ought to outrage Trump. Alert the ketchup cleaners! ---
**Author:** ![Ancient\_Nerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed655f/32.png) [@Ancient\_Nerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ancient_Nerd)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2026, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-a-letter-to-the-times/1027462/4 "2026-02-07T03:57:12Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Alert the ketchup cleaners! If they need to clean it out of the little hollow places in the gold decorations, can they just pull them down and wash them in the sink? Or are they permenently attached? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2026, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-a-letter-to-the-times/1027462/5 "2026-02-07T04:03:05Z")
Nothing is permanent in construction. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2026, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-a-letter-to-the-times/1027462/6 "2026-02-07T04:08:09Z")
That would be so sweet. Or maybe just the ICE resistance in general. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2026, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-a-letter-to-the-times/1027462/7 "2026-02-07T21:35:16Z")
Can a Nobel be awarded to a large group of people instead of just one? Who would be the one to physically receive the gold medal and money? ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2026, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-a-letter-to-the-times/1027462/8 "2026-02-07T21:43:33Z")
27 organizations have been given the Prize, the most recent being the Centre for Civil Liberties in Ukraine. Unlike Time, they’re never given one to an unaffiliated group of people. The closest was in 1947 when the Quakers won, but were represented by two organizations. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2026, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-a-letter-to-the-times/1027462/9 "2026-02-07T21:54:08Z")
I think they are attached with that 3M stuff that you pull and it snaps the plastic Do-Dad right off the wall. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2026, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-a-letter-to-the-times/1027462/10 "2026-02-07T22:58:00Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > I think they are attached with that 3M stuff that you pull and it snaps the plastic Do-Dad right off the wal Command strips