# goatse wins 2003 Nobel Literature Award!?!? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 2, 2003, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goatse-wins-2003-nobel-literature-award/205132 "2003-10-02T15:18:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goatse-wins-2003-nobel-literature-award/205132/1 "2003-10-02T15:18:16Z")
[http://apnews.excite.com/article/20031002/D7TU2P0O0.html](http://apnews.excite.com/article/20031002/D7TU2P0O0.html) Oh wait, that’s “Coetzee”, never mind… ---
**Author:** ![heresiarch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/278dde/32.png) [@heresiarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heresiarch)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goatse-wins-2003-nobel-literature-award/205132/2 "2003-10-02T16:02:03Z")
\<\\> Terrible pun, **Revtim**. I think that’s stretching things too far! ---
**Author:** ![cletus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@cletus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cletus)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goatse-wins-2003-nobel-literature-award/205132/3 "2003-10-02T16:33:35Z")
Don’t be so hard on him. Not everyone’s as anal about checking cites. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goatse-wins-2003-nobel-literature-award/205132/4 "2003-10-02T16:52:03Z")
Oh, loosen up already. Don’t be such a tightass. ---
**Author:** ![heresiarch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/278dde/32.png) [@heresiarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heresiarch)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goatse-wins-2003-nobel-literature-award/205132/5 "2003-10-02T17:19:08Z")
😃😃 Be warned. If you haven’t heard of ‘goatse’ before now, and you’re curious, the goatse picture is NOT SAFE FOR WORK. And it’s just not pretty. [/warning] Sorry to be a party pooper. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goatse-wins-2003-nobel-literature-award/205132/6 "2003-10-02T20:41:10Z")
That’s literature? I thought he blew it out of his ass. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![captainQwark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@captainQwark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/captainQwark)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goatse-wins-2003-nobel-literature-award/205132/7 "2003-10-02T20:59:10Z")
I’m still wondering how that person can stretch his anus so wide. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goatse-wins-2003-nobel-literature-award/205132/8 "2003-10-02T21:03:31Z")
I refuse to be the butt of any more misleading thread titles! ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goatse-wins-2003-nobel-literature-award/205132/9 "2003-10-02T21:39:25Z")
Coach Z?!? ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goatse-wins-2003-nobel-literature-award/205132/10 "2003-10-02T21:49:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SPOOFE \* > \*\*Coach Z?!? \*\* He did a pretty good jorb writing his book. He deserves it. ---
**Author:** ![hebesphenomegacorona](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b9e5f3/32.png) [@hebesphenomegacorona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hebesphenomegacorona)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goatse-wins-2003-nobel-literature-award/205132/11 "2003-10-02T23:14:32Z")
No, he did a good JAEEORRRBB of it. ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2003, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goatse-wins-2003-nobel-literature-award/205132/12 "2003-10-03T01:30:51Z")
I need to feltch myself a copy of that. Umm…I meant “fetch”…hehe. ---
**Author:** ![pokey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ebca7d/32.png) [@pokey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pokey)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2003, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goatse-wins-2003-nobel-literature-award/205132/13 "2003-10-03T01:45:53Z")
Must be a graphic novel. ---
**Author:** ![cletus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@cletus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cletus)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2003, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goatse-wins-2003-nobel-literature-award/205132/14 "2003-10-03T01:50:27Z")
A simple warning to those curious to see what we’re talking about. Once you see it YOU CAN NOT UNSEE IT. The image will become permanently burned in your mind. Don’t say I didn’t warn you. 😉