# I get it; you enjoy reading. Would you prefer a medal or a trophy? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 13, 2006, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-get-it-you-enjoy-reading-would-you-prefer-a-medal-or-a-trophy/364331 "2006-07-13T15:14:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-get-it-you-enjoy-reading-would-you-prefer-a-medal-or-a-trophy/364331/21 "2006-07-13T16:24:48Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Hang on, he was saying that _I_ shouldn’t read for pleasure, because _he_ comes from a working class background? > > How the fuck is that supposed to work? It confused the heck out of me, too. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-get-it-you-enjoy-reading-would-you-prefer-a-medal-or-a-trophy/364331/22 "2006-07-13T16:25:53Z")
People who don’t read don’t bother me. People who vote and don’t read do. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-get-it-you-enjoy-reading-would-you-prefer-a-medal-or-a-trophy/364331/23 "2006-07-13T16:25:55Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > … and generally deem nonreaders troglodites? Because they **are**! 😛 But otherwise, what **Crotalus** said. I _always_ have a book or four in the truck, at my desk at work, anywhere I know I might have time to kill. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-get-it-you-enjoy-reading-would-you-prefer-a-medal-or-a-trophy/364331/24 "2006-07-13T16:27:54Z")
Being that this board is solely a text based medium I think it’s safe to say that we all enjoy reading to an extent…… ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-get-it-you-enjoy-reading-would-you-prefer-a-medal-or-a-trophy/364331/25 "2006-07-13T16:33:07Z")
> [@Cluricaun](#): > > Being that this board is solely a text based medium I think it’s safe to say that we all enjoy reading to an extent…… Not me. I’m having **Hamish** summarize it aloud. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-get-it-you-enjoy-reading-would-you-prefer-a-medal-or-a-trophy/364331/26 "2006-07-13T16:39:01Z")
> [@OneCentStamp](#): > > …Samsonite luggage and a year’s supply of Rice-a-Roni, the San Francisco Treat. Which only someone of “a certain age” would understand. Bwahahahaha! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-get-it-you-enjoy-reading-would-you-prefer-a-medal-or-a-trophy/364331/27 "2006-07-13T16:44:20Z")
> [@Kalhoun](#): > > Which only someone of “a certain age” would understand. Bwahahahaha! 😃 Hell, I’m 32 and I can just barely remember it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-get-it-you-enjoy-reading-would-you-prefer-a-medal-or-a-trophy/364331/28 "2006-07-13T16:47:22Z")
> [@Kalhoun](#): > > Which only someone of “a certain age” would understand. Bwahahahaha! 😃 I’m 30 and I’m proud to say I remember it. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-get-it-you-enjoy-reading-would-you-prefer-a-medal-or-a-trophy/364331/29 "2006-07-13T16:49:13Z")
> [@matt\_mcl](#): > > Not me. I’m having **Hamish** summarize it aloud. I have pictures in my head of the guy from Braveheart squinting at a computer… ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-get-it-you-enjoy-reading-would-you-prefer-a-medal-or-a-trophy/364331/30 "2006-07-13T16:51:32Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Hang on, he was saying that _I_ shouldn’t read for pleasure, because _he_ comes from a working class background? > > How the fuck is that supposed to work? He was on a review show - and because the book they were discussing was a bit of enjoyable light reading rather than a weighty tome, he criticised it on that basis. I suppose he wasn’t being completely prescriptive, though he did say “you” - but he was very dismissive of the book. Wish I could remember his name so I can have a proper target for my admittedly very mild annoyance. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-get-it-you-enjoy-reading-would-you-prefer-a-medal-or-a-trophy/364331/31 "2006-07-13T16:56:09Z")
> [@Larry Borgia](#): > > People who don’t read don’t bother me. People who vote and don’t read do. So supposing all I’ve read is a buncha Joe Wambaugh. Would it still bother you if I voted? Anyway, to answer the question in the OP, I’ll take a book, please. Mebbe [this one](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0130085103/sr=1-1/qid=1152809717/ref=sr_1_1/102-6023186-0122510?ie=UTF8&s=books). ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-get-it-you-enjoy-reading-would-you-prefer-a-medal-or-a-trophy/364331/32 "2006-07-13T17:01:23Z")
Boy, you guys have really picked over all the prizes. Okay, I’ll take the can of turtle wax. ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-get-it-you-enjoy-reading-would-you-prefer-a-medal-or-a-trophy/364331/33 "2006-07-13T17:04:17Z")
I’ll take the rest on a gift certificate. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-get-it-you-enjoy-reading-would-you-prefer-a-medal-or-a-trophy/364331/34 "2006-07-13T17:06:55Z")
I must say, I am a pretty active reader and I can’t remember a single time someone considered that to be nerdy, bookish, etc. What I have gotten a lot of the time, “You read? I wish I could. I mean I can read, but I simply don’t have the time/patience to do so.” And a lot of these folks are not TV couch potatoes, they just enjoy other things. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-get-it-you-enjoy-reading-would-you-prefer-a-medal-or-a-trophy/364331/35 "2006-07-13T17:20:51Z")
> [@UncleBeer](#): > > So supposing all I’ve read is a buncha Joe Wambaugh. Would it still bother you if I voted? > > Anyway, to answer the question in the OP, I’ll take a book, please. Mebbe [this one](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0130085103/sr=1-1/qid=1152809717/ref=sr_1_1/102-6023186-0122510?ie=UTF8&s=books). I’ve been chewing on [thsi one](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1405134275/qid=1152810907/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-7556323-0888119?s=books&v=glance&n=283155) for a month now. I’d much prefer to be reading [this](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0399153764/qid=1152810997/sr=1-4/ref=sr_1_4/102-7556323-0888119?s=books&v=glance&n=283155) so I can stuff my brain back into my head. Robin ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-get-it-you-enjoy-reading-would-you-prefer-a-medal-or-a-trophy/364331/36 "2006-07-13T17:21:28Z")
My airfare was provided by Pan Am! ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-get-it-you-enjoy-reading-would-you-prefer-a-medal-or-a-trophy/364331/37 "2006-07-13T17:27:44Z")
I’ll take a lifesized statue of myself, placed under the center arch of the Arch Of Constantine. Just go to the Colosseum, you won’t be able to miss the Arch because it’s right next to it. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-get-it-you-enjoy-reading-would-you-prefer-a-medal-or-a-trophy/364331/38 "2006-07-13T17:29:06Z")
> [@Spectre of Pithecanthropus](#): > > I’ll take a lifesized statue of myself, placed under the center arch of the Arch Of Constantine. Just go to the Colosseum, you won’t be able to miss the Arch because it’s right next to it. I’m such a late antiquity history geek that when the movie Constantine came out a few years ago, I got excited because I thought it was about the Emperor. ---
**Author:** ![Dob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Dob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dob)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-get-it-you-enjoy-reading-would-you-prefer-a-medal-or-a-trophy/364331/39 "2006-07-13T17:31:18Z")
Would the OP mind if I listened to Books on Tape/CD instead? ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-get-it-you-enjoy-reading-would-you-prefer-a-medal-or-a-trophy/364331/40 "2006-07-13T17:31:26Z")
What a lame OP. No beat, and you can’t dance to it. I bet you are one of the people who sits in waiting rooms and whines. Get over yourself. I read. I read a lot. I enjoy reading. I don’t enjoy staring into space. I especially don’t enjoy listening to other people whine because they are having to wait. I don’t pay a lot of attention to what other people read, but when people whine it distracts me from my reading. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-get-it-you-enjoy-reading-would-you-prefer-a-medal-or-a-trophy/364331.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-get-it-you-enjoy-reading-would-you-prefer-a-medal-or-a-trophy/364331.md?page=3)