# So, TIME just named me Person of the Year. So how'd your year go? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 17, 2006, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-time-just-named-me-person-of-the-year-so-howd-your-year-go/384466 "2006-12-17T02:25:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2006, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-time-just-named-me-person-of-the-year-so-howd-your-year-go/384466/21 "2006-12-17T17:48:22Z")
[QUOTE=RickJay] Incidentally, it was “The Generation 25 and Under,” in 1966. [/QUOTE] Well, I’m over 50 now, and careening towards senility … 😛 ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2006, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-time-just-named-me-person-of-the-year-so-howd-your-year-go/384466/22 "2006-12-17T18:51:55Z")
Wow! As a middle-class American woman who was under 25 in 1966, that makes this my **fourth** win! What do I get??? (Hmmmm. I didn’t get anything the other three times. I think I see a trend.) ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2006, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-time-just-named-me-person-of-the-year-so-howd-your-year-go/384466/23 "2006-12-17T21:14:31Z")
[QUOTE=mobo85] Why not You? You, as a whole, have been able to control entertainment now more than ever. The main reason You was (were) chosen was because of _Time_ 2006 Invention of the Year- YouTube, which shows that now more than ever, You are able to create your own entertainment and/or web content rather than some large corporation. This message board is perfect proof of this. So why not You? [/quote] Because the vast majority of “You” did none such things. The vast majority of “You” just sat there and watched it happen. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2006, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-time-just-named-me-person-of-the-year-so-howd-your-year-go/384466/24 "2006-12-18T04:36:40Z")
Me? Wow. I wonder who I had to blow to get that honor… ---
**Author:** ![RumMunkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@RumMunkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RumMunkey)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2006, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-time-just-named-me-person-of-the-year-so-howd-your-year-go/384466/25 "2006-12-18T16:31:20Z")
So, is the cover of this week’s magazine going to be a mirror? ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2006, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-time-just-named-me-person-of-the-year-so-howd-your-year-go/384466/26 "2006-12-18T16:33:04Z")
I’m so honoured! _sniff, poses for the cameras_ ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2006, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-time-just-named-me-person-of-the-year-so-howd-your-year-go/384466/27 "2006-12-18T17:15:34Z")
So who will be adding this award to their resume/CV ? ---
**Author:** ![Madd\_Maxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Madd\_Maxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madd_Maxx)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2006, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-time-just-named-me-person-of-the-year-so-howd-your-year-go/384466/28 "2006-12-18T17:56:18Z")
[QUOTE=NaturalBlondChap] So who will be adding this award to their resume/CV ? [/QUOTE] It’s already there. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2006, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-time-just-named-me-person-of-the-year-so-howd-your-year-go/384466/29 "2006-12-18T18:05:11Z")
I’m disappointed, I was hoping that it would be The Tron Guy. ---
**Author:** ![ShelliBean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@ShelliBean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShelliBean)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2006, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-time-just-named-me-person-of-the-year-so-howd-your-year-go/384466/30 "2006-12-18T18:14:19Z")
[QUOTE=freckafree] Wow! As a middle-class American woman who was under 25 in 1966, that makes this my **fourth** win! What do I get??? (Hmmmm. I didn’t get anything the other three times. I think I see a trend.) [/QUOTE] If you get it one more time I think you get to go on SNL with Chevy Chase, Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin and Paul Simon. I have already composed a strongly worded letter letting TIME know that this in no way makes up for the glaring omission of me as the Sexiest Man Alive. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2006, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-time-just-named-me-person-of-the-year-so-howd-your-year-go/384466/31 "2006-12-18T19:05:42Z")
[QUOTE=RumMunkey] So, is the cover of this week’s magazine going to be a mirror? [/QUOTE] Yep. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2006, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-time-just-named-me-person-of-the-year-so-howd-your-year-go/384466/32 "2006-12-18T20:07:38Z")
[QUOTE=astorian] Me? Wow. I wonder who I had to blow to get that honor… [/QUOTE] I thought your breath smelled funny… ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2006, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-time-just-named-me-person-of-the-year-so-howd-your-year-go/384466/33 "2006-12-18T22:03:02Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Yanno, this is actually the second time I’ve won. (Back in the late '60s, they gave it to “People under 30,” which I was at the time.) [/QUOTE] I also got it that one year when I was Hitler. ---
**Author:** ![Jelymag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jelymag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jelymag)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2006, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-time-just-named-me-person-of-the-year-so-howd-your-year-go/384466/34 "2006-12-18T22:17:46Z")
When I heard it I thought they must’ve gotten to like December 10 and said “Crap!! It’s the end of the year!! Who do we pick!!?” But then I got stuck on the question “Who should have gotten it instead?” ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2006, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-time-just-named-me-person-of-the-year-so-howd-your-year-go/384466/35 "2006-12-20T20:10:16Z")
Frankly, I’m still pissed off that they didn’t even ask for my permission. I don’t need that kind of public scrutiny right now, y’know? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-time-just-named-me-person-of-the-year-so-howd-your-year-go/384466.md?page=1)