# The Nobel prizes are coming. What have you won? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 4, 2016, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nobel-prizes-are-coming-what-have-you-won/767634 "2016-10-04T14:56:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nobel-prizes-are-coming-what-have-you-won/767634/21 "2016-10-05T04:05:02Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > I got a medal for Valor from my state’s Secretary of Corrections, presented to me in the State Senate chambers. The only thing I got awarded by the State Secretary of Corrections was time off for good behavior. I won a free car wash at a minor league ball game in Savannah, for having the dirtiest car in the parking lot. ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nobel-prizes-are-coming-what-have-you-won/767634/22 "2016-10-05T10:32:32Z")
In my home county, I was Junior Achievement’s Outstanding Young Businessman of the Year (1980). This got me a ticket to the national JA conference, which I didn’t go to because I got chicken pox. ---
**Author:** ![JacobSwan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@JacobSwan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JacobSwan)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nobel-prizes-are-coming-what-have-you-won/767634/23 "2016-10-05T11:01:59Z")
Well done everyone!! ---
**Author:** ![Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/channing_idaho_banks/32/250_2.png) [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nobel-prizes-are-coming-what-have-you-won/767634/24 "2016-10-05T11:25:12Z")
I won a Halloween costume contest, once. ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nobel-prizes-are-coming-what-have-you-won/767634/25 "2016-10-05T19:35:04Z")
The home game and parting gifts. ---
**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:** [October 5, 2016, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nobel-prizes-are-coming-what-have-you-won/767634/26 "2016-10-05T19:40:42Z")
I have won 250+ ribbons for homebrewing. Hic! ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nobel-prizes-are-coming-what-have-you-won/767634/27 "2016-10-05T19:46:22Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > I have won 250+ ribbons for homebrewing. > > Hic! Heh. There have been many really cool things mentioned, but this is the first to really get my attention. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nobel-prizes-are-coming-what-have-you-won/767634/28 "2016-10-05T21:53:35Z")
My last award was for Best Costume in an 80’s-themed murder mystery dinner. Back in my advertising days, I won a bunch of awards. However, I don’t them give much credence because 1. Advertising people _love_ to give each other awards. Sometimes it seems like anyone willing to take the time to fill out an application and pay the entry fee will win at least Honorable Mention. 2. Most of the awards were for programs I worked on as part of a group. While I’m certainly proud of my part, I was only one part. The exception would be an award I won for speechwriting, where I did work solo. ---
**Author:** ![Valgard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@Valgard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valgard)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nobel-prizes-are-coming-what-have-you-won/767634/29 "2016-10-05T22:16:54Z")
There’s an old thread on Dopers who have won money on game shows. Someone (was it **Boyo Jim**?) won the Bullwer-Lytton bad fiction contest a few years ago. ---
**Author:** ![appleaday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/41988e/32.png) [@appleaday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleaday)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2016, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nobel-prizes-are-coming-what-have-you-won/767634/30 "2016-10-06T01:24:38Z")
Won a blue ribbon at a county fair once. It was for some nut bread. But they were pretty generous with the blue ribbons, so I can’t really brag too much. ---
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2016, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nobel-prizes-are-coming-what-have-you-won/767634/31 "2016-10-06T01:58:59Z")
I got an award at the United Nations. Notice I said “at” not “from”. The award was given at a dinner held in one of their dining rooms. One interesting thing was I had a heck of a time getting into the building for the dinner. As the honoree, I wasn’t one the guest list, and this about a year after 9/11 so security was tight. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2016, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nobel-prizes-are-coming-what-have-you-won/767634/32 "2016-10-07T15:59:36Z")
I came in 22nd and 16th places in a couple of [Cracked.com](http://Cracked.com) photoshop contests. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2016, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nobel-prizes-are-coming-what-have-you-won/767634/33 "2016-10-07T17:21:24Z")
I won a Gong Show at a friend’s birthday party. I played my accordion. My prize was a broken baseball trophy - the bat was snapped off and the whole thing was kinda wobbly. I loved it! it sat in my cubicle for years! Wish I could remember what happened to it. ---
**Author:** ![Wallaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dc4da7/32.png) [@Wallaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallaby)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nobel-prizes-are-coming-what-have-you-won/767634/34 "2016-10-08T23:48:26Z")
2nd Prize in a Beauty Contest. Seriously, I worked in the Asian-Pacific division of a major IT Services provider (you can call them HAL). I won some award for providing the ‘Best Added Value report’ to a customer. Customer went bust one week later. No work for me, so I was moved to ‘The bench’ - ie ‘No work for you, so we hope to find you something to do and we can keep paying you’. No, they didn’t. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2016, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nobel-prizes-are-coming-what-have-you-won/767634/35 "2016-10-10T00:54:49Z")
I was [Time Magazine’s Person of the Year in 2006](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0f/Time_youcover01.jpg/220px-Time_youcover01.jpg). More exclusively, I was valedictorian of both my elementary and high school classes. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2016, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nobel-prizes-are-coming-what-have-you-won/767634/36 "2016-10-10T05:47:32Z")
I have a Bacon number of three. I came in second on _Jeopardy!_ and won fabulous parting gifts I won a sweepstakes in which I won four tickets to a San Francisco Giants game, seats on the field, $100 worth of food, and a guided tour of Pac Bell Park. And then the Giants lost to the hated Dodgers, 20-0. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nobel-prizes-are-coming-what-have-you-won/767634.md?page=1)