# What do you have trophies for? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 24, 2010, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-trophies-for/554850 "2010-09-24T04:24:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-trophies-for/554850/21 "2010-09-24T13:46:49Z")
I have a couple for being good in bed. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-trophies-for/554850/22 "2010-09-24T13:48:03Z")
I don’t have it now, but our Disc Golf club had a champion’s “traveling trophy” that had my name inscribed 8 separate times. ---
**Author:** ![Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/41988e/32.png) [@Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tequila_Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-trophies-for/554850/23 "2010-09-24T13:57:15Z")
Best Junior handler for a dog show I entered when I was pretty little and had no clue what I was doing. I know I talked and coaxed my dog the whole time when everyone else was silent. Also have a goofy one for answering the most Academy awards NTN trivia questions right on one oscar night. ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-trophies-for/554850/24 "2010-09-24T14:51:22Z")
I keep the pinky finger of all my victims, so th— Oh, wait. That’s not what you meant? ---
**Author:** ![czarcaztic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ec9cab/32.png) [@czarcaztic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/czarcaztic)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-trophies-for/554850/25 "2010-09-24T15:02:36Z")
Bowling trophies…boxes and boxes of bowling trophies. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-trophies-for/554850/26 "2010-09-24T15:02:59Z")
A demitasse saucer full of eyelids. 25 internet points to the first person to name the source of that creepy image. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-trophies-for/554850/27 "2010-09-24T15:15:12Z")
I have never in my life gotten a trophy. Medals, sure. I lettered in English in high school, actually, although I never got the jacket. Certificates out the wazoo. A plaque or two. But I have always, always wanted a trophy. I should just go and buy one for myself - “First Place in Total Awesomeness”, with a cheerleader on top. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-trophies-for/554850/28 "2010-09-24T17:00:39Z")
I used to have a bunch from various competitions when I was high school age for music competitions, science fairs and the like. As an adult I have several for volleyball league wins. My partner has some volleyball ones and a stack of pool league and competition ones. ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-trophies-for/554850/29 "2010-09-24T17:14:09Z")
I have a medal from the city science fair from when I was in elementary school. From high school: 3 or 4 speaker trophies (or plaques depending on which school hosted) from the debate team. 3 or 4 rows of ROTC ribbons with a crapload of clusters. 3 ROTC medals. A bunch of other awards from ROTC (various local groups sponsored awards - the Lion’s Club, the ANG, the DAR, etc. - I got them all, except the uniform award). And, Senior of the Year for my high school. I didn’t get Senior of the Year for the city which is fine. I didn’t even know there was a senior of the year award until after I was picked. I’m still not sure why I got it in the first place. Since high school - not a thing. I have a very long string of failures in the last 12 years. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Woo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7c8e57/32.png) [@Dr.Woo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Woo)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-trophies-for/554850/30 "2010-09-24T17:31:32Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > Spelling and trivia. The only one I have - a plaque - is for being spelling champion of my elementary school. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-trophies-for/554850/31 "2010-09-24T17:35:21Z")
In the last few years, I have three: a first-place and second-place for wedding photography (through the Wedding Photojournalism Association/WPJA), and one for bowling. I’m not exactly sure what happened, but I went bowling at some U of Illinois engineering event with some alumni and my paltry four or five strikes in a single game was apparently the high for the night. _shrug_ I also have a number from seventh and eighth grade for things like math, science, spelling, and history quiz events. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-trophies-for/554850/32 "2010-09-24T17:38:06Z")
> [@OpalCat](#): > > I’m talking about awards type trophies, not things like lopped off animals heads, btw. > > So what do you have actual trophies for? I used to have trophies for bowling and shooting but they’ve been lost over the years. Now all I have left is trophies and medals for Taekwondo. SWMBO and I accumulate enough that about once a year, we hold a little, for-fun tournament for our students and give out our old medals as awards. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-trophies-for/554850/33 "2010-09-24T17:54:11Z")
I have seven medals from when I did Academic Decathlon. They’re in a shadow box along in the storage unit along with the rest of my life. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-trophies-for/554850/34 "2010-09-24T17:59:24Z")
I’m like Bobby Brady, I have never won a trophy. I got ribbons but that’s it ---
**Author:** ![CateAyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@CateAyo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CateAyo)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-trophies-for/554850/35 "2010-09-24T20:04:44Z")
Trophies for baseball, fastpitch softball, football and golf. Plaques for academic and professional stuff. Some medals and commendation from the military if that included. ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-trophies-for/554850/36 "2010-09-24T20:12:47Z")
It’s not exactly a trophy as such, but I do have a Guinness World Record certificate for fire breathing. Does that count? ---
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-trophies-for/554850/37 "2010-09-24T20:19:20Z")
Got some trophies from softball when I was a kid - back when not everyone on every team got a trophy. \ I also have some and some medals from singing contests in high school. Not sure where any of them are these days… ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-trophies-for/554850/38 "2010-09-24T20:32:54Z")
I have three from winning the game show event onboard a Carnival Cruise. And about 30 from martial arts tournaments. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-trophies-for/554850/39 "2010-09-24T21:46:54Z")
Martial arts tournaments and 5k and 10k races. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-trophies-for/554850/40 "2010-09-24T21:48:23Z")
I was sitting next to someone who got the “Best Peasant” trophy at a performance of Spamalot. Man, was I ever jealous…missed it by one seat! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-trophies-for/554850.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-trophies-for/554850.md?page=3)