# You Win An Award! What Do You Want? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 16, 2013, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-win-an-award-what-do-you-want/650529 "2013-02-16T19:20:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-win-an-award-what-do-you-want/650529/21 "2013-02-18T21:39:20Z")
Priority registration. ---
**Author:** ![romadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@romadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romadea)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2013, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-win-an-award-what-do-you-want/650529/22 "2013-02-19T06:14:50Z")
Some sort of ceremonial headdress. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2013, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-win-an-award-what-do-you-want/650529/23 "2013-02-19T12:18:59Z")
I’ll take a full scholarship to a good school, please. Failing that, I’ll take a ring or other jewelry. At least I could sell it if I needed to. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2013, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-win-an-award-what-do-you-want/650529/24 "2013-02-19T14:37:50Z")
A friend won an SCA rapier tournament in Finland and was awarded a parrying dagger. That was cool I was awarded an actual medieval iron buckle once. That was also cool. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2013, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-win-an-award-what-do-you-want/650529/25 "2013-02-19T16:49:15Z")
My GPS recorded in the voice of my favorite celebrity. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2013, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-win-an-award-what-do-you-want/650529/26 "2013-02-19T17:59:02Z")
Just give me one of Clapton’s guitars ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2013, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-win-an-award-what-do-you-want/650529/27 "2013-02-19T18:09:37Z")
a really big meatball sandwich ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2013, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-win-an-award-what-do-you-want/650529/28 "2013-02-19T18:16:32Z")
Tacos. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2013, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-win-an-award-what-do-you-want/650529/29 "2013-02-19T18:25:10Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > The Olympic Medals are kind of cool - but the value of each drops significantly from Gold to Silver to Bronze - although at least I heard they have started giving out cash awards as well with the medals! [Depends](http://www.snopes.com/politics/taxes/olympics.asp). The cash awards are paid by the country you represent, not by the Olympics. If you’re American you’re looking at a cool $25,000 for gold, $15,000 for silver, or $10,000 for bronze. If you’re British, you get the shaft. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2013, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-win-an-award-what-do-you-want/650529/30 "2013-02-19T21:49:06Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Either a [13" silver rocket ship](http://www.thehugoawards.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/2011_Large.jpg), or [mineral samples encased in Lucite](http://www.sfwriter.com/nebula1.jpg). Grin! I’m another! To answer the question, I’m very fond of pins. Little medals with pin-backs. I have a big cork-board and I stick 'em there. Good old-fashioned political campaign buttons are also fun; if I won the Miniver Cheevy Award for Moral Crapulence, a campaign-style button would be just fine. (“I use it to hold my underwears up.”) ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2013, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-win-an-award-what-do-you-want/650529/31 "2013-02-19T21:54:05Z")
I’ll take a ring or jewelry. Back when my company actually offered service anniversary awards, I always chose the jewelry or ring. That’s been discontinued, but I’m planning to purchase some piece of commemorative jewelry to observe my 25th anniversary in a few years. ---
**Author:** ![Silvorange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Silvorange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silvorange)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2013, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-win-an-award-what-do-you-want/650529/32 "2013-02-20T03:12:17Z")
When I was a kid, I dreamed of earning a trophy. That’s because I assumed that they were made of solid gold, and I would be rich! Imagine my disappointment when I got my participation trophy for playing soccer in the 4th grade. I still want a giant, solid gold trophy, which I would have melted down. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2013, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-win-an-award-what-do-you-want/650529/33 "2013-02-20T05:31:48Z")
No one…NO ONE…wants a pony? What’s wrong with you people? I would enjoy being awarded a newly constructed home (and the land it is on) in a design and location of my choosing. ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2013, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-win-an-award-what-do-you-want/650529/34 "2013-02-20T05:45:57Z")
A princess’s hand in marriage ---
**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:** [February 21, 2013, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-win-an-award-what-do-you-want/650529/35 "2013-02-21T01:20:34Z")
> [@Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](#): > > I’d like a bologna sammich with mustard please. Any kind of bread will do but lots of mustard. > Yes strange but food is always a good award in my book. I would like a beer and money sandwich, hold the bread. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2013, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-win-an-award-what-do-you-want/650529/36 "2013-02-21T01:57:56Z")
A Nobel, mainly because it means I made a definite positive contribution to the world in some manner. The money would be nice also. ---
**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:** [February 21, 2013, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-win-an-award-what-do-you-want/650529/37 "2013-02-21T02:37:26Z")
I would like a nice engraved plaque with my name on it…attached to a giant sequoia somewhere. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-win-an-award-what-do-you-want/650529.md?page=1)