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A Nobel Peace Prize? The Nobel Peace Prize? For reals?

… can I have one, too? It’d make a nice paperweight next to my ceramic Scooby-doo, and all of my middle-school “star student” awards.

Maybe they should start awarding Super Bowl trophies to a random team at the start of each season? Shortly thereafter, my 2 1/2 year old son should be given a fourth grade spelling bee trophy! He’s pretty smart, after all. Why not award valedictorian to promising sophomores?

In all seriousness, what has this man done to bring about peace, other than make fine speeches? I’m sure even the President himself is embarrassed at this choice.

“I’m, uh… I’m not sure what to say.”

Supposedly he won because he has brought about a “new climate in international politics.” Yeah. Apparently, sometime early this morning, Iran disarmed their nukes, the Taliban disbanded, and Russia decided to play nice with the rest of the world.

*cough*

To be fair, the Nobel Peace Prize has been a joke for some time now, having already awarded such notable suspects as Yasser Arafat and Jimmy “President Malaise” Carter.

Considering the prestige the award has accrued over its more recent winners, you may soon hear the following phrases uttered at a location near you!

• “Hey, I opened a box of Cheerios this morning, and guess what I found?”
• “I opened a checking account with Citibank earlier, and guess what they gave me?”
• “Call our number and order now, and we’ll throw in, absolutely free, a Nobel Peace Prize!“
• Read on a T-shirt: “I went to Copenhagen, and all I got was this lousy T-shirt… and a Nobel Peace Prize.”

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