My current theory is that the choice was a last minute switch.
Stephen Send a noteboard - 06/10/2011 04:16:50 PM
Many websites were reporting earlier that there had been a sudden upsurge in betting on Bob Dylan to win, so when the Nobel committee got wind that their diabolical, subversive plan to give the award to a singer was discovered, they picked the name based on a series of clicks on the random article button on Wikipedia.
That stupid idea posited above is probably almost as logical as whatever actually happend in the selection process.
That stupid idea posited above is probably almost as logical as whatever actually happend in the selection process.
"I mean, if everyone had a soul, there would be no contrast by which we could appreciate it. For giving us this perspective, we thank you." - Nate
Tomas Transtromer wins the Nobel Prize for Literature.
- 06/10/2011 12:02:12 PM
1006 Views
Who?
- 06/10/2011 02:14:23 PM
774 Views
What a Transtravesty.
- 06/10/2011 02:59:09 PM
702 Views
My current theory is that the choice was a last minute switch.
- 06/10/2011 04:16:50 PM
777 Views
Meh. I guess they were under pressure to produce a Swedish winner again.
- 06/10/2011 05:34:05 PM
839 Views
Re: Meh. I guess they were under pressure to produce a Swedish winner again.
- 08/10/2011 05:32:12 PM
918 Views
Nobel Prizes just continue to become more and more irrelevant..... *NM*
- 10/10/2011 03:21:43 AM
380 Views