List your dubious awards and achievements

[yvr girl]

I once won a prize for best bruises. My folks were SO proud.

[distantearlywarning]

1. School record for # of situps in a minute in Junior High.

My only claim to fame.

Sadly, I can't say that I have a six pack today. I don't even have a two pack. :)

[formerrepuke]

2. "Employee of the Month".. I did something none of my co-workers

did- I actually showed up for each of my shifts and did my job.

[eyesroll]

3. I am a graduate of Janitor University.

Actually, I had a blast, so "dubious" may not be accurate.

[hfojvt]

15. I have gotten three janitorial jobs

including my current one, because of my janitorial experience. My BA in math and my MA in economics have landed me two jobs and one part-time temporary job respectively.

Having an MA and working as a janitor is another dubious distinction, but there is no award for it.

[hfojvt]

4. you mean besides Golden Key?

In the 4th grade my "valentine's box" won an award for originality. It was an Abe Lincoln hat made out of an oatmeal container. Trouble is, it was very unoriginal - I got the idea from Captain Kangaroo.

[JohnKleeb]

5. I won best social studies student in middle school

[MariaS]

6. I won a trophy

for table run in our tavern pool league. I was on a roll and a half that night.

[mahina]

7. I won the Hula Hoop contest on the Checkers and Pogo show.

I know, it's groovy, it's ok to be amazed.

[ReadTomPaine]

8. Free Republic voted me the #1 most annoying poster on DU for 2004

A dubious award to be sure, but I'm quite happy about it nevertheless ;)

[hfojvt]

14. what is so dubious about that?

Dubious would be if you were voted the "least annoying".

[ReadTomPaine]

18. Anything from FR is dubious...

even a left handed compliment :)

[hfojvt]

21. a slur against lefties?

what is the number for the PC gestapo?
My left-handed compliments are alot stronger than my right-handed ones.

[ScreamingMeemie]

9. I made "Styling Row" on my second week as a senior student at

"Michigan College of Beauty"...Oh the places I was going to go with that. ;)

[Jara sang]

10. I got a ticket for disturbing the peace

in Virginia Beach, that's like an award.

[Ekirh]

11. Don't know about dubious

But once won a five pound Hershey Chocolate Bar in a middle school random drawing. . .

I do remember the amount of friends I had increase by 10 percent that day... it decreased 20 after I finished eating the damn thing :).

[Strawman]

12. Cutest derriere

In our HS mock election.

[johnnie]

13. I had two that I remember

In 4th grade I was voted "Mr Chivalry" by the girls in my class.
And then in 6th grade I won the "R2D2" award for being, in my teacher's words: "Small and makes funny noises".

[qnr]

16. Well, on the achievements side, I was elected president of the

American Association for the Preservation of Quaint, but Archaic Modes of Communications (Basically, Morse Code enthusiasts) once.

[progmom]

17. I am the 7th most powerful person in jazz.

which, in reality, means diddly squat.

[woofless]

19. I was "Elk of the Year" at the Webb City, MO Lodge a few years back.

Betcha' no other DUer can say that.

(They put the wrong middle initial on the placque.)

Woof

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

20. Purple Heart... not my proudest moment

for sure.

[SOteric]

22. Perhaps not, sweetie,

but we all probably owe you a few of these, nonetheless. :hug:

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

24. What for being dumb enough to be in the wrong

place?

[tarkus]

23. I got the Yale award given by the faculty and Yale Alumni at my school.

Not sure why. Yale is one of the few schools that I cannot get into that I wouldn't cut off my arm to go to.

[Nikia]

25. I won lots of awards in high school

If I listed them all, it would sound like I was bragging.
My sophomore year of high school, among other awards, I won the class award for sophomore physical education.
My mother used to give me a hard time as a child about not being coordinated and bad at sports requiring coordination. I guess that was another case where I happened to have proved her wrong.

[DemBones DemBones]

26. I represented my h.s. in the Mid-South Latin Tournament.

Betcha didn't even know I played.


:evilgrin:


Much more recently, in one of my years teaching high school I won a school-wide contest to have the distinction of kissing a pig at a pep rally.

That dubious honor was a set-up, though. It was a Future Farmers of America (FFA) fundraiser with money = votes. I had my FFA sources who told me that one of the assistant principals would have won except that the other administrators contributed large amounts of money to vote for me and keep their fellow administrator from the dubious honor of kissing the pig.

But that's OK because it was a very cute little piglet, freshly bathed and wearing Pampers. If given the choice of kissing the pig or any of the administrators, I'd have gone for the pig.