You may not be a successful person and a global explorer, but that will not stop you from hearing your name, followed by applause from the crowd, and then go up to receive the award; there are some prizes in the world for the losers, the fools and the racists.
Some are comic purposes, others are aimed at shedding light on inhuman behavior or against society, but they are certainly all strange. Here are 10 weird comic awards in this world.
1 - Do not get rid of your shoes dirty .. It is worth 2500 dollars
The jury stands and the contestants, each holding his moldy shoes in his hand, nudges the noses in the dirty shoes, the shoe that gets the most disgust in the committee. He is the winner. This is not a comedy scene but a competition on the ground. Reality, held annually, the winning contestant gets $ 2500.
It began the competition in 1974 when one started companies producing sports shoes in the United States, the production of a new line of sports shoes, and included advertising campaign appearance musty and dirty shoes even compares the new shoes produced by the company in order to highlight the beauty of the new shoe, and at that moment , the campaign manager realized an opportunity The campaign ran on a small scale until 1988, when it became an annual official competition for children from the age of five to 15 years, The prize money is $ 2500, with A Golden Shield, and received the award in the field of the «Times» winner.
2- "Can the cat be solid and liquid too?"
Do you dream of winning the Nobel Prize, but you have not done anything worth it? You can now win the Nobel Prize, the Nobel equivalent of the Nobel Prize. This award is given to someone who invented something funny or unhelpful or even an idiotic invention. The annual celebration of the prize is held at Harvard where the winner receives the award.
This award was established in 1991 by Mark Abraham, founder of the Association of Potential Research , and still held up to date. The prize is divided into branches - such as Nobel - for chemistry, physics and peace. The atmosphere of this celebration is dominated by the spirit of humor, as if the event that scientists spend in entertainment themselves, especially since the award is comic and does not include a sum of money.
Received the prize in fiction literature , wrote a comparative study of long on the impact of ancient civilizations on the planet, the ancient civilizations on other planets in the outer space, and was awarded the peace policeman was his strange methods, and sometimes rejected, and against the law, but it was followed for the settlement of reports of police Without resorting to the judiciary, and won the prize of insect science, a doctor friend of animals, extracted from the ears of cats insects that infect them with diseases, and put them in the ear to watch them well, and reach a suitable drug to eliminate these insects; so as not to hurt the animals again, and this year - 2017 - got physical prize for d Aceh titled «Can a cat be solid and liquid as well.»
It is noteworthy that in 2010 physicist Andre Geyme won this award, and the original Nobel Prize, to be the only person to have both. The list goes on for years, for the strangest prizes.
3 - Comic award for the worst sexual scene in a book
Sex scenes in the cinema can be surrounded by the ambiguity and the appropriate lighting, and convey the intimate moment of the viewer without any words, but when it comes to literature, the writer to describe this scene with appropriate words that do not spoil the romance of the moment, while at the same time broadcast some excitement in the same The reader, those equation seems to be difficult, the guide is the worst sex scene award in a literary novel.
The comic was founded in 1993 by the Literary Review in Britain and awarded the honorary award for a writer who failed to describe a sexual scene in his novel and presented it to readers with a bad and evocative presentation aimed at drawing attention to the poor and traditional literary embodiment of sexual scenes and seeking to elevate literature.
The first winner of this award was the British writer Milvin Prague for his novel Time to Dance, and the last winner of the award in 2016 was Italian writer Iri de Luca for his novel The Day Before Happiness.
4 - Golden Berry Award .. Award for the worst film parallel to the Oscar
Do you remember that foreign film you saw, and then regretted your lost time?
This film may have won the worst film award, called Golden Raspberry or Razzi , which takes place annually in Los Angeles, and is considered the comic equivalent of the Academy Award, with actors and artists from around the world. Sandra Bullock was the worst actor in All About Steve, and attended the ceremony and accepted the award with a warm welcome.
The 1981 Golden Raspberry Award was founded by journalist John Wilson, who hosted a reception at his home every year after the Oscars, and organized the first Oscar-winning event at his home. The award has been held so far, and at the 37th session earlier this year - 2017 film earned Batman v Superman on the worst film center, and obtained by the actor Ben Affleck as the worst actor in the role of Batman.
5 - Award the dumbest public figure .. Put your foot in your mouth!
When you are a public figure, you may have to be careful in all your public statements, because there are followers of you who believe you, or your statements affect them effectively. Therefore, the campaign of «a strange statement of a public figure» created a honorary award to a public figure declaring an inappropriate or strange statement, the award for « feet in themouth », and obtained by the former US President George Bush in 2008 and granted him for all his statements in the last year of his presidency, and one of the most famous of these statements when he said: I know what I think, and I will continue to explain what I think, because I think that What I think is the right thing, and I hope you do not ask yourselves after the end of my speech about What is meant by my talk.
Was awarded the prize for the first time in 1993 , Ted Dexter head of the cricket team England when he told the media , explaining the loss of one of the sports teams that the reason for the loss is that the astronomical timing of the match was not in their favor, and that the planet Venus was not supportive of the players, and recently obtained by Donald Trump when he stated "They bring the drugs, they bring the crime, they are rapists, but some of them - I think - are good," he said.
6 - Award the worst sentence in the literature
The first sentence at the beginning of any novel may be the most difficult, and there are those who are successful in its selection, and there are those who fail, but the University of California, especially the Department of English, there are those who fail in the opening sentence of his novel failure is a failure, a failure worth a prize of one hundred and fifty dollars, Bulwer-Lytton Award .
The award was founded in 1982 by an English professor at the University of California, named after English author Edward Bolwer Leighton, who wrote Paul Clifford's novel in 1830 and began with a sentence that said: It was a dark and stormy night, , But the prize is not given to writers who published their novel, but opens the door to the competition in front of the amateur writers to send literary works begin with a bad sentence.
"I danced with the wind like spiders and had sex." That is the Beatles' winning streak for Kate Roseau in 2017.
7 - the prize for penetrating privacy sarcastic
George Orwell's 1984 novel is for institutions and individuals who violate the privacy of others; the Big Brother who always watches us. The Big Brother Awards may seem like a comic at first, but the purpose is to draw attention to those who penetrate the privacy of others.
The award was founded by the German Digitalcourage Foundation , which seeks to preserve the privacy of the other and private property rights. One of the most famous winners of the award was former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who was named the "smiling puppeteer" by the award committee for his control of others and their privacy.
8 - Award of women's haters
"Women are not welcome in bed, except for sex," a former Australian labor union secretary, Ernie Eckup, sparked controversy. The reason for the award was the name of Ernie, and was given to the most racist commentator on women in Australia.
The award was founded by a charity supporting women's rights in 1999. Every year more than three hundred women gather to celebrate the occasion and announce the name of the winner. One of the winners was Australian Judge John Gallup, defending one of the child molesters. A man who raped a young girl in prison, we will not find empty space in prisons ». The honorary award is still being held.
9 - «Oral and plant personality» .. The prize for the strangest title of a book
It may be a good or bad book, but the title is the first to fall into the eye of the reader, the unfortunate title may miss the writer's effort, and perhaps a good title for a poorly-known book. Since 1978, the cultural center in Britain has recognized the importance of the book's title, Title of a book or Diagram Prize for Oddest Title
The award was founded by a group of cultural institutions in Britain and is still ongoing. Among the titles of the award are "Oral and Plantal Sadhism", "How to Embrace the Forest: An Environmental Approach to Missing Art", and this year's winning book , "Nipple in My Knee" .
10. If you do not win the race, then lose it with dedication
If you are racing in a cycling race, and realize that your win is a win, do not fight to win and fight for the loss, because there is a prize waiting for you if you are the final contestant, theLanterne Rouge or the Red Lantern.
The award is given on the sidelines of the race 's official cycling in France, a red lantern for the rider who finally up, ironic and delivers it in a past race two on the last place; for his award winners of fame and some money from appearing in media programs, won this award for this year English rider Luke Rao.