[AlexW]

"Most names on the Nobel Prize winners list are Americans"

That may have been a good thing in the past, but now it is the kiss of death....

When they put Jimmah Peanut on the list, that was all for me.

[beckysueb]

Didn't Terrorist Arafat get it once, too.

[Wonder Warthog]

That may have been a good thing in the past, but now it is the kiss of death....When they put Jimmah Peanut on the list, that was all for me."

Well, that's true for the "Peace Prize", and for the "fuzzy prizes" like "Literature" and maybe "Economics"---but the science prizes (Physics, Chemistry, and Medicine) are still about real accomplishments.