It is an absolutely absurd award.
The jury agreed that it would be absurd to award the prize to anything else and futile to attempt to persuade Dr. Butler and his trustees to accept the Hemingway book.
He doesn't mix with writers, attends no more parties, and detests the annual round of award ceremonies: "One thing I hate about English culture is this absurd obsession with awards and prizes like the Booker, which is a lot of shit.
Another judge called the award "absurd".
Indeed, an online petition was started just hours after the announcement was made, objecting to the "absurd decision to award B. Obama Nobel Peace Prize".
An enduring image of the England versus Pakistan Test series last year was the sight of a visibly appalled Giles Clarke refusing to shake hands with Mohammad Amir – on the very day Amir was first exposed by a tabloid sting – while presenting his enduringly absurd man of the series award.
But the winner of the Most Absurd Picture Book of the Year Award, if there were one, would have to go to "A Pig Parade Is a Terrible Idea," written by Michael Ian Black and drawn by Kevin Hawkes.
How China Can Literally Move Mountains to Build Ghost Towns.
Amid charges that Mr Derrida's work was absurd, vapid and pernicious, the degree was awarded in the end, by 336 votes to 204.The academy is often fractious, but this was different.
The top executives in today's largest corporations not only travel in style, but they have access to an absurd array of perks while they travel, from awards and complimentary products to discounts on just about everything.
