In 2020, Robert Wilson walked over in his slippers at 2am to knock on Paul Milgrom’s door: “Paul, it’s Bob. You’ve won the Nobel Prize.”



    by Treefiddy1984

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    1. I find it a bit crazy that they just gave away his cell phone number to someone calling in the middle of the night

    2. I know I’ll never win a Nobel prize (never gonna even try), but if I ever did, this would definitely happen to me lol

    3. Did he try to open that man’s door?

      Waking me up at 2 AM to notify me that I’ve won the most prestigious award in my field. All good.

      Opening my door at 2 am, on the other hand…

    4. I was at my computer in 2005 while going to college in Sydney when the Nobel for Medicine was announced for Barry Marshall. I quickly found his university email and sent him a congratulations. In true-blue Aussie style he wrote back like 5 minutes later saying thank you and that he couldn’t believe it. Then he apologized for the short reply because his email inbox was filling up and his phone was ringing.

    5. “Nobel Prize for Economics” or the *Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel

      ^^*not ^^to ^^be ^^confused ^^with ^^the ^^Nobel ^^Prizes ^^for ^^physics, ^^chemistry, ^^physiology ^^or ^^medicine, ^^literature, ^^and ^^peace.

    6. This is such an old people thing.

      When I win the Nobel prize, just tell me in the morning. I rather sleep……

    7. TheComplimentarian on

      Feynman (who was notorious prankster and shit-talker) got called in the middle of the night by a journalist to tell him he’d won the Nobel, and he was like, “Fuck you, call me in the morning!” and hung up the phone.

      And his wife said, “Who was that?”

      And he said, “Apparently I won the Nobel Prize.”

      And she said, “…Okay, but really, who was it?”

    8. ColdStockSweat on

      That motherfucker was at my house last night. I haven’t gotten a bit of sleep.

      **BOB!!!!! Stop this shit!!!**

      Stop giving out my fucking cell number!!!

    9. The older you get, the less fucks you have to give. It’s one of the few perks that come with aging.

    10. OnlinePosterPerson on

      Lying headline. The “nobel prize in economics” is not a Nobel prize category.

    11. GabikPeperonni on

      Thought this would be like a “Holy shit, my friend just won the Nobel prize. I’m so happy for him I will walk to his house to commemorate with him.”. But it’s just kinda creepy.

    12. Key-Specific-4368 on

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      Mr. Steinbrenner’s here, George is dead, call me back!

    13. DaddyDontTakeNoMess on

      What if he thought it was a burglar trying to break into his house at 2:00 AM, and he shot through the door and killed the person? Would that disqualify him from the Peace Prize?

    14. Family history has a similar thing.

      My ex husband had an ancestor in the Civil War. He was in Maine, so fought for the Union. He did something during a battle that got him a Medal of Honor.

      He had gone back to his place in Maine somewhere after the war. Family history says he got his medal in the mail, and he didn’t know anything about it.

      Me and my ex (still together at the time) drove with his father up to Maine to donate the medal to a museum once we realized we had it.

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