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[edit] First recorded mention of medal

I added this, and currently, I am waiting for a reply on where the encyclopedia (from which I obtained this info) obtained this fact. I could not just cite the encyclopedia because the book is copyright. If anyone knows how old Flavius Josephus is, they will obviously know his work is in public domain, as he has been dead for about one thousand, six hundred years. I thought this was worthy of adding to the article, and very appropriate to be put in the clearly lacking in interest and content of an introduction section. --Evan 18:04, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Idioms involving the term medal

"A.J. Holmes frequently gives out medals as a witty, sarcastic response to other people working hard. Haha, A.J., you are hilarious. We are all laughing. Ethan Kuperberg, on the other hand, enjoys taking credit for things he is supposed to do in his spare time. Thus, he merits the expression, "What do you want, a medal?". Logan Stein might say "I worked so hard I deserve a medal", if he felt that he had worked so hard it deserved some recognition."

I moved the above section from main article. I can't see the encyclopedic value, and its plain "bad" english. I left a small piece on the article, merely because someone took the time to put it there. I can't see the value in being there but others may disagree.Icemotoboy 23:24, 15 April 2007 (UTC)