<span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>Wearing a suit and bow tie, Al walks up to the podium, bows as he accepts the award, climbs up and adjusts the mike.</em></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;">Ladies, gentlemen and non-binaries; esteemed members of the election committee; unquestioned judge; friends, Romans and countrymen; kind audience and other assorted riffraff.<br/><br/>It is a great privilege to stand before you on this day, and humbly accept the honour that you deemed me worthy to get.  It took not only years of hard work and dedication to get me to this glorious moment -- daily walking 15 miles barefoot in the snow, uphill, both ways -- but also the unwavering support of all the wonderful people who believed in me, encouraged me, and did other things that I will not elaborate on due to the non-adult nature of this sandbox.<br/><br/>Although I am grateful to all of you, I would like to extend special thanks to my agents, who have finally justified their exorbitant commissions; to my friends (you know who you are!) that stuck with me through thick and thin, lewd remarks and bad humour, clinging to the meagre hope that someday I will be able to repay my debts to them; to my family, who would disown me in a jiffy if they knew what forum I spend my time on; and most importantly, to my devoted Bambies who made sure to stuff both their bras and the ballot boxes in their quest to get me this recognition.  Thank you!  I love you all!</span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>Al wipes a manly tear from his eye, lifts up the award above his head, and leaves the scene to the sound of a 10-minute long standing ovation.</em></span><br/>