Yeah, so Barack Obama won a Nobel Peace Prize last week, and we can all agree it was a little odd. But do you know what's even odder? Dude had already won two Grammy awards. Really.

But that isn't even as impressive as what Al Gore has up on his mantelpiece – a Nobel, a Grammy and an Oscar. To put that in perspective, Gandhi, who practically invented peace, doesn't even have a Nobel, let alone an Oscar and a Grammy.

Still, the biggest loser here has to be Bono, whose been trying his damnedest to be the second man to achieve this vaunted triple crown, but remains stuck on just the Grammy. It's going to be a bitter pill for the singer to swallow when a star-struck Academy inevitably honors Obama with his trifecta-completing Oscar for a performance during one of his press conferences.

But since you're not Obama, Gore, Bono or even Gandhi, you're probably going to have to settle on winning just one of these awards. So we've tried to break down which one is best.

Nobel Peace Prize

Most won: While no person has been victorious more than once, it's easy to make the case that Obama, Gore and Jimmy Carter were all recognized simply for not being George W. Bush. So, in a bizarro way, good old W. is the undisputed champion of the world's foremost peace prize.

Embarrassing winners: Yasir Arafat, who proved to be not remotely peaceful, and Henry Kissinger, who took that a step further by barely even pretending to have ever been remotely peaceful.

Benefits of winning: If you find yourself accused of being anything like George W. Bush, you can tell your critics that five Norwegians were so confident in your ability not to be anything like George W. Bush that they went through the trouble of engraving your name on a fancy medal (and giving you a million dollars) to prove it.


Grammy Award

Most Won: Quincy Jones leads the guys with 27, Alison Krause the ladies with 26, and U2 the bands with 22. Actually, some orchestra-conducting fellow named Sir George Solti trumps them all with 31, but as far as we are concerned he's made up.

Embarrassing winners: In 1989, Jethro Tull won the inaugural award for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance even though they are fronted by a flutist, and hadn't been relevant in a decade. (Although notorious lip-syncers Milli Vanilli won for Best New Artist in 1990, their prize was revoked four days later.)

Benefits of winning: Whatever Cash4Gold says the trophy is worth after you melt it down.


Academy Award

Most Won: Walt Disney had 26 overall, but in the categories you care about Katherine Hepburn won four Best Actress awards, John Ford won four Best Director nods, and Jack Nicholson has three male acting prizes.

Embarrassing winners: While the Academy has avoided the kind of credibility-crushing selections that have plagued the Nobels and the Grammys, "Dances With Wolves" over "Goodfellas" for Best Picture in 1991 was pretty bad. If nothing else, because it encouraged Costner to make "The Postman" and "Waterworld."

Benefits of winning: Get to double-team a starlet with Jack Nicholson in a backroom at Morton's. Warren Beatty watches.