对于Yossarian来说，冠军作为奖品的想法是荒谬的。他们没有钱，没有阶级特权。像奥林匹克奖牌和网球奖杯一样，他们所表明的是，店主对任何人都没有比其他人更有能力的好处。
(To Yossarian, the idea of pennants as prizes was absurd. No money went with them, no class privileges. Like Olympic medals and tennis trophies, all they signified was that the owner had done something of no benefit to anyone more capably than everyone else.)