True story: Years ago I was a regular at a bar room trivia game where the prizes are T-shirts, beach balls, all kinds of liquor company branded swag.
I generally played pretty well... I was up several T-shirts, a sweatshirt, other stuff... Generally people were annoyed with me.
When I won a pair of Malibu Rum flipflops, a few people grumbled (I shared my winnings... people grumble regardless.)
I put on my best "They LIKE ME! They REALLY LIKE ME!" campy act, holding up the flipflops like an Oscar and proclaimed "I CAN wear thongs! I really can!"
(To complete the picture, I'm a painfully caucasian man, 6'2" tall and 325lbs. The place was in stitches.)