A record number of voters (34) turned out to vote in November 2000's Anagrammy Awards. The last batch of votes changed the category winners in three categories. As usual, there were many easy wins and some very close contests. This month, we also ran the second-ever Awardsmaster's Challenge. So, without further ado, here are the winners ---------------------------- THE GENERAL CATEGORY This category started off as quite a close competition with Mey Kraus the early leader. Richard Grantham suddenly burst into the lead during Day 2 and 3, polling 7 primary votes. There was a late challenge from me to get within 4 points, only to be beaten easily when Richard picked up 3 primary votes in the last batch. This makes Richard the first to achieve a win in every category and in a mere 12 months. 1st. Richard Grantham with: 46 points. If all the veins in my body were laid end-to-end, then damn soon I will very definitely be dead! 2nd. Larry Brash with: 35 points. Parliamentarian = I am a plain ranter. 3rd. Meyran Kraus with: 27 points. To revenge = Or get even? ---------------------------- THE ENTERTAINMENT CATEGORY David Bourke and Earle Jones created an interesting contest with Earle the early leader, but with David scoring well midway through. He hung on to win by 7 points. His rock band anagrams are becoming legendary. 1st. David Bourke with: 42 points. The Traveling Wilburys: Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne and Roy Orbison = An angry jew / the Beatle / blond boy / sorry prat in ELO / stiff guy...in short, very boring old men. 2nd. Earle Jones with: 35 points. A nice coy Mona Lisa demurred = Smile! You're on Candid Camera! Eq 3rd. Richard Grantham with: 23 points. "My name is Maurice Joseph Micklewhite." = I'm Michael Caine, the wussy Pommie jerk. Eq 3rd. Benjamin Yackley with: 23 points. A Sega Dreamcast = Games at arcades. ------------------------- THE TOPICAL CATEGORY This was another very close competition, not surprisingly with 18 starters, many of whom anagrammed the hung vote in the USA Elections. At first, 2 points covered the first five, but the leaders gradually emerged and Mey Kraus looked like a definite winner, until Letterman picked up 9 points in the last batch of three votes to just beat Mey. This was his third win this year and his seventh over-all. 1st. ID Letterman with: 34 points. Manual recount = Unclear amount. 2nd. Meyran Kraus with: 32 points. The US Elections = Count these lies. 3rd. William Tunstall-Pedoe with: 22 points. Republican National Committee = Inept ballot count: America mine! ----------------------- THE RUDE CATEGORY I thought that my slightly rude anagram was cute, but I never thought that it would win. Ironically, I had adviced another competitor to pick his rudest anagram for ther final list, but it did not even run a place (sorry about that). This was my 12th win this year and my 43rd in the All-Time List. 1st. Larry Brash with: 46 points. The Missionary Position = Say, I insist I'm on top o' her. 2nd. Tom Myers with: 32 points. I am checking up on my portfolio in stocks = Company's in toilet. Shock! I'm fucking poor. 3rd. Richard Grantham with: 21 points. Golden shower = So, down her leg? ------------------------- THE SPAM CATEGORY Only five starters here with Richard Grantham and myself missing. One of Mey's famous Spam Lists was the leader from the start and won comfortably. Mey's 21st win this year and his 46th ever. 1st. Meyran Kraus with: 56 points. OLD FRIENDS OLD CLASSMATES 2nd. Rick Rothstein with: 42 points. Safe And Easy Snoring Solution! = Insert nose in ass of a young lad. 3rd. Brad Williams with: 24 points. Find Free Stuff~Click~Here Fiend! Fist-fucker! Felcher! ------------------------- THE LONG SPAM CATEGORY This is the category that Ruchard Grantham has won 8 times in the 11 months that it has been run. This very funny spamagram deserved a win with a huge 33 point margin. 1st. Richard Grantham with: 62 points. Here are the 4 easy steps to success: [snip] 2nd. David Bourke with: 29 points. Hello All I would like to know what service or business is missing from the internet. [snip] 3rd. Larry Brash with: 28 points. 21,000+ XXX Channels, 500,000+ Thumbnail Photos, [snip] ------------------------- THE LONG CATEGORY Richard was just a solid here, with a 31 point win with yet another rearrangement of The Soldier. I was happy to have come in second place. 1st. Richard Grantham with: 60 points. "The Soldier" by Rupert Brooke [snip] 2nd. Larry Brash with: 29 points. Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. [snip] 3rd. Meyran Kraus with: 17 points. Justness, Sagaciousness, Abstinence, Fortitude, Faith, Hope and Love - The Seven Godly Virtues. = Pride, Covetousness, Lust, Sofa-Sloth, Envy, Rage, A DUI/Just Being Fat- The Seven Theodicean Sins. ------------------------- THE PEOPLE'S NAME CATEGORY I spotted a winner here when I saw newbie Andrew MacCormack's first posting to alt.anagrams. He always look strong here and consolidated his lead with several primary votes mid-contest. 1st. Andrew MacCormack with: 51 points. George "dubya" Bush = Boy, he'd bugger USA. 2nd. Jaybur with: 28 points. Sir Michael Caine = Ah, is cinema relic! 3rd. David Bourke with: 27 points. The President of The United States of America, George Walker Bush = Takes power after foe, Mr. Clinton ...but gee, he's sure a shitheaded git! ------------------------- THE OTHER NAME CATEGORY [11/7] This was close throughout with Mick Tully and Mey Kraus never more than a couple points apart. However, four consecutive primary votes on the last day, gave Mick the lead and a good win for this quite poignant anagram. Mick has won four Anagrammies in each year that the contest has been run. These 12 wins place him 9th on the All-Time List. 1st. Mick Tully with: 40 points. Flanders Fields = Sad, friends fell. 2nd. Meyran Kraus with: 29 points. Palm Beach, Florida = Al? Bad place for him... 3rd. Brad Williams with: 26 points. Pontiac Parisienne = Nipponese car, I ain't. ------------------------- THE ANAGRAM SET CATEGORY Another contest where the last day's voting changed the result. Richard Grantham jumped from third to first with 11 late points. 1st. Richard Grantham with: 40 points. What shall we do with the drunken sailor? = We'll rush in, soak the old hand with water. Rare old wino? We think we'd lash that lush! Swill, hah? OK, hold that swine underwater! O, we rut that dill so hard when he walks in! We'll shit on that wanker's head. (How lurid!) 2nd. Rick Rothstein with: 35 points. Used car salesman = Rude men, as a class. A damn useless car. Alas! Scams endure. A damn sale's curse. Resumes a scandal. 3rd. William Tunstall-Pedoe with: 31 points. The Republican National Committee = The inept ballot count: America mine! Bump the total in American election! Patient, me? I machine-recount ballot! Recount the ballot? I'm an emetic pain. ------------------------- THE SPECIAL CATEGORY This was a contest between the Pious and the Profane. The result: Christians 2, Atheists 1, this time. Richard Brodie's huge Biblogram led easily, but a late challenge from a less reverant David Bourke made it closer than expected. Richard B's 8th win this year and 41th ever, keeping him in 4th place. David had two wins this month, giving him 10 this year and is now 8th All-Time. 1st. Richard Brodie with: 50 points. [A block anagram of Psalm 119 in 40 sections - one for each Old Testament book, 2nd. David Bourke with: 48 points. The Ten Commandments 3rd. Richard Grantham with: 41 points. [Part of the original press release for the Teletubbies from March 1997.] ------------------------- THE AWARDSMASTER'S CHALLENGE CATEGORY The Aussies fought this won out and a led on the last day, till three primary votes for Richard knocked me off my perch. Personally, I like Mey's offering best her and had predicted that it would win. I think I need new batteries for my crystal ball. I am a pretty little Dutch girl, As pretty as I can be. And all the boys in the neighbourhood Are crazy over me! 1st. Richard Grantham with: 42 points. An elderly Palm Beach citizen, I leer at my bingo card: To play it's rather easy, uh? But *voting* there's too hard! 2nd. Larry Brash with: 36 points. I'm a bastard Aussie bitch, I love to bang all day. Later, try pet her dirty cunt. Oz gentlemen cheer "hip hooray!" 3rd. Meyran Kraus with: 31 points. I'm Otto, German Nazi lad, Read plays by Bertolt Brecht; Pray Hitler is alive each night- Shout "O, Ya!" nude, erect. --------------------------- THE AWARDSMASTER'S CHOICE AWARD FOR BEST NON-WINNING ANAGRAM I had to read through the final list 2-3 times to finally select the winner here. This could have won the Rude Category, but was always going to have problems win this category up against Mey's gem. Rick has now established a strong presence in alt.anagrams. This was his third Anagrammy. Rick Rothstein with: Safe And Easy Snoring Solution! = Insert nose in ass of a young lad. --------------------------- The month has given us a new leader on the All-Time Wiiners' List. I predicted that Richard Grantham would catch the leaders (Mey, Richard Brodie and myself) by the end of the year. He had six wins this month, one off his record. That gives him 43 wins this year and 48 all-up to jump past both Mey and I, despite our own wins this month. Well done, Richard, an amazing feat, considering the standard of competition and the talents of so many of our members. Rather discourage than us, Richard's skills have pushed most of us to sharpen our skills and to try and match his creativity. And who were the record 34 voters this month? 14 were regulars, 4 were inactive/past members drawn back to vote by the reminder letter, 8 were occasional/new members and 8 were lurkers.