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David Bourke
46
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Tony Crafter
39
Rude searching of prostate = A doctor's finger up the arse.
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Rick
27
A sixteen-year-old girl = Sex? No, I rarely get laid.
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We had 40 votes this month, which is what we have been averaging all year. Unfortunately two regulars were unable to vote this month. I noticed a day or so ago that last month was our 100th Anagrammy Award. I wish that I had spotted it back then, if only to recognise it. This month saw the resignation of Toby as Programmer. In his three years as part of the Admin Team, he was very innovative, introducing many enhancements to the website, especially the Forum, Admin and Voting software, and many other little behind-the scenes improvements. I would again like to thank him for his help over the years, including his recent assistance with the move to the new host server. Speaking of which, their service has been excellent. I recall only one very brief outage since we have been with them. Anyway, on with the results. This month's competition was dominated by three members, Mey, David and Tony, who took out ten of the fifteen awards. |
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Tony was the early leader, ahead by three points at the 12 hour mark, with Andrew running second. At the end of Day One, Andrew was three points clear of Tony, and aussie battler moved up into third place. Those positions were unchanged at the end of the competition. It was nice to see Andrew, a fellow Australian, pick up an award, his second ever. When he selected his entry for General, I was almost going to talk him into changing it to another that I liked better. I am glad I did not. However, I was the one who selected aussie battler's entry and I am sure that he will be happy with the result. This was also his second award. |
1 | Andrew | 50 | Metamorphosis = Promises a moth. |
2 | Tony Crafter | 43 | The animal psychologist = "That pig is so melancholy". |
3 | aussie battler | 29 | Pirouettes = Utter poise. |
4 | Larry Brash | 19 | Misrepresentation = It's a minor pretense. |
4 | Mey Kraus | 19 | Antisocial behaviour = Obvious in racial hate. |
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This was one of the closest categories this month. Scott, who had only one anagram in this compitetion, has been winning this category regularly. In fact, he had won it three times already this year. Scott opened up with a small lead at 12 hours. He maintained that until the latter stages when Tony tied with him. I waited several hours until the end of the event, waiting to see if the tie would be broken. It wasn't. Scott's win was his ninth this year. It takes his total up to 26, giving him 12th position on his own on the All Time Table. |
1 | Tony Crafter | 39 | Zinedine Zidane gets a red card in the World Cup Final = Italians win, French cried, and legend Zizou departed. |
1 | Scott Gardner | 39 | Michelangelo's "Creation of Adam" = Am on a ceiling of some cathedral. |
3 | Andrew | 32 | The immortal shower scene in Psycho = She's in the motel, chap comes in. Worry! |
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Another fairly close contest. Mey had a two point lead halfway through Day One. David caught up with him at 24 hours and opened up a handy margin that Mey could not narrow. Rosie finished strongly to move into equal second place. |
1 | David Bourke | 34 | Sir Paul McCartney files for divorce from Heather = Too-rich Liverpudlian's free from a crafty schemer! |
2 | Mey Kraus | 26 | Three Israeli soldiers are captured = There's a prelude to a real dire crisis... |
2 | Rosie Perera | 26 | Israel attacks Lebanon = One state can kill Arabs. |
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A big win here for Mey! Mey was way ahead by the 12 hour mark by 16 points. Tony briefly narrowed this to six points after one day. However, Mey powered ahead, winning by 25 points. |
1 | Mey Kraus | 59 | Leader of the British Labour Party = Blair, the toady lap-terrier of Bush. |
2 | Tony Crafter | 34 | The Austrian psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud = Anguish? That's purely a dream's dysfunction. |
3 | Larry Brash | 27 | Named His very best girl ~ The Blessed Virgin Mary. |
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Mey took out the "Name Double" this month. His win here was not as strong as it was in Peoples Names, with David finishing soundly to get within four points of him. |
1 | Mey Kraus | 31 | The Vatican Observatory = Vicar, note thy star above! |
2 | David Bourke | 27 | The Berlin Olympiastadion = Played on Hitler's ambition. |
3 | Andrew | 22 | German Measles ‡ A nameless germ. |
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Tony's anagram of the famous Neil Armstrong quote was an obvious stand-out at the beginning of the event. I think it could well have won the Challenge that we held in June 2002 (which I won incidentally) using almost the same quote. Tony was 11 points clear at 12 hours, and moved steadily ahead, winning by 20 points. |
1 | Tony Crafter | 60 | "That's one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind." Neil Armstrong = |
2 | David Bourke | 40 | Dan Quayle: "I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy - but that could change" = |
3 | Mey Kraus | 39 | 'One Thousand Places to See Before You Die', an American guidebook for travellers written by Patricia Schultz = |
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Another win for Tony! His lead was narrow for the first 24 hours. He opened up a comfortable margin by the end of the competition. Tony had a great month with top DFE points and four awards. He has won 14 awards this year, giving him a tally of 40. |
1 | Tony Crafter | 62 | A middle-aged couple had two very beautiful dau... = A married man had been having a wild affair w... |
2 | Mey Kraus | 53 | The 'American Book Review' folks had honored th... = As I love to roam inconceivably vile fiction,... |
3 | David Bourke | 30 | "If an infinite number of monkeys randomly hit t... = If President Bush spoke for an infinite amoun... |
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Seven varied entries competed here this month. David led by one point at 12 hours. Mey took the lead at 24 hours, but they were tied at 48 hours. Mey won by just four points at the end. Mey won three awards this month. He has won 29 awards this year and a massive 260 all-up. |
1 | Mey Kraus | 38 | Holy Tango of Literature. |
2 | David Bourke | 35 | The Devil. |
3 | Zoran Radisavlevic | 30 | 10 Countries Puzzle. |
4 | Tony Crafter | 24 | 'GUANTANAMERA' |
5 | Andrew | 16 | A shaggy-dog story. |
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David's entry was unusual as he used an image file. He wondered if that might make it more attractive. It may have done so, but I think it would have won with just the usual text. David led easily on Day One. The gap was closed a little by Tony, but David was always going to win. David had three wins this month, giving him 15 wins for the year. His grand total is now 91 awards, now in sight of catching me for third place on the All Time Table. |
1 | David Bourke | 46 |
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2 | Tony Crafter | 39 | Rude searching of prostate = A doctor's finger up the arse. |
3 | Rick | 27 | A sixteen-year-old girl = Sex? No, I rarely get laid. |
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Rosie's was the only anagram that fitted the ctieria for this award. It should be the closest runner-up and be a technically good anagram.
This was Rosie's second win this year, giving here six altogether. |
Congratulations to all the winners. Thank you all for voting.