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45 voters this month was a reasonable result, although it was down on last month's excellent turn-out. The Forum is getting more posts each month, now running over 1300, as some new members join up. This month the awards were much more widely spread than usual with 15 awards and 11 winners. As discussed on the Forum, in 2007 there will be a regular Anagrammy Challenge where twelve regular members take turn in suggesting a fixed text for each month. |
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Last month, I accidentally deleted Richard's nomination, so it was added to this month's list. Richard took a small lead of six points halfway through the first day and maintained that until the finish, winning by 12 points. The real interest was for the minor place awards. At 12 hours, Mike and Rick were in 2nd and 3rd respectively. At 24 hours, Andrew, Mike and Scott shared 2nd place. With 24 hours to go Scott looked secure in 2nd, with Andrew in 3rd place, just one point ahead of Rick and Mike. Mike polled very well on the final day to jump past Scott into 2nd place. Richard's win here was his sixth this year and his 159th all-up. Mike's second place award gives him two wins this year and a grand total of five. Scott's win gives his a total of ten awards for 2006 and 27 on the All-Time Table. |
1 | Richard Grantham | 43 | Computer games = Get mouse cramp. |
2 | Mike Mesterton-Gibbons | 31 | Don't hide your light under a bushel = Your lantern, dude, it should be high! |
3 | Scott Gardner | 30 | Killing two birds with one stone = I will go strike down both in nest. |
4 | Rick Rothstein | 22 | It's love ~ I've lost. |
5 | Andrew | 20 | Athens traps ~ the Spartans. |
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This month, most categories were closely contested with the early leader missing out on an award. This category was typical of the trend. Tony was took the lead and was one point ahead of Rosie at the end of Day One. Andrew took a small lead after two days and hung onto that for a narrow win. |
1 | Andrew | 45 | Pirates of the Caribbean Two: Dead Man's Chest = Sparrow's team does find cabinet at the beach. |
2 | Tony Crafter | 41 | The nostalgic 'As Time Goes By' = Ah, Bogey elects Sam to sing it! |
3 | View | 34 | Beatles' Yellow Submarine = We'll be in a stormy blue sea! |
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Another close one. Andrew was ahead of David for the first 48 hours, with the rest of the field a long way back. David snatched the lead on the final day to win by three points. |
1 | David Bourke | 59 | The KGB's former agent Alexander Litvinenko = Kremlin revenge: Toxin breakfast, long death. |
2 | Andrew | 56 | The US Congress now belongs to the Democrats = So, Bush's wretched gang lost one more contest! |
3 | Rosie Perera | 34 | Saddam Hussein sentenced to death by hanging = Oddest thing! Such a nasty man needs beheading! |
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This was also very close. Mike and Mey shared the lead at 12 hours, two points ahead of Rick and Andrew. By the 24 hour mark, Mike was two points clear of Rosie with Mey, Tony and Andrew very close behind. Rosie took the lead by the end of Day Two and ended up moving out to a six point margin at the end. Rosie has now won four awards this year and a total of eight in her Anagrammy career. |
1 | Rosie Perera | 45 | United States President George W. Bush = Unwise, desperate. Bet he's trusting God! |
2 | Mike Mesterton-Gibbons | 39 | Alfred Binet = Left-brained. |
3 | Tony Crafter | 35 | Evander 'The Real Deal' Holyfield and Mike Tyson = A lethal-handed evil-one kind of restyled my ear! |
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I sweated on the outcome of this category. Rick had sent me his selection, but I never received them. Recently, his (and my sister's) ISP, comcast.com, has classified my email address as a spammer's. As a result, I made Rick's selections, leaving "it's love ~ I've lost" in General and watched it miss an award. I had moved the one below, which Rick later informed me was his choice for General, into Other Names where he did not have a nomination. For the first two days, he held a narrow lead over Mey and it looked like he might not win any awards this month. Fortunately the voters favoured him in the last 24 hours and he won convincingly. Rick's win was his ninth this year and this 22nd all-up. |
1 | Rick Rothstein | 51 | Talking Jesus dolls... ~ it's all godless junk. |
2 | Meyran Kraus | 38 | A McDonald's Restaurant = Damn lardass at counter! |
3 | Richard Grantham | 26 | The London Lunatic Asylum = Loud hell. (May contain nuts.) |
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Mey opened strongly here with a twelve point lead in as many hours. His lead gradually diminished, but he managed to stay ahead and win by seven points. |
1 | Meyran Kraus | 49 | Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan = |
2 | Rosie Perera | 42 | "As you know, you go to war with the army you have, not the army you might want or wish to have at a later time." - Donald Rumsfeld = |
3 | Andrew | 33 | One hundred icebergs are floating towards the mainland of New Zealand ~ |
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I was delighted to win here, particularly against such good competition. I expected it to be close, but it turned out to be by the biggest margin this month. The anagram was based on a joke that my wife emailed me. This was my fifth win this year, however, more importantly, it was my 100th award. |
1 | Larry Brash | 75 | George W. Bush meets with Her Royal Highness Que... = At the White House, Bush talks with Vice Presi... |
2 | Tony Crafter | 40 | A young man called Chuck invited his mother over... = With only Clingfilm shorts on, the man went to... |
3 | Andrew | 31 | His Holiness Pope John Paul died and, naturally,... = The Pope had just commenced a tour of Washingt... |
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Five nominations, all of good quality started here and I could not pick a likely winner. Andrew and Mey were locked together for the first day, but Andrew opened a small lead by the end of Day Two and eventually won by a comfortable 12 points. David and Tony were always closely matched for the third place award and ended up tieing for that. Andrew continues his strong run, with two wins this month and ten for the year. David also picked two awards this month. He has won 17 this year and 93 in total. Tony's award here was 23th this year and brings up his half-century on the All-Time Table. |
1 | Andrew | 50 | A Recipe for Eggs Benedict |
2 | Meyran Kraus | 38 | Christina Rossetti's 'Listening' anagrammed into 3 poems. |
3 | David Bourke | 33 | A pianist with Tourette's Syndrome is walking the streets of Soho. [WARNING CONTAINS A LOT OF SWEAR WORDS AND SEXUAL RE... |
3 | Tony Crafter | 33 | MAGGIE MAY (Song by Rod Stewart) |
5 | Rosie Perera | 24 | The Altar |
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No really brilliantly funny nominations emerged here this month. Mey was the early leader and kept a modest lead to the finishing line. Mey had three wins this month. He leads the 2006 Table with46 wins and the All-Time Table with 277. |
1 | Meyran Kraus | 34 | Penis enhancement surgeries = See, puniest men garner inches! |
2 | Don Rogers | 27 | Colorectal blockages = Collect a sore backlog. |
3 | Sir T Aucscua | 24 | All test my asshole = Totally shameless. |
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With some many winners this month, it was harder to find a suitable non-winning author. If Mike had not won an award in General, then his brilliant "Alfred Binet = Left-brained" would have been an easy winner here. Of the non-winners, View's very cute anagram, which conjured up images from the cartoon, was a simple choice.
This was View's fifth win this year and his 13th all-up. |
Congratulations to all the winners. Thank you all for voting.