Complete list of nominations for September, 2006

SEPTEMBER, 2006 NOMINATIONS

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THE ENTERTAINMENT CATEGORY

1st - Meyran Kraus with:
C.S. Lewis' "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" =
We enter a world which is behind that closet.

2nd - Ellie Dent with:
Salvador Dali's painting: The Persistence of Memory =
Portrayed nightmare vision of timeless landscape.

3rd - Rick Rothstein with:
Leonardo da Vinci's "The Last Supper" =
Passover dinner hides actual plot.

Sir. T. Aucscua with:
Leonardo da Vinci's "The Last Supper" =
END: Savior, apostles and He - culprit.

David Bourke with:
The American rock singer Pat Benatar =
"Heartbreaker"? Can't sing a note! I'm crap!

Larry Brash with:
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello ~
could do total nutso babble.

Andrew Brehaut with:
CSI: Miami ~
is a mimic.

Andrew Brehaut with:
The story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears =
Oh, sly stranger took the lot - feed, chairs, bed.

Andrew Brehaut with:
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious =
I glorified a lexical auspicious script.

Andrew Brehaut with:
Destiny's Child's Beyonce Giselle Knowles =
Chesty sleek ebony idol selling new discs

Tony Crafter with:
Tristan, Isolde =
Torn idealists

Tony Crafter with:
Tom Cruise in top ~
motion pictures.

Tony Crafter with:
Tom, Katie and Suri =
O man, it's true - a kid!

Tony Crafter with:
Disneyland Theme Park Resort , Paris =
Rides enthral kids. Parents pay more!

Richard Grantham with:
The Dr is at ~
the TARDIS.

Meyran Kraus with:
The Immortal Bard, William Shakespeare =
I'm able; I wrote sharp dramas like 'Hamlet'.

Rosie Perera with:
Animal Planet on the Discovery Channel =
Live pandas come in there nonchalantly.

Christopher Sturdy with:
The musical, Sunday in the Park with George =
See G.Seurat - ho hum... like watching paint dry!

View with:
'The weakest link' =
Think, talk... we see.

Alan Yoshioka with:
Ashkenaz: A Festival of New Yiddish Culture =
Aha! A klezfusion event with saucy fiddlers.

Alan Yoshioka with:
The Five Glorious Mysteries =
These very religious motifs.

THE TOPICAL CATEGORY

1st - Meyran Kraus with:
'Crocodile Hunter' Steve Irwin Killed By A Stingray =
Dying diver will utter his last, ocean-borne "Crikey!"

2nd - Rosie Perera with:
Overheard at school playground: ~
"Ever had any drugs, alcohol or pot?"

3rd - Larry Brash with:
His Holiness Pope Benedict the Sixteenth =
Then this speech exhibited no politeness.

David Bourke with:
The Labour Party's internal political wrangling =
Pulling Tony Blair apart, "traitors" challenge, win.

Andrew Brehaut with:
Not allowed to smack children in Australia =
Sole law claims adult cannot hit kid on rear.

Tony Crafter with:
PM Tony Blair is due to go next year! =
Liar to exit No.Ten by May? God! Super!

Ellie Dent with:
Tony Blair out! Depart! =
Labour Party to end it?

Dan Fortier with:
Cheers for Shuttle Atlantis =
So starts their fleet launch.

Adrian Hickford with:
Thailand's military coup =
Army had political units.

Rosie Perera with:
University enrollment =
Seventy million return.

Rosie Perera with:
Lots of space debris ~
if rods & bolts escape.

Neil Ramsay with:
Bloodless coup in Thailand =
CIA build hopes on lost land ???

Christopher Sturdy with:
The great Ian Woosnam is hot Ryder Cup favourite =
The Europeans get a famous third victory in a row.

View with:
Tony Blair meets Ehud Olmert =
Moslem brutality noted here.

THE PEOPLES NAMES CATEGORY

1st - Richard Grantham with:
The Austrian neurologist, Sigmund Freud =
Genius said a fond mother nurtures guilt.

2nd - Rosie Perera with:
The cartoonist Matt Groening ~
got attention tracing Homer S.

3rd - Tony Crafter with:
The Australian model Elle 'The Body' Macpherson =
Tall, shapely, blonde cutie. Ah, most men adore her!

David Bourke with:
RodeRick Rothstein Stewart =
Tawdriest rocker.

David Bourke with:
The terrorist Osama bin Muhammad bin 'Awad bin Laden =
"NB: I'm the most wanted horrible Saudi Arabian madman!"

David Bourke with:
Borat Sagdiyev =
A very sad bigot.

Larry Brash with:
The Australian song bird Kylie Minogue =
Grinning hauled out a lie: "My breast is OK."

Andrew Brehaut with:
Captain Feathersword =
Pirate dances to wharf.

Andrew Brehaut with:
Martin Scorsese ~
resists romance.

Ellie Dent with:
William Shakespeare, the Bard of Avon =
Some alpha bloke, and what a versifier!

Ellie Dent with:
William Shakespeare, the Sweet Swan of Avon =
A fellow has taken pains with awesome verse!

Rick Rothstein with:
Director Martin Scorsese, ~
"I order, trim actor's scenes."

View with:
Marketa Belonoha =
Look at me bare? Nah!

View with:
Whitney Elizabeth Houston ~
is not white, hazel...but honey!

THE MEDIUM LENGTH CATEGORY

1st - Meyran Kraus with:
Pope Benedict's anti-Islam remarks in that speech have angered the Muslim world =
The Vatican spokesman pledged: "I blame it on the speechwriter, Mr. Salman Rushdie!"

2nd - Rick Rothstein with:
Yearly rant by dad, "Er, is she a sexually active teenager?" =
She is barely sixteen, very cute and already a great lay,

3rd - Tony Crafter with:
Historical motion pictures: Ben Hur, El Cid, The Agony And The Ecstasy, The Ten Commandments, Khartoum =
In them, hero Charlton 'Chuck' Heston's cast as a tormented guy in period costume hated by militant men!

David Bourke with:
The Prime Minister, the Right Honourable Anthony Charles Lynton Blair =
Slimy, inane...in truth, no gentleman. His hero? Hitler, probably...or Thatcher.

Larry Brash with:
"Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!" =
From my own plain assessment, voting in GWB(sorry sod first is sounding no better a design.

Andrew Brehaut with:
George W Bush: "You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test" =
All the congress agree you're idiotic, Dubya. A whole word has letters - the alphabet... A....B....C...

Andrew Brehaut with:
Q: What do you do if a pretty blonde stands and throws a pin at you?
A: RUN LIKE HECK...she's got to have a bloody grenade in her mouth. =
Q: What do you do if a blonde tosses an army grenade through the sky overhead?
A: You pull the pins, throw it back and... detonation!

Ellie Dent with:
"You are not wood, you are not stones; but men." (from William Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar). =
Look: first, perhaps, as Ronnie Wood, I assume we call you a Stone. But you are just merely a man.

Richard Grantham with:
Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds =
Derisive voice of torpid, ogrish fool can attempt to undermine eminent persons.

Rosie Perera with:
Krzysztof Kieslowski's Color Trilogy: Blue, White, and Red =
Three last works by skilful director, so we look. Dizzying!

Rosie Perera with:
The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine =
I mean, evidently men need a chiropractic treatment all afternoon.

View with:
The Prime Minister, The Right Honourable Anthony Charles Lynton Blair =
Troubles in Great Britain.
He their phony Monarch.
Hellishly rotten man.

View with:
Maria Sharapova claims first women's U.S. Open title here by beating Justine Henin-Hardenne =
Russian nymph's achievement: defeats, jabs a poor Belgian; wins her initial tournament here!

THE LONG CATEGORY

1st - Tony Crafter with:
The World's Shortest Fairy Tale:

Once upon a time, a girl asked her man "Will you marry me?" The chap said, "No" and the girl lived happily ever after and she went shopping, drank martinis, went clubbing, always had a clean house, never had to cook, stayed thin and farted just whenever she wanted to.

THE END

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As a blonde was driving home, her phone suddenly rang. It was her panicky boyfriend, who said he'd heard tell on TV that this maniac in a car was travelling the wrong way up a motorway. "Please take care, Cath!" the man pleaded fervently, and she replied, "It's not just one nut! There's, like, HUNDREDS of them!"

2nd - Ellie Dent with:
'The Hypochondriac's Pocket Guide to Horrible Diseases You Probably Already Have': Dennis DiClaudio

Hypochondriacs can now fret appropriately and factually with this pocket guide to forty-five disgusting, horrible diseases. All entries include symptoms, a diagnosis guide, treatment suggestions, a prognosis, and - if you are not yet infected - prevention tips. Because it's ultra-portable, you can (and probably should) have it with you at all times so at the slightest onset of an unmistakably fatal-feeling itchy rash, you can simply whip out your trusty guide, conveniently diagnose yourself, and then let the worrying begin.

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Oh God, see that waistline: a big, floppy pot-belly! Griping pains, and I find guts churn. Is it gas?

A bloody headache across the eyes: is it a virus?

A dry chest; pins and needles. Curious, that.

I try to get fit on a broccoli diet. Even used a fancy gym recently, but I felt an idiot - everyone laughed.
I did try using liniment on my back the other day.

Whatever's that between my toes? It isn't unusually rough skin, or a particularly big wart, mind... but it is odd, isn't it? Suppose it's an obscure parasite?
Face it, fungous feet are a real pain.

Oh, no! Goodness, look! Surely an odd spot for a polyp?

It's all psychological? Very funny. Where's my phone?

Hello? That you, Doc?

3rd - Andrew Brehaut with:
Hippocratic Oath

I swear by Apollo Physician and Asclepius and Hygieia and Panaceia and all the gods and goddesses, making them my witnesses, that I will fulfil according to my ability and judgment this oath and this covenant.

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Anagrammic Oath

I swear by Brash, David and all sad enough to join this media page that I will comply to the canons of the digital site and I pledge that my sayings will typify shoddiness, contain chuckles, and cause panic and pain.

Tony Crafter with:
"Life was always like this. Just as something nice and interesting occurred, destiny must intervene with some pressing engagement." (Conrad Potter Aiken)

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Did we suspect singer John Lennon's scavenging a wittier, aged writer's erudite sentiment in his tacky 'Life comes as you're making other plans' statement?

THE SPECIAL CATEGORY

1st - Meyran Kraus with:
Sonnet 104 anagrammed four times

2nd - Tony Crafter with:
THE TIMELESS WIT OF GROUCHO MARX

"Remember, guys, that we're fighting for this woman's honour; which is probably more than she ever did."

"I resign. I wouldn't want to belong to any club that would have me as a member."

"Once I shot an elephant in my pyjamas. How he got into my pyjamas I'll never know."

"Outside a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside a dog, it's too dark to read."

"If you want to see a comic strip, you should see me in the shower."

"Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms."

"I could dance with you until the cows come home. On second thoughts, I'd rather dance with the cows until you come home."

"I never forget a face, but in your case I'll make an exception."

"Those are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others."

"I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury."

"A woman's an occasional pleasure, but a cigar's always a smoke."

"Alimony is like buying hay for a dead horse."

"All people are born alike - except Republicans and Democrats."

"Time wounds all heels."

"A moose is an animal with horns on the front of its head and a hunting lodge wall on the back of it."

"Go, and never darken my towels again."

"Getting older's no problem. You just have to live long enough."

"Why should I do anything for posterity? What has posterity ever done for me?"

"From the moment I picked your book up until I laid it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it."

"Anyone who doesn't like this book is healthy."

"A man is only as old as the woman he feels."

"As soon as I get through with you, you'll have a clear case for a divorce, and so will my wife."

"Why don't you go home to your wife? Better yet, I'll go home to your wife and, outside of the improvement, she won't notice any difference."

"Behind every successful man is a woman, behind her is his wife."

"Are you going to believe me or what you see with your own eyes?"

"Bury me next to a straight man."

"Whoever named it necking was a poor judge of anatomy."

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THE INIMITABLE GENIUS OF PETER KAY

Some good homespun philosophies and jollification from the audacious Bolton comic's vivid imagination. Justifiably named 'Britain's Comedians' Comedian', his monologues comprise homely axioms based on boyhood memories, imaginative observation and life in general.
Come, enjoy a gleaming choice of some of his amusing 'bijoux'!

"You've become your dad the day you put aside a thin piece of wood specifically to stir paint with."

"Why can't women put on mascara with their mouth closed?"

"You can't respect a man who carries a dog."

"Why does mineral water which has tRick Rothsteinled through mountains for centuries have a 'use by' date?"

"Who was the first person to look at a cow and say, 'I think I'll just pull those dangly things and I'll drink whatever comes out'?"

"At the end of every party there is always a girl crying."

"Every man has at some time while taking a pee, flushed half way through then raced against the flush."

"Reading when you're drunk is horrible."

"When rummaging in an overgrown garden, you always come across a bouncy ball."

"Prodding a fire with a stick makes you feel really manly."

"You never know where to look while eating a banana."

"Old ladies can eat more than you think."

"Everyone had an uncle who tried to steal their nose."

"Sex is just like a game of bridge. If you don't have a good partner, you need a good hand."

"You know that look women sometimes get when they want sex? Me neither."

"If someone says there are millions of stars in the universe, you believe them, but if they tell you there is wet paint somewhere, why do you need to touch it to be sure?"

"We all remember the day a dog ran into our school."

"I've often wanted to drown my troubles but my wife won't go swimming."

"If a person owns a bit of land, do they own it right down to the earth's core?"

"Some days you see lots of individuals on crutches."

"Old ladies with mobile phones look wrong!"

3rd - Rosie Perera with:
Yesterday (by The Beatles)

Andrew Brehaut with:
The devil went down to Georgia

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