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49 voters was the best turnout for the year and the highest since November 2005. This month saw the Awards totally dominated by two of the best, Mey Kraus (as usual) and, returning from a break and still in fine form, Richard Grantham. Of the nine categories, they obtained first place in eight of them; Mey with six and Richard with two. Mey also set a new record for monthly DFE points, with 109.79, just eclipising his old record of 109.21. This was an amazing result, especially as there was no Awardmaster's Challenge to boost the DFE points up. This is the 4th time that anyone has broken the 100 point barrier. Mey did it twice in 2004 and Richard first did it in 2000. |
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The first three placegetters were fairly clear by the end of 24 hours, with Mey and Richard jostling for the lead, and with Rick just a short way behind. In the last 24 hours of the competition, the voters strongly favoured Mey, who shot ahead to win by 21 points. Rick maintained third place with Rosie just never quite able to close the gap. Rick's award was his 6th this year and takes him to 19 all-up. |
1 | Mey Kraus | 60 | The criminal defense attorney = Man hired to set any client free. |
2 | Richard G | 39 | Peace, love and understanding ‡ Danger and upset and violence. |
3 | Rick | 36 | Memorial event = Relive a moment. |
4 | Rosie Perera | 28 | The death penalty in America = A needle in each arm? Pity, that. |
5 | Tony Crafter | 24 | A desert landscape = Sand-related space! |
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Mey's anagram here was as close to perfect as I have ever seen. This is what World Class anagramming is all about! Mey started strongly, leading by 11 points after 12 hours. After two days, he was 32 points clear. Ellie finished strongly to narrow his margin to 18. |
1 | Mey Kraus | 75 | C.S. Lewis' "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" = We enter a world which is behind that closet. |
2 | Ellie | 57 | Salvador Dali's painting: The Persistence of Memory = Portrayed nightmare vision of timeless landscape. |
3 | Rick | 30 | Leonardo da Vinci's "The Last Supper" = Passover dinner hides actual plot. |
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A huge win for Mey here. Mey led by 14 after 12 hours and extended that to nearly 40 points at the end of the event. |
1 | Mey Kraus | 80 | 'Crocodile Hunter' Steve Irwin Killed By A Stingray = Dying diver will utter his last, ocean-borne "Crikey!" |
2 | Rosie Perera | 41 | Overheard at school playground: ~ "Ever had any drugs, alcohol or pot?" |
3 | Larry Brash | 40 | His Holiness Pope Benedict the Sixteenth = This speech exhibited no politeness, then? |
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Nice to see Richard back showing his great anagramming ability. Richard led consistently by 8-9 points from start to finish. |
1 | Richard G | 52 | The Austrian neurologist, Sigmund Freud = Genius said a fond mother nurtures guilt. |
2 | Rosie Perera | 44 | The cartoonist Matt Groening ~ got attention tracing Homer S. |
3 | Tony Crafter | 37 | The Australian model Elle 'The Body' Macpherson = Tall, shapely, blonde cutie. Ah, most men adore her! |
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The Name Double to Richard. Richard had a better winning margin here than he did in People's Names, winning by a very strong 19 points. Richard won three awards this month, giving me four for this year, and 157 on the All-Time Table. |
1 | Richard G | 68 | Bush administration = It's bad or it's inhuman. |
2 | Rosie Perera | 49 | The Smart Car = Hamster cart. |
3 | Andrew | 24 | The Tamil Tigers of Sri Lanka = Killing for a state has merit? |
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As soon as I saw Mey's Medium entry on the Forum, I knew that it was a winner. The Salman Rushdie quip was brilliant just as a stand-alone joke, and twice as good because it was an anagram. Not surprisingly, Mey took a good early lead and cruised in 27 points ahead. |
1 | Mey Kraus | 66 | Pope Benedict's anti-Islam remarks in that speech have angered the Muslim world = |
2 | Rick | 39 | Yearly rant by dad, "Er, is she a sexually active teenager?" = |
3 | Tony Crafter | 31 | Historical motion pictures: Ben Hur, El Cid, The Agony And The Ecstasy, The Ten Commandments, Khartoum = |
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WOW! Someone other than Mey and Richard won here, perhaps because they did not have an entry in this category. I am not meaning to take anything away from Tony's win. It was well-deserved. Tony took a good 13 point led by the end of Day One. Given such a small field, this is actually a very substantial finishing margin. |
1 | Tony Crafter | 76 | The Worlds shortest Fairy Tale: Once upon a ti... = As a blonde was driving home, her phone sudden... |
2 | Ellie | 62 | 'The Hypochondriac's Pocket Guide to Horrible D... = Oh God, see that waistline: a big, floppy pot... |
3 | Andrew | 57 | Hippocratic Oath I swear by Apollo Physician ... = Anagrammic Oath I swear by Brash, David an... |
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With only four entries here this month, there were just two awards, following our prescribed formula (3 or less entries - one award, four entries - two awards, five or more - three awards). Mey's nomination was, as usual, excellent and took the expected early lead. He won comfortably with Tony picking up 2nd prize quite easily. Tony had two awards this month. He has been having a very good year and already has 20 awards. His Grand Total is 47. |
1 | Mey Kraus | 70 | Shakespeare's weather-themed sonnet is anagrammed into a series of 4 seasonal sonnets, each with its fitting acrostic. |
2 | Tony Crafter | 53 | THE TIMELESS WIT OF GROUCHO MARX |
3 | Rosie Perera | 41 | Yesterday (by The Beatles) |
4 | Andrew | 29 | The devil went down to Georgia |
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If you were as good an anagrammer as Mey, you, too, could win six awards. The problem is that the rest of us are not that good. This was another start-to-finish win for Mey, steadily increasing his lead from 8 points at 12 hours to 26 by the end. Mey's six awards is just one short of his monthly record. He has had 40 awards this year and a career total of 271. |
1 | Mey Kraus | 57 | Male sexual dysfunction = One climaxes unduly fast! |
2 | View | 31 | A dinner at my expense = Sex earned, in payment. |
3 | Paul Pan | 25 | The Young Men's Christian Association = Homos chance arses in gay institution. |
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With five anagrams just off a winning place, I had no trouble deciding who would win this. Rosie Perera! The trouble was which one of the five quality anagrams to pick, so I asked her advice and this is the one that she selected:
Rosie's win was her third this year and her seventh all-up. She has moved up to 31st on the All-Time Table from 33rd. |
Congratulations to all the winners. Thank you all for voting.