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It was a little quiet again this last month with 39 votes. However, this was off-set with some closely fought categories. I have decided to drop some of the more obscure stats tables, such as the placing stats, the Overall stats by length and category, but keep the monthly and overall winners and DFE. Keeping some of these tables updated is time-comsuming and they are probably read by very few people. This month there were nine winnners sharing 15 awards. |
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This was a very close event this month. Tony led comfortably by five points after 12 hours and was still four points clear at the end of Day One, with Andrew in second and Mey and Rick sharing third. Andrew had a one-point lead at the end of the second day and managed to hang on to win by three. View was always in the running for the third place award and opened a good ten point break on Neil and Rick to secure his award. This was View's second win this year and this 16th overall, moving him into equal 19th place on the All Time Table. |
1 | Andrew | 35 | Grieves at ~ grave site. |
2 | Tony Crafter | 32 | A McDonald's quarter-pounder with cheese and fries = I squander our planet and decimate fresh cow herds. |
3 | View | 26 | Confiture = Once fruit. |
4 | Neil Ramsay | 16 | Lie down = Now idle. |
4 | Rick Rothstein | 16 | If asked, ~ ID's fake. |
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Rick was the early leader at the 12 hour mark. David had a one point lead at the end of Day One. He expanded this to an easy win, ahead by 12 at the close of play. |
1 | David Bourke | 44 | The long-playing record 'Dark Side of the Moon' = Another old Pink Floyd gem...Roger's on the acid! |
2 | Andrew | 32 | The Lonely Planet's Travel Guide series = This generates all tips you'll ever need. |
3 | Rick Rothstein | 26 | The Wonderbra supermodel Eva Herzigova = How I gazed upon, marveled over, her breast. |
3 | Mey Kraus | 26 | Claude Monet, "Self Portrait" = Talent models for a picture. |
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Another close event. Mey led halfway through Day One. Andrew was just one point ahead at both 24 and 48 hours and cruised in by six points. |
1 | Andrew | 46 | Israel contains ~ racial tensions. |
2 | Tony Crafter | 40 | British marines captured at sea = Ire as Iran's pirates abduct them. |
3 | Mey Kraus | 37 | British Marines in Shatt al-Arab waterway = Blair starts a war with the Iranians? Maybe! |
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Mey turned the table on Andrew in the category. Andrew maintained a good lead of five to seven points on the first two days of the competition. Mey passed him on the last day for a two point win. |
1 | Mey Kraus | 43 | William Clinton, the former president of the USA = I am now free of politics... I let the Mrs. run the land! |
2 | Andrew | 41 | President George W Bush = We begrudge this person. |
3 | Horrid Stretchy Pus | 28 | Lady Di dreams of ~ Mrs, Dodi Al Fayed. |
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The lead here changed hands quite frequently. David led out by two points after 12 hours. Neil joined him to share the lead over View by two points by the end of the first day. View took over the lead by the end of Day Two. David finished well to win by four points. David had two wins this month, giving him four awards for the year and 98 all-up. |
1 | David Bourke | 29 | The Sydney Mardi Gras = They may dress in drag. |
2 | View | 25 | The Walt Disney parks = Wealthy parents' kids. |
3 | Mey Kraus | 24 | Mount Rushmore National Memorial = I honor a real immortal US monument. |
3 | Neil Ramsay | 24 | Large cosmic profits from ~ c:\program files\microsoft |
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We don't see a lot of Richard on the Forum these days, but when he does post it is usually top quality and a good chance of a winner. The first day was quite close between Richard and Andrew, but by the end of Day Two, Richard was showing his dominance and powered home to win by 13 points. Richard's first win for the year takes him to 160 winners in total. |
1 | Richard Grantham | 39 | "You teach a child to read, and he or her will ... = Alas, what a rather too delectably ironic laps... |
2 | Andrew | 26 | We, the unwilling victims, being led by those st... ~ Sir, we've been building so much with so little... |
3 | Adie Pena | 23 | What word begins with the letter "F" and ends with "UCK"? = She'd want nothing bad; settled with "FIRETRUCK." Whew! |
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This month's Challenge was presented by Mike Mesterton-Gibbons, with this explanation: On October 25, 1958, two days after winning the Nobel Prize for Literature, Boris Pasternak sent the following six-word telegram in English to the Swedish Academy in Stockholm: "Immensely thankful, touched, proud, astonished, abashed." But four days later he sent another telegram: "Considering the meaning this award has been given in the society to which I belong, I must reject this undeserved prize which has been presented to me. Please do not receive my voluntary rejection with displeasure." It was thought at the time that Pasternak had been harassed by the Kremlin in the time between telegrams and had then changed his mind. At least one scholar now believes, however, that the West got it wrong in 1958: the original telegram was actually a secret message in the form of an anagram, and it was only because the West could not decode it (with Anagrammy Forum still 40 years away) that a second telegram was necessary. So here's the challenge: In his original telegram to the Swedish Academy, what was Pasternak's true message? This was the only category where one person totally dominated the scoring. Of course, it was Mey. Mey was 20 points clear by 12 hours, 27 by the end of the first day, 39 by Day Two and a whopping 48 by the close of voting. This is one of the biggest margin that I have seen given there were 16 starters this month. |
1 | Mey Kraus | 67 | "Only a man that refused to be hushed could speak his mind." |
2 | David Bourke | 19 | Aha! Pasternak indeed hushed by the foul old Communists! |
2 | Horrid Stretchy Pus | 19 | Oh shit, a Kremlin nut dashed my fabulous, decadent hopes. |
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Another very close event, fought out by Neil, David, Andrew and Tony. After 12 hours there was a log jam, with Neil, David and Tony sharing a one point lead over Andrew. By 24 hours, Neil lead by four, Andrew and Tony shared the lead after two days, then Neil eventually took over and won.
This was Neil's second award. |
1 | Neil Ramsay | 36 | A lonely young lad is totally into tractors. He ... = One weekend, a country lane walks into a pub a... |
2 | Andrew | 32 | Sean enters a chemist and asks one of the clerk... = At the Shamrock Pub, Sean stumbles up and acc... |
3 | Tony Crafter | 29 | Our flight was being served by a gay flight att... = A mother was taking her child around a superm... |
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Another big win for Mey. Mey led from Day One increasing his winning margin steadily to 21 ponts. Tony quickly established himself in second place and Andrew held onto third by three points at the close of voting. Mey's three wins this month bring him to 10 awards for the year and 289 awards all-up. Tony's two wins this month also brings him to 10 for the year and his grand total is now 64. Andrew also had a good month with three wins. This gives him 6 this year and 17 altogether. He continues to power up the All Time Table, jumping from 23rd to 17th this month. |
1 | Mey Kraus | 47 | Cupid laid by his brand, and fell asleep. |
2 | Tony Crafter | 26 | THAT'S AMORE by Dean Martin |
3 | Andrew | 15 | The falling rain comes... [A haiku anagrammed into 6 more haikus] |
4 | View | 12 | French to English anagrams : B - C |
5 | David Bourke | 10 | E-petition: Response from the Prime Minister |
5 | Tony Crafter | 10 | MOTHER'S LAMENT |
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I had embarrassingly few entries this month and I really did not think that my Rude entry would be a contender. This was a close event with Paul, Adie and myself leading at 12 hours. Adie had a two point led after 24 hours.I took over and led by just one point at the end of Day Two. The final day saw me move to a nice seven point winning margin. I now have 104 awards. |
1 | Larry Brash | 28 | The silicone breast forms = Chosen for miserable tits. |
2 | Adie Pena | 21 | Gerbils up one's arse = Gere's bluer passion. |
3 | Paul Pan | 19 | The Wonderbra supermodel Eva Herzigova = Oh, we spurted over her amazing old beaver! |
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There were several of Rick's anagrams that were good, but missed out. I like this one the best:
Rick's second win for the year gives him 25 all-up and moves him up to 13th place. |
Congratulations to all the winners. Thank you all for voting.