ANAGRAMMY WINNERS - JANUARY 2002
Larry Brash
As you will know we had major problems with the Voting Page due to the
server's "non-scheduled maintenence upgrade". The Tech Support's
responses have been incredibly slow and unhelpful, and their fixes have
been unsuccessful. They seem to be ignoring me now.
Fortunately the crash came after 30 votes had been received, but there
were only 5 more when we resumed with the old-style voting page. Alas,
some people were put off voting and did not return.
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GENERAL CATEGORY
A record field of 20 starters began this month in the General Category.
Even before the competition started everyone was blown away with Mey's
amazing anagram and it went in as the favourite. It was never in doubt.
Tom's gram would have won in any other month. It gave him his 41st
award to catch up with David B in 5th place. Matjaz's win was his 2nd
Anagrammy.
1st. Meyran Kraus with: 48
A carton of cigarettes =
I got a taste for cancer.
2nd. Tom Myers with: 33
Adult novels =
Love and lust!
Eq 3rd. Allan Morley with: 18
The democratic process =
Crap choice deters most.
Eq 3rd Matjaz Pihler with: 18
Nanosecond =
Can end, soon!
5th. Richard Grantham with: 14
Classified information ~
is for confidential aims.
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ENTERTAINMENT CATEGORY
David Green was the immediate leader here and opened an unbeatable
lead. David may not post a large number of anagrams, but those that he
does are always beautifully crafted and rarely miss a NOM.
1st. David A. Green with: 59
Japanese sport of Sumo Wrestling =
Lot of gross men just wear nappies.
2nd. Janet Burholt with: 35
French Impressionist Pierre Auguste Renoir =
Uses sheer paint for picture mirroring Seine.
3rd. Jeff Roy with: 30
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire =
Portray battle of frightened hero.
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TOPICAL CATEGORY
Prince Harry took over from Osama bin Laden this month as the favourite
topical theme. Mey's version was a good leader throughout, but a sudden
finished spurt from Richard G nearly caught him.
1st. Meyran Kraus with: 33
Prince Harry Admits He Smoked Pot Regularly =
Royal drug-party is held? Man, the empire rocks!
2nd. Richard Grantham with: 32
New South Wales bushfires ~
burn whilst a few use hoses.
Eq 3rd. Allan Morley with: 27
Tetrahydrocannabinol =
N.B. Harry contained a lot.
Eq 3rd: Tom Myers with: 27
Dave Thomas, founder of Wendy's, dies =
I sensed why -- man devoured fast food.
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RUDE CATEGORY
This month's rude ones were of a high standard and show that rude
anagrams can be funny because they are clever as well as rude. Mey,
again, did well here with a very funny anagram.
1st. Meyran Kraus with: 43
You look rather nice in that dress =
(Or: "Thank you, Lord! I can see her tits!")
2nd. Lardy Girl with: 28
Sixty-nine =
Sexy, innit?
3rd. David A. Green with: 22
Under the age of consent =
Fourteen? No decent shag.
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PEOPLE'S NAMES CATEGORY
A relatively small field of seven took to the starting line. Santi
Spadaro made the pace early on, but was caught by Mick on the
penultimate day of the voting. The last two primary votes went to Santi
for his first win in the Anagrammies.
1st. Santi Spadaro with: 52
George and Usama =
A dangerous game.
2nd. Mick Tully with: 48
Martin Adams [Darts champion] =
I'm a darts man.
3rd. Janet Burholt with: 27
The Post Impressionist artist Paul Gauguin =
O, sun's up! I must paint Tahiti girl's great pose!
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OTHER NAMES CATEGORY
This was the closest category of the month. Any of the first four could
have won, but strong finishes from both David Green and John Tezel
jumped them past me for a tied win. A first Anagrammy for John Tezel
and 6th for David.
Eq 1st. David A. Green with: 34
Listerine antiseptic mouthwash =
Triumph! It can sweeten halitosis.
Eq 1st. John Tezel with: 34
Fairways Hotel =
Stay for a while.
3rd. Larry Brash with: 32
Budweiser - The King of Beers =
Weekends of true gibberish.
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SPAM CATEGORY
Richard G has been absent from this category for a while, but this
month he created one of his finest spamagrams ever. It was a
non-contest with Adrian and I sharing a distant second place.
1st. Richard Grantham with: 70
Dear friend: This is an invitation to visit our Homepage
Eq 2nd. Larry Brash with: 34
Dear Windows User - Now you can boost the reliability of ordinary
Windows 95, 98 and ME
Eq 2nd. Adrian Hickford with: 34
Recieving over 1.5 billion page views per month, Ebay is the ULTIMATE
venue for selling virtually any goods
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LONG CATEGORY
This was one of the smallest field ever in the Anagrammies. For a two
horse race, Allan was the better performer from the beginning. Two wins
for Allan this month, giving him a grand total of 6 awards.
1st. Allan Morley with: 76
Death of a Whale
2nd. David Bourke with: 64
CLONING FEAR AS ARTHRITIS AFFECTS DOLLY
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SPECIAL CATEGORY
A mixed bag of special ones here this month and some surprises in the
final results. The winner, Janet B was never in question. She has
really mastered the long anagrams. The surprise of the month was my
dear friend, Walter Newboldt, and his second place over Richard and
Mey's more traditional literary gems.
Janet's win gives her 33 wins all-up. Walter won his second. Richard's
two awards this month made him the first to reach triple figures with
100 wins! Mey had a brilliant month with four wins (84 altogether) and
a big start in the Dan Etter Memorial Award.
1st. Janet Burholt with: 45
[The anagram relates to part of the short story by Arthur Conan Doyle].
2nd. Walter Newboldt with: 32
CLONING FEAR AS ARTHRITIS AFFECTS DOLLY
Eq 3rd. Richard Grantham with: 28
[Renditions of two sonnets by Wordsworth, one of his best and one of
his worst, followed by the subject text from which they were both
drawn: a deliciously nasty sonnet by J.K. Stephen (1859-92).]
Eq 3rd. Meyran Kraus with: 28
Douglas Malloch
Be The Best of Whatever You Are
5th. Equinox Tetrachloride with: 18
[A poem by Francis Jammes.]
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AWARDSMASTER'S CHOICE AWARD FOR THE BEST NON-WINNING ANAGRAM.
Several strong contenders here. I went for one that just missed out on
a win. Had the subject been better known outside of the UK, this would
have won easily. It was remarkably apt.
Mick Tully with: 48
Martin Adams [Darts champion] =
I'm a darts man.
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DANIEL F. ETTER MEMORIAL AWARD
Mey Kraus 85.54
David Green 43.29
Allan Morley 39.69
Janet Burholt 37.14
Richard Grantham 35.77
Tom Myers 31.97
Adrian Hickford 22.85
David Bourke 21.83
Larry Brash 18.00
Walter Newboldt 17.80
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Congratulations to all the winners for this month. Hopefully all will
be back to normal next competition.
--
Larry Brash
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matjaz
Hurray to organizers, cheers to winners, LOL to grams, grins to others,
more! to voters, and boo! to isps.
=
Big cheers to Tezel & Spadaro ! Mey rules ! I won a short,strong-shot ...
terror! ... i'm so overrating, ... so on, so on ...
Matjaz P.
Mey K.
> Here are the results of the first Anagrammy for 2002.
>
> As you will know we had major problems with the Voting Page due to the
> server's "non-scheduled maintenence upgrade". The Tech Support's
> responses have been incredibly slow and unhelpful, and their fixes have
> been unsuccessful. They seem to be ignoring me now.
>
> Fortunately the crash came after 30 votes had been received, but there
> were only 5 more when we resumed with the old-style voting page.
Saved by the bell... ;)
Congratulations to all the winners, especially John, Santi, and Janet,
of course! I still can't get over her gem.
And a much belated ty to the award holders for a Grand Anagrammy that
was even better than last year.
The Anagrammy Results = Ah, gentle art's summary.
Later!,
Mey K.
Janet B
>Congratulations to all the winners, especially John, Santi, and Janet,
>of course! I still can't get over her gem.
>And a much belated ty to the award holders for a Grand Anagrammy that
>was even better than last year.
Seconded, Mey!
And thank you for your kind words.
Janet
Santi Spadaro
Congratulations to everyone, especially to Mey K. (K is for king?). I
liked very much Allan Morley's grams and I'm honored to be with Mick
and Janet in the People Names' Category's podium. Their grams were
great.
Cheers,
Santi.
Phil Carmody
>
> Here are the results of the first Anagrammy for 2002.
>
> As you will know we had major problems with the Voting Page due to the
> server's "non-scheduled maintenence upgrade". The Tech Support's
> responses have been incredibly slow and unhelpful, and their fixes have
> been unsuccessful. They seem to be ignoring me now.
>
> Fortunately the crash came after 30 votes had been received, but there
> were only 5 more when we resumed with the old-style voting page. Alas,
> some people were put off voting and did not return.
In the past I've had problems with 'mailto' forms from my machine. Even
if it claims to have succeded, sometimes it actually fails. I /trust/
that I was one of the 5 who did get through post-crash. There were
several ties which were either made by (if positive) or should have
broken by (if negative) my votes.
Larry Brash
>
> In the past I've had problems with 'mailto' forms from my machine. Even
> if it claims to have succeded, sometimes it actually fails. I /trust/
> that I was one of the 5 who did get through post-crash. There were
> several ties which were either made by (if positive) or should have
> broken by (if negative) my votes.
Yes, your votes made it through, Phil. Thank you.
Phil Carmody
>
> Phil Carmody wrote:
> >
>
> > In the past I've had problems with 'mailto' forms from my machine. Even
> > if it claims to have succeded, sometimes it actually fails. I /trust/
> > that I was one of the 5 who did get through post-crash. There were
> > several ties which were either made by (if positive) or should have
> > broken by (if negative) my votes.
>
> Yes, your votes made it through, Phil. Thank you.
Hoorah for my tie-creating abilities :-) I'm glad that there's a
fallback mechanism. Whilst filling in the form I claim I had a flashback
to the old pre-perl days...
Fallback mechanism=
Men claim flashback.
PHil