JUNE 2004 NOMINATIONS

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THE GENERAL CATEGORY

1st - David Bourke with:
A domestic housecat =
Does it catch a mouse?

2nd - Adrian Hickford with:
Theological discussions =
Go inside Catholics' souls.

eq.3rd - Jesse Frankovich with:
Cigarette caution labels =
I'll abuse it to get a cancer.

eq.3rd - Rick Rothstein with:
A college graduate =
Goal? Actual degree.

David Bourke with:
The Tiananmen Square massacre in Peking ~
sparks quite an eminent Chinese anagram.

Andrew Brehaut with:
Liontamer =
O, terminal!

Chris Doyle with:
The 2nd law of thermodynamics ~
Hinted of Al's damn worthy e = mc2.

Chris Doyle with:
The laws of thermodynamics =
They command swirls of heat.

Tony Crafter with:
Six countries ~
excursionist.

Tony Crafter with:
Vegetable soup =
Leave bog upset!

Tony Crafter with:
Speeding fines =
Send in pigs' fee.

Tony Crafter with:
Two-piece bathing costumes =
We spot cute mini beach togs.

Tony Crafter with:
Dirty old man =
Randy, I'm told.

Tony Crafter with:
Tequila, lime, Cointreau and ice. Mix, shake, pour. Great! =
Chill out, sin deeper: make a unique, exotic margarita!

Jesse Frankovich with:
Tales of the ancient Egyptian Pharaohs =
Often intact as a neat hieroglyph shape.

J.J. Gertler with:
Driving on the autobahn =
Divert to Bonn again, huh?

Toby Gottfried with:
Misclassified =
is filed as 'misc'.

Richard Grantham with:
President of the USA =
Dopier than fetuses.

Adrian Hickford with:
A domestic animal =
Main model is a cat.

Meyran Kraus with:
Postal carriers ~
sort air parcels.

Meyran Kraus with:
Sunday School teacher =
Chaste and holy course.

Paul Lusch with:
Birthday present =
This party bender.

Paul Lusch with:
Management decisions =
Income-eating madness.

Paul Lusch with:
Medical use of pot =
Its peaceful mood.

Zoran Radisavlevic with:
The hooligans =
Ha, English too!

Rick Rothstein with:
Totally incomprehensible =
To simply label "incoherent".

Rick Rothstein with:
"Remember The Alamo" =
A memorable term, eh?

Rick Rothstein with:
Dreaming =
Me... in drag.

Rick Rothstein with:
Nationalism =
Lost in mania.

Chris Sturdy with:
Cops' toilet in a ~
police station.

Chris Sturdy with:
Fifty pound note =
Often found? Pity!

View with:
Weariness ‡
Rise as new.

Alan Yoshioka with:
Garage sale bargain-hunters ~
snag a rug in here & brag, "A steal!"


THE ENTERTAINMENT CATEGORY

1st - Adrian Hickford with:
The Harry Potter series of movies =
Three stories, more heavy profits.

2nd - Meyran Kraus with:
Clinton's autobiography =
Horny goat's publication.

3rd - Larry Brash with:
Ozzy, Sharon, Aimee, Jack and Kelly Osbourne =
Look, see his zany junky boozer clan are mad!

David Bourke with:
Miles Axe Copeland =
Ex-Police deals man.

David Bourke with:
Manuel's "filigree Siberian Hamster" =
Basil's sure in feeling him a mere rat!

David Bourke with:
The Glastonbury music festival, Pilton, Somerset =
Top-artist ensembles...still such a fun groovy time!

Tony Crafter with:
Singer Roberta Flack =
Black foreigner, star.

Tony Crafter with:
'Here Comes The Night' =
I cheer the 'Them' song.

Jesse Frankovich with:
Hollywood marriages =
Groom will say "Oh dear."

Scott Gardner with:
The famous actress and singer Olivia Newton-John =
So am found in scenes with John Travolta in "Grease".

Toby Gottfried with:
The Adventures of Robin Hood =
Our band (not 'horde') of thieves.

Toby Gottfried with:
Choir + notes + art =
Orchestration.

Meyran Kraus with:
"Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" =
Quite gay, they urge to refresh!

Paul Lusch with:
The Detroit Pistons, NBA champions =
Their points dispatch snob team, no?

Rick Rothstein with:
The actress Olivia Newton-John ~
went: "John Travolta? He is *so* nice!"


THE TOPICAL CATEGORY

1st - Chris Doyle with:
A father's day card =
Dad has a cry after.

2nd - Toby Gottfried with:
Weapons of Mass Destruction =
Found some parts in two cases.

3rd - Scott Gardner with:
Clinton's autobiography "My Life" =
If about portly Monica, he's lying!

David Bourke with:
Totally incomprehensible =
Come help Tony Blair LISTEN!

David Bourke with:
Bill Clinton's autobiography 'My Life' =
Filth? Guilty. Lies on Monica? Probably.

Tony Crafter with:
The presence of South Korean troops in Iraq =
Honor sick terror foes? Quit, then appease? No!

Chris Doyle with:
The "coalition" forces =
There's a cool fiction.

Chris Doyle with:
Mission accomplished =
I come clad in sophisms.

Adrian Hickford with:
The rising oil prices =
i.e. Petrol crisis nigh.

Adrian Hickford with:
Coalition Forces =
Foe conciliators.

Adrian Hickford with:
The transit of Venus =
Art of this Sun event.

Paul Lusch with:
President Boris Tadic =
Indicated top Serb, sir.

Allan Morley with:
Fighting the war against terrorism =
Going after this swarthier migrant.


THE PEOPLE'S NAMES CATEGORY

1st - Scott Gardner with:
Pierce Brosnan of County Meath, Ireland =
I prefer actual Bond (Sean Connery) to him.

2nd - Meyran Kraus with:
William Clinton, the former US president =
Parts of the memoir will include interns.

3rd - David Bourke with:
The German neurologist Dr Alois Alzheimer =
Memories going, lost in a rather dull... er... haze.

David Bourke with:
The soul singer Raymond Charles Robinson =
Noisy blind star crooner, harmless enough.

David Bourke with:
US President =
Pure dissent.

David Bourke with:
Helder Postiga =
Sheepdog Trial.

Tony Crafter with:
Elle 'The Body' MacPherson =
Thence shapely-orb model.

Tony Crafter with:
Fred 'The Shred' Goodwin ~
redefined 'dosh' growth.

Chris Doyle with:
The Aussie model Megan Gale =
Man, she's got game. Adieu, Elle!

Jesse Frankovich with:
The 'Hair Club for Men' President =
He's bald, then, in former picture.

Scott Gardner with:
The actress Olivia Newton-John =
Is once seen with John Travolta.

Scott Gardner with:
Sean Connery of Edinburgh =
Ah, finer Bond guy on screen.

Toby Gottfried with:
He's the President of the United States =
... and he's the stupidest of the entire set.

Richard Grantham with:
US President =
Stupid sneer.

Adrian Hickford with:
The President of the United States, George W. Bush =
Resented daft bugger steps into the White House.

Meyran Kraus with:
William Clinton, the former US president =
Well, this memoir turned in clean profits...

Paul Lusch with:
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon =
His aim? Perennial terrorism.

Allan Morley with:
The President of the United States of America =
Man's profuse deficit a threat to the neediest.

Zoran Radisavlevic with:
Italian Francesco Toldo =
A Latin idol to soccer fan.

Chris Sturdy with:
Iyad Allawi =
a daily wail.


THE OTHER NAMES CATEGORY

1st - Chris Doyle with:
The U.S. Bill of Rights =
Bush: "I'll forget this."

2nd - Tony Crafter with:
Stonehenge, Salisbury Plain =
Naughty aliens responsible?

3rd - David Bourke with:
The Empire State Building, New York City =
Incredible imagery - it went up to the sky!

Larry Brash with:
National Geographic magazine =
I get on an amazing archipelago.

Joe Fathallah with:
Reaganomics =
Ignore a scam.

Toby Gottfried with:
In truth, Mideast peace rests on ~
the United States Marine Corps.

Richard Grantham with:
Armani suit ‡
I'm Austrian.

Adrian Hickford with:
Maserati Coupe =
I'm a creep's auto.

Paul Lusch with:
Cassini-Huygens spacecraft =
Agency has Saturn specifics.

sundogg99 with:
The Richter scale for earthquakes =
Quiet aftershocks reach her later.


THE MEDIUM LENGTH CATEGORY

1st - Jesse Frankovich with:
Idol (n.) 1, an image of a deity, used as an object of worship. 2, a person or thing adored or revered. 3, a phantom; a false idea. =
American Idol (n.) 1, a phone-judged affair. 2, beloved performer it adopted as its winner. 3, a so-so yahoo heard on a stage.

2nd - Meyran Kraus with:
How many visitors of a modern art gallery does it take to screw in one light bulb? =
Two. One to try, and one to growl: "It's lame! Five-year-old girls can make this rubbish!"

3rd - Larry Brash with:
Fawlty Towers, starring John Cleese, Prunella Scales, Connie Booth and Andrew Sachs =
A screwy show, concerning a tall jaded hotel owner's pitfalls, has best run on a screen.

David Bourke with:
The Nolan Sisters: Anne, Denise, Maureen, Linda, Bernadette and Colleen. =
Ah, see and listen! One talented clan ensnared men in Ireland, to be sure!

Richard Brodie with:
The Late Ronald Wilson Reagan, the fortieth President of America =
A master of oration
In peril has led the nation.
We'd gather, reflect.

Tony Crafter with:
Michelangelo's marvellous religious frescos adorning the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican City =
The genius lives on in this classic, gleaming-colour masterpiece of Creation-Finality; Heaven-Hell; God-Christ.

Tony Crafter with:
Where on earth is the ex-dictator Saddam Hussein? It is quite an enigma ~
has America extradited him unseen to US? Is he stewing to death in Iraq?

Chris Doyle with:
Mario Puzo's original screenplay for "The Godfather" =
Here's a ripping story of one crazed Mafia tough. Roll!

J.J. Gertler with:
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. -- Edmund Burke =
Ignoring UN order to Bush, tomfool henchmen invaded to help, yet shootings muffed it. -- Kerry

J.J. Gertler with:
Nicky Hilton, Michael Wilding, Mike Todd, Eddie Fisher, Sir Richard Burton, Senator John Warner, Larry Fortensky =
A cool Taylor didn't marry just for kids or linens. With her hefty wicked libido, rich men in ranks earned her ring.

Paul Pan with:
National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice =
Craven, deadly, atrocious, zionist nazi creole.

Alan Yoshioka with:
I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy. =
Aye, O mortal, yet do you think, even so, a chosen prophet wanting to remove vermin should practise on a flea?


THE AWARDSMASTER'S CHALLENGE CATEGORY

1st - Meyran Kraus with:
The American President Ronald Wilson Reagan =
A real moron, in acting AND western leadership.

2nd - Scott Gardner with:
Former President Ronald Reagan =
Grand performer; nation's leader.

3rd - Richard Grantham with:
President Ronald Wilson Reagan =
Indeed, I no longer plan "Star Wars".

David Bourke with:
The President of The USA, Ronald Wilson Reagan =
He was an outstanding old person, I rather feel.

David Bourke with:
President Ronald Wilson Reagan =
Ronnie, alone peddling 'Star Wars'.

Larry Brash with:
Former President of the USA, Ronald Wilson Reagan =
Past ruler goes on to find a fresh new role in drama.

Larry Brash with:
The former President of the USA, Ronald Wilson Reagan =
Was great ruler of his nation - or half-demented person?

Larry Brash with:
Ronald Wilson Reagan, the former American President ~
prefers: Ollie North and Iran-Contra were "mismanaged".

Chris Doyle with:
The U.S. President Ronald Wilson Reagan =
Senior lapses linger. A downturn. Death.

Joe Fathallah with:
US President Ronald Reagan =
Repulsed and ignorant arse.

Joe Fathallah with:
The late President of America, Ronald Wilson Reagan =
Elect me, for singlehanded war on Asian proletariat.

Dan Fortier with:
The late US President Ronald Wilson Reagan =
This real General laid down prone at sunset.

Jesse Frankovich with:
President Ronald Reagan of the US =
In ground, later, after he passed on.

Jesse Frankovich with:
US President Reagan =
Passing under a tree?

Jesse Frankovich with:
The US President Ronald Wilson Reagan =
Ill one's death not a grand new surprise.

Jesse Frankovich with:
Ronald Wilson Reagan, the fortieth American President =
Grand renowned patriot - I learn he came to his final rest.

Jesse Frankovich with:
Ronald Reagan, President of the U.S. of America =
Endorsed the plaguesome Iran-contra affair.

Toby Gottfried with:
The Fortieth American President =
Retained hate for him: it's 100 percent.

Toby Gottfried with:
The former American President Ronald Reagan =
'Loan Arranger' harmed - permanent deficit rose.

Toby Gottfried with:
The late former US President Ronald Wilson Reagan =
An error: wife's astrologer made plans until the end.

Toby Gottfried with:
President Reagan =
I present a danger.

Toby Gottfried with:
Former President Reagan =
Reign of master panderer.

Adrian Hickford with:
The former US President Ronald Reagan =
Grim Reaper's resonant, deathful drone.

Paul Lusch with:
Ronald Wilson Reagan =
...and I reason all wrong.

Paul Lusch with:
President Ronald Wilson Reagan =
Sold Iran weapons. Later, grinned.

Paul Lusch with:
President Ronald Wilson Reagan =
Nonagenarian rests. Pro did well.

Paul Lusch with:
President Ronald Wilson Reagan =
Starring role in "Weapons Landed."

Paul Lusch with:
The American President Ronald Wilson Reagan =
We report: he’s leading man in Iran-Contra deals.

Paul Lusch with:
Former President Ronald Wilson Reagan =
Friend Ron now passed into larger realm.

Paul Lusch with:
American President Ronald Reagan =
Mere actor arranged inane SDI plan.

Paul Lusch with:
President Ronald Reagan =
Dead (per internal organs).

Allan Morley with:
U.S. President Ronald Wilson Reagan =
Arrogant person is unwell and dies.

Michael Omstead with:
Former fortieth president of the USA, Ronald Wilson Reagan =
Learnt: funeral offered media the sorrow to siphon ratings!

Paul Pan with:
US President Ronald Wilson Reagan =
Sage tore iron wall and pinned USSR.

Paul Pan with:
Ronald Reagan =
Ran a gold'n era.

Zoran Radisavlevic with:
Fortieth American president Ronald Wilson Reagan =
An older, grand politician from western area, isn't he?

Rick Rothstein with:
The former US President Ronald Wilson Reagan =
Anguished leaders plan for sorrow, interment.

Rick Rothstein with:
The former US President Ronald Wilson Reagan =
No rarer in death, sleep now in God's restful arm.

Rick Rothstein with:
The former US President Ronald Wilson Reagan =
Prominent leader's sorrowful 'n' searing death.

Rick Rothstein with:
The former US President Ronald Wilson Reagan =
Sorrowful angers in prominent leader's death.

Alan Yoshioka with:
The American President Ronald Wilson Reagan =
I intone: scrap this Red era and one German wall!

Alan Yoshioka with:
American President Ronald Wilson Reagan =
So I denied large new Iran-Contra arms plan.


THE LONG CATEGORY

1st - Larry Brash with:
To be or not to be: that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them?
=
A rather famous quote from Hamlet, no doubt, one of Shakespeare's best plays.
Note, in its unforgettable oration, the son wonders about finding the right answer to best sort things out... or die.

 

eq.2nd - David Bourke with:
"I think I did something for the worst possible reason
- just because I could. I think that's the most, just
about the most morally indefensible reason that anybody
could have for doing anything. When you do something
just because you could. I've thought about it a lot.
And there are lots of more sophisticated explanations,
more complicated psychological explanations. But none
of them are an excuse. Only a fool does not look to
explain his mistakes." - William Jefferson Clinton

=

"Yes, I do confess I *did* stoop to enjoy extra-marital
sexual relations in the office with 'that' loose woman
Monica Lewinsky. I did put cigars up in places that I
just shouldn't, too. But did NOT inhale. Oh God, I'm so
sorry to my beloved Hillary for the embarrassment that
I caused to her, and Chelsea too. I just feel a thoughtless
buffoon. Totally unacceptable. Most inexcusable. On oath,
next time I see Monica, kecks on, no bonking. Oh goodness,
no no no!! - I'll just be happy to give her a mouthful."

 

eq.2nd - Meyran Kraus with:
Dear Chet,
I want this big man who knows what love is all about. You are sexy, kind and thoughtful. People who are not like you admit to being most useless and pathetic. Chet, you've ruined me for other men. I yearn for you. I have no feelings whatsoever when we're apart. I can be forever content - will you let me be yours? Jessica.

Dear Chet,
I want this big man who knows what love is. All about you are sexy, kind and thoughtful people who are not like you. Admit to being most useless and pathetic. Chet, you've ruined me. For other men, I yearn; For you, I have no feelings whatsoever. When we're apart, I can be forever content. Will you let me be? Yours, Jessica.

=

(A civilian to George W. Bush, White House)
Ah, time to compliment you! Well, frankly, I can't stop thinking you are one of the best US presidents! We have had so many leaders go ahead and rule our fair nation unevenly and botch the job. You see, we expect it... From you, however, in years to come, I know we will have far better results.

(A civilian to George W. Bush, White House)
Ah, time to compliment you? Well, frankly, I can't! Stop thinking you are one of the best US presidents! We have had so many leaders. Go ahead and rule our fair nation unevenly and botch the job. You see, we expect it from you. However, in years to come, I know we will have far better results...

 

Tony Crafter with:
A random list of presents that a man would surely expect to get on reaching his fortieth birthday (In reverse order of importance)
=
The bumps (not)
Shower gel
Deodorant
Y-Fronts
Roxy Music tape
Matching shirt and tie
To drive a Ferrari
Presence on Earth
Fellatio

 


THE SPECIAL CATEGORY

1st - Richard Grantham with:
An anagram crossword puzzle

 

2nd - Meyran Kraus with:
William Shakespeare's Sonnet 19

 

3rd - David Bourke with:
Celebration - Kool & the Gang

 

Walter Newboldt with:
An anagram crossword puzzle

 


THE RUDE CATEGORY

1st - Adrian Hickford with:
Teenagers (boys) ~
get easy boners.

2nd - David Bourke with:
Victoria Sellers ~
reveals clitoris.

3rd - Meyran Kraus with:
The singer Dolly Parton =
"Hooters? Plenty, darling!"

David Bourke with:
The Administration of President Bush ~
Muttonheaded shit-for-brains is inept.

David Bourke with:
The track athlete Linford 'The Lunchbox' Christie =
Check that out! A six-inch thriller... bent threefold!

David Bourke with:
Adult channel =
All-nude, natch!

Tony Crafter with:
'Enlarge your penis in one week!' =
Win a genuine, eyesore plonker!

Tony Crafter with:
Shirtlifters =
The sirs flirt!

Tony Crafter with:
Not give a shit =
A Soviet thing.

Chris Doyle with:
Women's lingerie =
Winsome leering.

Chris Doyle with:
Dream job =
Bed Major.

Jesse Frankovich with:
Breasts bouncing around! =
(Not obscured in a snug bra.)

J.J. Gertler with:
International travels =
Love in rattan latrines.


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