Here are the winners of the Anagrammy Awards for February 2000. There were 21 votes received with two thirds exercising their option of 3 votes in most categories. The remainder varied the number of votes per category between 0 and 3. I feel the new voting system now allows for greater flexibility and individual discretion for voters. The General Category Jaybur, in only her second month in alt.angrams, began well in this category and never had any serious competition. This was probably the most convincing win of this month's Anagrammies. She had 11 of the 21 primary votes to easily win her first Anagrammy. 1st. Jaybur with: 37 points Male chauvinism. = I'm such a vile man. 2nd. Mey Kraus with: 14 points Ill Old Man Wins Lottery. = Twenty million dollars. 3rd. Janet Muggeridge with: 13 points Hotel lobby. = Hot bell-boy. ----------------------------------- The Entertainment Category Another strong win to one of our women anagrammatists. Janet Muggeridge polled strongly throughout the contest, opening up a steady lead over Tom Myers in the last 2 days. This was Janet's 12th award. 1st. Janet Muggeridge with: 37 points Dame Agatha Christie's famous Belgian detective Monsieur Hercule Poirot. = Crime-fiction egghead sleuth beats a poisoner: "Murder, it has a motive, a clue!" 2nd. Tom Myers with: 26 points Adult Situations Nudity, Language, Violence. = Indulge in gay education, it's usual on late TV. 3rd. Richard Grantham with: 10 points Cos“ fan tutte. = I eat soft cunt. ----------------------------------- The Topical Category This was a very close event throughout with frequent changes of leader. Janet Muggerigde and Jon Gearhart took most of the primary votes and the last of these gave Jon a narrow win. This was his 16th Anagrammy win and keeps him comfortably number 5 in the All-time Winners List. 1st. Jon Gearhart with: 29 points South Carolina Republican Primary. = Bush popularity ran o'er liar McCain! 2nd. Janet Muggeridge with: 27 points The doctors' medical report says General Augusto Pinochet is brain damaged. = Sad dotty aging murderer escapes subpoena and trial. Go home to Chile, racist! 3rd. Tom Myers with: 19 points The IRA remains defiant on disarmament. = Sinn Fein: I am a mean, mad, hated terrorist. ----------------------------------- ĘThe Rude Category My wife thought that this was one of my best anagrams in ages. The contest was initially quite close and, at one stage, Mey opened a good lead. Just when I thought there would be no Anagrammy for me this month, I received 6 primary votes in a row and a clear win. This kept me at 2nd in the All-time list with 33 wins. 1. Larry Brash with: 38 points Does a Scotsman wear anything under his kilt? = Din not know, Mr. Huge testicles and a hairy ass? 2nd. Mey Kraus with: 30 points A Christmas Present. = Santa's sperm? I retch! 3rd. Tom Myers with: 21 points Everything you wanted to know about sex, but were afraid to ask. = OK twits, devour wet box. Bad taste if you are one naughty wanker. --------------------------------- The Spam Category Another of the closer categories this month. Mey had an early lead, but a strong run mid-contest gave the lead to Dan Fortier. Mey picked up 7 points in the last 3 votes to slide in for a narrow win. I really loved the tarantula reference. 1st. Mey Kraus with: 27 points Best Flesh in the West Found at this Tasty Site!! No Bull At This Site--Just Raw and Pure Pleasure! Over 18 Only! http://3626174393/Pluto/aarne = I wish a jury of 12 poor, sexually used teens will sentence that obese pervert pest, cut his testicles and then put 1,837,439,366 tarantulas up his fat bottom. 2nd. Dan Fortier with: 25 points Soundweapon: America's Secret Police. = We see no CRIME - suspect old paranoiac. 3rd. Ormasyna with: 18 points Private Investors with Unlimited Funding. = Deep virulent nitwits invading this forum. ------------------------------------- The Long Spam Category Only 3 in this category, but our resident long spamagrammer, Richard Grantham lead convincingly from Day One. He logged 11 of the 19 primary votes for a nice win. 1st. Richard Grantham with: 45 points There was once a Princess who was searching for a Prince [snip] 2nd. Jon Gearhart with: 29 points America's Secret Police. [snip] 3rd. Larry Brash with: 23 points Hace unos d’as que estoy buscando [snip] ------------------------------ The Long Category This looked being an easy winner for Richard Grantham, but a powerful finish with 4 primary votes to David Bourke made it a closer than expected contest. 1st. Richard Grantham with: 35 points America's Secret Police [snip] 2nd. David Bourke with: 33 points Stairway To Heaven: [snip] 3rd. Richard Brodie with: 19 points Proverbs (3:15) [snip] ----------------------------------- The Name Category Whilst David was unlucky to miss a win in the Long Category, he made up for that here in the Name Category. This was his 7th Anagrammy in the 5 months that he has been posting here. 1. David Bourke with: 33 points Leonardo DiCaprio. = Ocean idol, or a drip? 2nd. Tom Myers with: 26 points Millionaire Steve Forbes. = Miserable if loser in vote. 3rd. Jaybur with: 25 points Calista Flockhart and Portia de Rossi. = Lo, alas for cast, odd pair are stick-thin. ------------------------------ The Place Names Category This category looked like having only one nomination until I moved Richard's anagram as it was actually a product name. The lead constantly changed hands with Mey grasping the lead with the last 3 votes. 1st. Mey Kraus with: 45 points France's Capital. = Clean fact: Paris. 2nd. Richard Grantham with: 42 points I Can't Believe It's Not Butter! = Notice Vile, Bitter Bun Taste? ------------------------------ The Anagram Set Category It was Janet Muggeridge's anagram set that inspired me to a win in the Rude Category, and it was therefore fitting that she scored a winner here herself. This has become Janet's most lucrative category. Her second win for the month and 13th overall, giving a share of 6th place in the All-time List. 1st. Janet Muggeridge with: 35 points Does a Scotsman wear anything under his kilt? = "Wee hairy nuts," said strong lad Ken Macintosh. Och an' I hid my knees in Douglas's tartan trews. Och 'n' laird sent guests in a dram o' neat whisky. Wish orgasms so I undid the clan tartan, ye ken. O Scots Highlanders army kit want nae undies. 2nd. Tom Myers with: 31 points Embarrassing situation. = Mobs staring as I urinate. So aberrant it is amusing! A senior is masturbating. Assuming it's aberration. 3rd. Jaybur with: 20 points Male chauvinism. = I'm such a vile man. Ha! muscle: I'm vain! Hum...naive claims. ------------------------------ The Special Category Richard Grantham has recently dominated the three long category with an array of long anagrams ranging from the inventive to the disgustingly rude through to some lovely lyrical poems. Not surprisingly, 5 of the 8 finalists here were created by Richard. Mey's clever 10 Commandments was the only serious competitor. Richard scored 4 winners this month, jumping him into the Top Ten with his 11th Anagrammy. This also capped another good month for Mey with 3 wins, which gives him a total of 31 wins for 3rd place in the All-time Winners List, just behind me on 33 and Richard Brodie on 34. 1st. Richard Grantham with: 23 points Picture yourself in a boat on a river, [snip] 8. Mey Kraus with: 19 points The Ten Commandments, each anagrammed seperately. [snip] 3. Richard Grantham with: 13 points The Night Dances [snip] ------------------------------ The Awardsmaster's Choice Award for Best Non-winning Anagrams. As usual, this was a tough choice. I tend to go for the shorter anagrams and eventually chose this one of Tom Myers. Tom Myers with: The IRA remains defiant on disarmament. = Sinn Fein: I am a mean, mad, hated terrorist. ------------------------------