Another month and another exciting Anagrammy Awards. 24 voters dropped in, slightly quieter than earlier this year, with fewer lurkers coming out of the shadows to vote. There were some easy wins and some close ones with 2 categories changing hands with the last batch of 2 votes received today. The voting receipt option seems to be well received with about half the voters asking for notification that their vote was received. However, I will make "No Receipt" the default setting to avoid people accidently requesting one. So...... without further ado, here are the winners for the June 2000 Anagrammy Awards. ------------------------------------------ THE GENERAL CATEGORY 10 nominees lined up here this month. Tom Myers started well, but really powered on on Day 3 and 4, to win by a huge margin and also picked up the highest corrected points for the month. 1st: Tom Myers with: 43 points Suspicious character = Has curious practices. 2nd: Richard Grantham with: 24 points Compound interest = Prudent economist. 3rd: Meyran Kraus with: 19 points Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome = No medicine? Medics query, may find cure. ------------------------------------------ THE ENTERTAINMENT CATEGORY This was one of the close events of the month with Richard Brodie and Tom Myers frquently changing leads. Tom looked like the winner until the last batch of votes when Richard caught him to tie the category. A very fair result. This was Tom's 9th win this year and his 30th overall, keeping him at 4th in the All-Time List. This was Richard's 6th win in 2000 and 39th overall to maintain his share of the lead on the All-Time List. Eq 1st: Richard Brodie with: 25 points Venus de Milo = I'm love's nude. Eq 1st: Tom Myers with: 25 points Britney Spears, live, on the stage. = Tiny teen. Gasp! I love her breasts! 3rd: Graham Perkins with: 17 points Romania beat England by three goals to two. = Battle won and lost. A beer .. go home .. try again. ------------------------------------------ THE TOPICAL CATEGORY Another close one with a surprise finish. It looked like Tom would win the first three categories, but a fabulous finish by Richard Grantham with 6 points in the last 2 votes, turned the tables. 1st: Richard Grantham with: 34 points Ethiopian war ceasefire = A wish of peace in Eritrea. 2nd: Tom Myers with: 29 points The weed, marijuana, is found in a search at Buckingham Palace. = Aha! Prince Edward on a high. Face it, man must be a casual junkie. 3rd: Jaybur with: 18 points Anna beats Sandrine in first round = Send on tennis star in bra: unafraid! ------------------------------------------ THE RUDE CATEGORY Only occasionally does a woman win this category. Jaybur's nomination was originally in another category, but I moved it here and with good results for her. This was Janet's 3rd Anagrammy win. 1st: Jaybur with: 28 points A braless bosom = A lass bobs more. 2nd: Richard Grantham with: 22 points But he can't insert dildo yet - the battery is not included. 3rd: Don P Fortier with: 21 points Shit! I cannot poo! = Oh? Constipation? ------------------------------------------ THE SPAM CATEGORY Mey Kraus' catchy spam poem was the popular choice of the voters from beginnig to end. He pulled well clear in the second half of the voting. It was a quiter than usual month for Mey with just one win, but enough to give him equal lead of the All-Time List with 39 wins. 1st: Meyran Kraus with: 34 points MAKE SURE YOUR RETURN ADDRESS IS ON YOUR ENVELOPE IN CASE OF ANY MAIL PROBLEMS! = Roses are red Violets are blue You're a porn-spammer ninny And slime, so FUCK YOU! Eq 2nd: Larry Brash with: 23 points GET $10,000 WITH ONLY 6BUCKS!!! THIS IS NOT A SCAM!!! = This baloney sucks! I want $10. Might cost, $6,000. Eq 2nd: Richard Grantham with: 23 points Guys, does the size of your penis concern you? = No, creepy sod - 'cuz forty ins. is enough, you see. ------------------------------------------ THE LONG SPAM CATEGORY Our 2 long spamagram experts, Richard and Mey, made this an interesting competition. Richard always had the edge and ended up a winner by 5 points. 1st: Richard Grantham with: 36 points We are seeking Motivated individuals for National expansion. [snip] 2nd: Meyran Kraus with: 31 points Hello - My name is Johnathon Rourke, I'm from Rhode Island. [snip] 3rd: Larry Brash with: 26 points Srew the atispammers, We Beat them all. [snip] ------------------------------------------ THE LONG CATEGORY I went into this competition with no thoughts of even running a place in the Long Category. The anagrammed children's books were so funny and I was sure that they would take the first three places. I was surprised to see that I was in contention after the second day and a couple of days of high votes gave me a modest win. 1st: Larry Brash with: 27 points And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, [snip] 2nd: Martin Rand with: 24 points [The "Noddy" books by Enid Blyton] [snip] 3rd: Richard Grantham with: 23 points [The "Famous Five" books by Enid Blyton] [snip] ------------------------------------------ THE NAME CATEGORY Should a couple ever compete in an anagram competition? Richard Grantham and Linda Garrett were in a tie at the half way mark, then Linda opened a good lead but Richard polled well on the last day and beat her by one point. Linda is away at present and I will be interested in her comments about this result. Alas, Linda, the rules do not allow me to tell you who Richard voted for. I'll leave that to your imagination. 1st: Richard Grantham with: 31 points "Bugsy" Malone = Mean, ugly S.O.B. 2nd: Linda Garrett with: 30 points The brutal Hermann Goering = Nuremberg Trial. Hang? Not he! 3rd: Judson Pewther with: 15 points Melissa Joan Hart = Lass in major heat. ------------------------------------------ THE PLACE NAME CATEGORY If you have created what you think is a good anagram and no one nominates it, don't sulk, just nominate it yourself. I did and look at the result! 1st: Larry Brash with: 38 points Harley Davidson Motorcycles = Very costly old road machines. 2nd: Art Day with: 19 points The Statue of Liberty = Better I fly to the USA. 3rd: Tom Myers with: 16 points World's Fastest Computer = melts software products. ------------------------------------------ THE ANAGRAM SET CATEGORY This category has always been the stronghold of Mick Tully and this was his second consecutive win here to strengthen his grip on it. Sound competition from Martin Rand made it an interesting finish. Mick's 3rd win this year and his 11th overall. 1st: Mick Tully with: 37 points Tandoori chicken = Darn, I cook ethnic! Chaotic dinner, OK? Rancid? Choke on it! 2nd: Martin Rand with: 35 points Irritable Bowel Syndrome = I brewed merry blast in loo I'm so dry in rear below belt Blimey! Rode on raw blister Bellow: "Bore dirt in my arse!" 3rd: Richard Grantham with: 25 points Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin = Jiminy! Dead Parrot, Larch, Silly Jog, Rat Recipe, Cheese, Chinaman an' Lemming - all here! [snip] ------------------------------------------ THE SPECIAL CATEGORY A record field of 14 entered the Special Category this month. It was my first foray into this category and I did not rate myself the least chance. Richard G's biblical winner was hilarious and runnerup Mike Keith's Donne Sonnets were huge in both scale, concept and complexity. My little ditty seemed pale in comparision, but obviously people liked the Aussie humour and we voted me in 3rd. Richard Grantham continued his dominance of both this category and the Anagrammies generally with his 4th win of the month and 20th this year (a new record for a year and it is only June). He has 25 wins overall and has gradually made his way up the All-Time List to 5th in a mere 8 months. Mike Keith has now won 16 Anagrammies, mostly in this category and is equal 6th in the All-Time List. My three wins this month, give me 7 this year and 38 overall, just one win behind Mey and Richard Brodie. 1st: Richard Grantham with: 30 points [Psalm 51, "Miserere mei"] [snip] 2nd: Mike Keith with: 21 points John Donne Sonnets [snip] 3rd: Larry Brash with: 16 points And Did Those Feet in Ancient Time. [snip] ------------------------------------------ THE AWARDSMASTER'S CHOICE AWARD FOR NON-WINNING ANAGRAM. I usually lean toward giving this to a short anagram, but this month I went for one that injected a lot of laughter into the Brash household. Martin Rand's Noddy Books anagram was the easy choice and I frankly thought that he would clean up the Long Category with it. Martin is fairly new to or ranks and he is already establishing a strong role in long, humourous anagrams. Keep it up! ------------------------------------------ This month's Anagrammy marked my 2nd anniversary as Awardsmaster. I still get a lot of pleasure from running the Awards and, in particular, watching the votes come in. Richard Grantham's help makes it a lot easier job to do. His keen eye for my errors and typos is much appreciated. Thanks, Richard. After 2 years in the job, it is probably an opportune moment to ask the group if anyone is keen to take over the reins as Awardsmaster from me. I am still happy to continue in the position if there are no offers, but I do not want to be seen as hogging the role if someone else wants to take it on. Let me know if you are interested. It requires one fairly busy week each month, preparing the Votes Page, collecting and sorting the votes, and announcing the winners and updating the history pages.