25 votes in. No ties this month. A couple of close results THE GENERAL CATEGORY This was the biggest field to start in any category since the one nomination per person per category rule was introduced in 1998. The fact that there were 17 nominations says a lot for the popularity of alt.anagrams and to the continuing high standard of anagramming. Jan Burholt took the lead on Day 2 and extended it further every day. She picked up the highest corrected points in the whole competition. She obtained at least one point from approx half of the voters - quite a feat. This was Jan's 5th Anagrammy. 1st. Jaybur with: 32 points Circumstantial evidence = Can ruin detective's claim. 2nd. John Fidler with: 18 points Unrecognisable = Bearing no clues. 3rd. David Bourke with: 14 points The morning-after pill = "Pregnant? Hell! I'm for it!" -------------------------------- THE ENTERTAINMENT CATEGORY This was one of the perilously close categories throughout the 5 days. Any one of thses three could have won and a three way tie would have been fair. Tom openned up a lead by the second last day and withheld strong finishs from Richard and David. Tom's 15th Award this year and 36th all-time. 1st. Tom Myers with: 30 points Letterman tonight = Late night torment. 2nd. Richard Grantham with: 29 points Women's four hundred metres final = Ms Freeman led for thunderous win. 3rd. David Bourke with: 28 points Dolly Rebecca Parton = Bra coped? Clearly not! -------------------------------- THE TOPICAL CATEGORY We haven't seen Jon Gearhart in the winners' circle much this year, but the Olympics seemed to have inspired him. Jon performed well from the start and was never seriously challenged. His 2nd Anagrammy this year and his 17th overall. 1st. Jon Gearhart with: 39 points The United States Olympian Michael Johnson repeats as the 400-meter dash champion = Athlete steals 400 second time? Ahh...poetry in motion. Perhaps he's just a damn machine! Eq 2nd. Tom Myers with: 28 points Election debate = To enable deceit. Eq 2nd. David Bourke with: 28 points Al and Tipper Gore... preparing to lead! -------------------------------- THE RUDE CATEGORY This was David's most successful month ever. He had a nomination in 10 of the 11 categories. This category win was his most impressive result with two-thirds of the field giving him at least one point and 13 giving him their primary vote. 1st. David Bourke with: 47 points The menstrual cycle = "My cunt creates hell!" 2nd. Richard Grantham with: 26 points Hymens = Men-shy. 3rd. Heather Mappus with: 13 points Incontinent farts all night in transcontinental flight. -------------------------------- THE SPAM CATEGORY I was not surprised about the result here. Mey's poetic spamagrams are always good. He maintained a steady lead all the way. 1st. Meyran Kraus with: 30 points Jack be Nimble Jack be Quick [snip] 2nd Richard Grantham with: 19 points CUM SLURPING WHORES = Swig our lunch - sperm! 3rd. Larry Brash with: 17 points EASY money, receive e-mail, and get paid, about 40$ for month:[snip] -------------------------------- THE LONG SPAM CATEGORY There was strong competition here and I was delighted to have performed so well. Mey was never too far behind and kept the contest interesting. Richard G's absence in this category this month gave the rest of us a chance. Thanks, mate. 1st. Larry Brash with: 29 points Hello everybody,[snip] 2nd. Meyran Kraus with: 22 points NOTE! REPORT #2 [snip] 3rd. Don P Fortier with: 20 points Released by your own pituitary gland [snip] -------------------------------- THE LONG CATEGORY This was one of Richard G's quieter months, but he was still very much in contention in several categories. This was a very solid winner here and he obviously did not upset our American cousins too much as most of them voted for him here. 1st. Richard Grantham with: 40 points PREAMBLE TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION[snip] 2nd. Mike Keith with: 22 points Hole, twat, slit, bush,[snip] 3rd. Richard Brodie with: 15 points The core, mantle, and crust, oceans of water, and the atmosphere of oxygen and nitrogen on this little planet.[snip] -------------------------------- THE PEOPLE'S NAME CATEGORY My entry in this category was one of my better anagrams this year. Again, I had to hold Mey off for most of the competition, breaking clear in the last 2 days. My two wins this month have me 11 Anagrammies for the year and 42 altogether. This keeps me at 2nd on the All-Time List, just behind Mey. 1st. Larry Brash with: 34 points The Bront‘ Sisters, Anne, Charlotte and Emily = Celebrate many stories set in the North land. 2nd. Meyran Kraus with: 25 points President Milosevic = Voters discipline me. 3rd. Richard Grantham with: 18 points Elle "The Body" Macpherson = Hyperbole! She can't model! -------------------------------- THE OTHER NAME CATEGORY This was a very close event between Tom and Mick throughout, but a blistering finish from Letterman just pipped them at the post. His 6th Anagrammy. 1st. ID Letterman with: 27 points The great city of San Francisco = Ecstatic, horny fags fornicate. Eq 2nd. David Bourke with: 25 points The Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countries = Gang met to fix up our oil price on (or set near to) zenith. Eq 2nd. Mick Tully with: 25 points Crispy Chicken Deluxe = Six-inch recycled puke. -------------------------------- THE ANAGRAM SET CATEGORY It is nice to see a novice win a category from time to time. Heather joined us a couple of weeks back and has had a few nominations. This was easily her most succesful result. Welcome aboard, Heather and congratulations! 1st. Heather Mappus with: 39 points Preventing coital desire = Locating penis... Retrieved! 2nd. Earle Jones with: 30 points State of California = Afloat in factories. Eq 3rd. Don P Fortier with: 22 points Lee Harvey Oswald = A sad, very low heel. Eq 3rd. Mick Tully with: 22 points Onward, Christian soldiers! = Warlord dean's histrionics? -------------------------------- THE SPECIAL CATEGORY What a Special Category! 12 nominations (equal record, I think) and some were beauties. David started slowly and was not in contention until midway. As I said above, this was a great month for David, winning two awards. This gives him 8 this year and 13 all up, jumping him to 8th on the All-Time list. Richard G picked his second award with a good finish. At one point, I thought that he would miss out in the Special, but no way, Jose! 34 wins this year and stays at 4th all-time with 39 wins. Mey also picked up his second for the month so just kept me out of sharing the lead with him on the All-Time List. 1st. David Bourke with: 26 points [The Monty Python Dead Parrot Sketch] 2nd. Richard Grantham with: 19 points [The song used in the film "Watership Down".] 11. Meyran Kraus with: 16 points [An anagram in the spirit of the poem, a very rude anagrammed version of it and a third anagram that paraphrases *another* poem by Rossetti.] --------------------------------------------- AWARDSMASTER'S CHOICE AWARD FOR THE BEST NON-WINNING ANAGRAM. I don't normally pick one from the Special Category, but I thought that Mike Keith's biblical anagrams was very inventive (aren't all of his inventive?) and was very unlucky not to win an award. So, I gave him one! 10. Mike Keith with: [Ecclesiasticus 44:1-15] ---------------------------------------------