The Pun-Off results - 09.12.11

Category: Historical Figures and Occupations/Pastimes

Another solid day of Punning around what I thought to be trickier categories....not so it seems! We had 143 entries and comments which is about what we normally get...in the Post-Bissian form of the game of course.

NB. My completely unilateral judging might seem a little unfair but I'm not going to dissolve my power in this regard. I will however explain my method next week.

And so to the results:

In 3rd Place we have a strong entry from a new member of the Punning community:

Anne Ten-Pin Boleyn - Carly Evans

Carly has used the Pastimes theme here to delightfully meld a pastime for Henry VIII's penis and guillotine, and a "sport" for teenagers on extremely awkward dates. It's strong work from Evans.

Boleyn:
Off her tits on Ketamine

In 2nd place with a highly unorthodox but chucklesome entry:

Manager of the Local Spartacus - Tim Evans

He's been on the Winners podium before and here is an example of why Tim Evans is fast becoming one of the greats. Like I said, it's unorthodox but it made me giggle like a stupid twat. 

Andy Scott-Lee, former X-Factor Melody-droid and greased boy band sock of flesh, used to work in my local Spar. He was good at his job and should have stuck with it really; he could be manager now. Well, assistant manager maybe.

"Cash back?"

And in 1st place!!!!!

Leon Trot-sky instructor - Pete Williams

I absolutley love this one! There's a few reasons but mainly because it creeps up on you slowly like a curious tramp. The genius of it's not immediatley obvious until you say it with a certain cadence. Pete has been hitting the Pun-off hard since its inception with decent but, in my opinion, not fully developed puns. However, this lenthy, muscular entry is testiment to his growing maturity. I once went on a stag do with Pete and I swear on Blessed's beard that I've not seen a man nor beast consume so many crisps in 2 days. It was disturbing. Anyway, well done Pete!

Well....this leads me to this week's PEOPLE'S CHAMPION!! What can I say? I'm a very proud man indeed to announce that this week's Champion of the People is Mrs. Pun-off herself:

Mark Twain-Driver - Laura Dinham

A magnificient 16 "Likes" - we've not seen liking on this scale as yet. Laura's unique Punning abiliy is not only very attractive it also complements her equally unique ability to sing ANY song in the style of former M-People warbler Heather Small. You should hear it, it's quite hypnotic.

An outstanding entry that she will admit was a slight team effort with her work-mates but she also got the 2nd highest number of likes (9) for - Jack the Stripper so she'd have won anyway.

Honourable mentions:

Jovan Pavlicevic - Malcolm X-Wing Pilot

New Zealander Jovan (as the name suggests) not only entered an occupation from a galaxy far, far away he also went to the trouble of photo-shopping his pun....look:

...well done that man. Anyone else with the time, inclination and more crucially the technical skill to graphically represent their puns will be mentioned. Unless they're shit.

Ben Sutherland - Joan of Arcitect

A solid and popular early effort from Ben - 8 Likes. He's resourceful and has an eye for detail. He may be snatched up early in the West London team draft for PUN-OFF LIVE 2012.

Andy Lowe - Joseph Stalin-dependant Finacial Advisor

It's unorthodox but it's a beauty.

Victor Oppong - Guy Fawkes-lift truck driver

I'm loving Victor's work here, it's robust but to the point. Victor is another consistent contributer and his efforts are developing brilliantly.

So, another outstanding week of Punning. I'm very pleased you could all make it along. Next week I will be putting something out about my highly technical judging method AND initial details of PUN-OFF LIVE 2012!!!! I'm excited about that one!

Until next time friends.