Results - 29.06.12 by Rich Dinham

Catergories:Famous Americans & Anything countryside/farming/rural living

When Steve asked me to step into his proverbial size 12’s (I’m guessing literal size 7’s) I was driving home from Central London after a meeting at Hamleys toy shop.  The fact that they had decided to buy no toys during the meet was not good.  Couple this with the near-death experience I had on the M4 and you can probably guess my mood.  However, the dark clouds in my mind were swept aside the second he uttered the request.  I can’t remember exactly what Mr Pun-Off said but it was something like “Rich, you are an incredible punner and a great guy to boot.  It would be stupendous if you could be the first guest judge of the Pun-Off.  I can think of nobody better”.  After those possible words, how could I decline?

By the way, a word to the wise: if you're driving along a motorway and pull level with a junction that you intend to leave by it is NOT advisable to come to a complete stand-still and turn 45 degrees off said motorway.  Especially if I am driving the car behind you and have to stop as well, with a vast number of other cars flashing past and swerving out of the way. To say I almost shat my pants would be an insult to sphincters everywhere.

Anyway, as my wife often tells me, it’s not always all about me so onto this week’s results. And what a week it was!  I would go as far as to say that this was the strongest week we've had in month or so.  Thank you for everyone’s contributions and the excellent punmanship shown throughout.  It seemed that every five minutes I was laughing out loud and/or rolling around on the floor laughing. I also found myself battling pang after pang of jealousy; jealousy caused by the apparent ease with which you all generate such brilliant Puns.

In 3rd Place...

Lady Baa Baa – Janine Ferbrache

Janine has punning blood running through her veins and is a regular on this blog.  Another great week topped by this rip-snorter of a pun.  Ironically Lady Gaga’s fans are like little sheep which, for me, added an extra twist. 

In 2nd Place...

The Notorious P.I.G – Sophie Galpin

This was a fantastic week for Ms Galpin with 3 of her puns reaching my 24 (!) pun ‘short’ list and accruing a huge number of collective ‘likes’.  The old favourite strategy of replacing just one letter has worked a treat here and one can only let their mind runaway with the thought of how such a pig would use and abuse their notoriety. 



"You've eaten
how many pies?!"



And in 1st Place!

Ooh-Arr Kelly – Gareth Ray

Being a Bristol boy, any pun with a West Country inflection was always likely to make me laugh and this one had me roaring.  I don’t recall seeing Gareth on the leaderboard in the past so well done me babber!  (another bit of Bristol speak there for you)

And now....to People’s Champion!

Fertiliza Minnelli – Katie "The Electric Goose" Everson

Although helped out hugely by the fact that Minnelli mispronounces her own first name, this is a sterling effort.  Everson was clearly working on a higher level than most this week with 24 likes in total across her 5 entries.  It is people like Katie who continue to set the standard and raise the bar.  Congratulations!

 

Honourable Mentions

Geese Witherspoon – James Mochan

Barely a week goes by without James being mentioned on the results page in one way or another.  He is quickly becoming Mr Dependable.

Biggie Smallholdings – Andy Watts

The man is nothing but consistent.  Just two likes fewer than the People's Champion with an entry that at first I didn’t understand.  After exploring a generic search engine I came to appreciate fully.  Funny and educational.

Fert-Elijah Wood – Charlie Branch

Came very close to a debut win with 9 likes for this ingenious effort.  With attempts like this Charlie will be back here.

Richard Gere orf my laaaand – Katie "The Electric Goose" Everson

A prolific week from the People’s Champion.  Without that win I am sure this would have appeared in the top three. 

Another excellent week.  Thank you to Steve for trusting me with a guest spot* and I am sure I speak for all of us when I say thank you for running this to such an excellent level week after week.  I didn’t realise how long the results took to write and so will never moan again, even in jest.