大象传媒

Punorama results

13:40 UK time, Wednesday, 20 December 2006

Giddy with Christmas spirit and year-end reflection, this week's Punorama has an end-of-term edge.

The Magazine is looking for a punning title for its .

Eh? Well, pop groups used to be content to label their "greatest hits" collections just that. Then some marketing wag came along and saw pun potential in the format. Thus, instead of Take That's Greatest Hits, we get Take That's "Never Forget"; rather than the Best of Jamiroquai, we get "High Times"; in place of the Essential George Michael it's "Twenty Five"鈥� OK, even that's a bit cheap - it's just 25 of his greatest hits. (Kudos to the likes of Aerosmith, pictured above, and Gloria Estafan, who both share the "Very Best of..." title in the current album chart).

Here are some of your suggestions. As there are only a few more sleeps to go, particular preference has been given to those that show the Magazine and its assorted hangers-on in a favourable light.

Robert Cross took an early lead with The Best We've 'Zine, with The Greatest Wits, from Catriona Smith, not far behind. Right on their tails is Stig (who else?) with The Zest of the Magazine , with Helene Parry nipping at his heels with The Articulate Collection.

But coming up on the inside are variations on this organ's name itself - Magaseenitallbefore from Rory Walke, Mag: As Seen by Gareth Jones, Isle of Anglesey, Anna Lilley's MEGAzine and Murray Milne's Magnificents.

But will Nigel Macarthur's The Pun-day Supplement prove to be a dark horse? Or will Monitor: the blogged set by Helene Parry (again) pip them all at the post?

Always worth a flutter is Kip, with not one but two entries - Partycles and Smarticles. But when it comes to rating the runners and riders, it's best not to overlook Simon Rooke, with The schlock of ages.

They're coming round the outside now and into the home straight... it's Simon and Robert, neck and neck - no, Gareth and Helene - wait a minute, here's another contender... and the winner is -

[STATIC CRACKLE AND POP]

- whew, what a race! Congratulations. The rest of your entries - those that didn't make it out of the starting blocks - are posted below.

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At 03:48 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Kip wrote:
Magazine Monitors Greatest Wits.
At 03:51 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Kip wrote:
Magazine Monitors Greatest Twits.
At 03:55 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Kip wrote:
Keep Write On.
At 03:55 PM on 19 Dec 2006, wrote:
"They didn't print my letter the first time, either"
At 03:57 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Lee Pike wrote:
The Downloadable Digital Digest.
At 03:58 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Kip wrote:
Going to the Blogs
At 03:59 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Candace wrote:
Blessed of Prose
At 03:59 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Lee Pike wrote:
The Mighty Organ
At 04:01 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Kip wrote:
Periodically Great.
At 04:02 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Nick Rikker, Barcelona, Spain wrote:
Zeitgeist of Christmas 2006 (apologies to Dickens)
At 04:04 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Candace wrote:
A Higher Zine-eth
At 04:11 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Gus wrote:
Indefinite Articles
At 04:12 PM on 19 Dec 2006, John R wrote:
One for the oldsters:

THAT WAS THE WEB THAT WAS
At 04:13 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Candace wrote:
Merry Mag Convened
At 04:19 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Violette Cameron wrote:
"Golden bullet-ins"
At 04:19 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Candace wrote:
Annus PMirabilis
At 04:27 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Robin, Edinburgh wrote:
The 大象传媒 Website - All the Hits
At 04:28 PM on 19 Dec 2006, S Clarke wrote:
14 Routemaster Buses and 3 Olympic Sized Swimming Pools Full of MM
At 04:28 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Simon Rooke wrote:
Periodical Pains
At 04:28 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Gareth Jones, Isle of Anglesey wrote:
Magazine Monitor's Top Shelf
At 04:32 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Simon Rooke wrote:
Monitor scissored
At 04:35 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Simon Rooke wrote:
The Monitor and the Merry Crack
At 04:38 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Pix6, Vienna wrote:
Quick wits/papers
[with apologies to Charles Dickens|
At 04:39 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Brian Gunn wrote:
Midnaught Express
At 04:41 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Brian Gunn wrote:
Magazine Minotaur 2006 - Just the mag - No bull
At 04:51 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Chris A wrote:
The best (and the worst) of PMS (Paper Monitor Stories)
At 04:52 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Chris A wrote:
1) PM's cabinet of hits

2) Get down loadable hits
At 04:53 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Kip wrote:
Paper Tigers.
At 04:54 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Pix6, Vienna wrote:
A pot o'clips, wow! (Reflux)
At 04:55 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Kip wrote:
Monitor Wizard
At 04:58 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Rob Falconer wrote:
The least worst of Monitor?
At 04:58 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Pix6, Vienna wrote:
Teal we meet again...
At 04:59 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Pix6, Vienna wrote:
The Magazine Inessential Selection Collection
At 05:00 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Candace wrote:
Auld lan zine
At 05:04 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Kip wrote:
Wisdom of the Pages

Caught in the Net
At 05:07 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Kip wrote:
Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue.
At 05:08 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Danny Burke wrote:
Appundicitis
At 05:10 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Brian Ritchie wrote:
Magsimum Monitor
At 05:11 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Simon Robinson wrote:
Jest of Pumorama
At 05:11 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Danny Burke wrote:
The appundix
At 05:11 PM on 19 Dec 2006, M. Webb wrote:
Most Downlauded
At 05:17 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Matt wrote:
Magazine Reloaded?
At 05:18 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Helene Parry wrote:
20 Golden Gripes
At 05:24 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Peter Forrester wrote:
Shrink Monitor
At 05:25 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Stig wrote:
The Zest of the Magazine Monitor
At 05:28 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Candace wrote:
Auld lang zine
At 05:28 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Helene Parry wrote:
Readin' In The Year
At 05:31 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Simon Rooke wrote:
Great, fully yours
At 05:33 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Helene Parry wrote:
Now That's What I Call Musings
At 05:34 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Helene Parry wrote:
Forty Clicks

(bless the Stones!)
At 05:36 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Simon Rooke wrote:
The Brains Trussed
At 05:36 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Pix6, Vienna wrote:
Of cabbaging and things.
At 05:37 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Charles, USA wrote:
Top Shelf Stories
At 05:42 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Charles, USA wrote:
Monitor Watch Over 2006
At 05:45 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Stig wrote:
C鈥檈st the Best of the Magazine
At 05:46 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Speed wrote:
The Bests of the Jest.
At 06:05 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Mark wrote:
Maga-hits
At 06:20 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Speed wrote:
So You Think You're Punny.
At 06:29 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Stig wrote:
The Page of Enlightenment
At 06:41 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Pat McGarry wrote:
Reader Redux
At 06:50 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Helene Parry wrote:
Highly Organised Kudos
At 07:19 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Mike Newcastle upon Tyne wrote:
Magazine - Reloaded
At 07:23 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Daniel wrote:
Funorama
At 07:23 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Sarah, Dartmouth, NS wrote:
The Magazine - Unloaded
At 07:35 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Martin wrote:
The best byte awards that only one pun in ten did well.
At 07:52 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Catriona Smith wrote:
Magazine : The Greatest Wits
At 08:10 PM on 19 Dec 2006, sarah trieste italy wrote:
The Definite Article
At 08:12 PM on 19 Dec 2006, sarah trieste italy wrote:
Magna Carta
At 08:45 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Candace wrote:
PM's Greatest Wits
At 08:47 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Candace wrote:
PM's Greatest Writs
At 09:13 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Candace wrote:
PMMVI
At 09:34 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Kip wrote:
(For the Spanish readers)

Los Letters.
At 09:36 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Kip wrote:
Deja review
At 09:39 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Kip wrote:
Rifled magazine
At 10:28 PM on 19 Dec 2006, Kip wrote:
More repeats from the 大象传媒
At 12:32 AM on 20 Dec 2006, Kieran Boyle wrote:
The Magazine - Reloaded.
At 01:08 AM on 20 Dec 2006, Tony Doyle wrote:
Read when you're bored...
At 01:09 AM on 20 Dec 2006, Tony Doyle wrote:
The Licence Fee Rebate...
At 01:10 AM on 20 Dec 2006, Tony Doyle wrote:
What were they saying?
At 01:16 AM on 20 Dec 2006, Tony Doyle wrote:
If this is the best of the magazine, then you don't want to see what we left out...

(admittedly, not a catchy title)
At 01:18 AM on 20 Dec 2006, Tony Doyle wrote:
The Cabbage Rag 2006
At 01:21 AM on 20 Dec 2006, Tony Doyle wrote:
So long and thanks for all the cabbages?
At 01:22 AM on 20 Dec 2006, Tony Doyle wrote:
O-Pun-ionated 2006

or

No Pun Intended 2006
At 03:19 AM on 20 Dec 2006, Richard Peacock wrote:

The Golden Gloats.
At 05:35 AM on 20 Dec 2006, sarah, trieste, italy wrote:
Punters' Review
At 06:54 AM on 20 Dec 2006, Simon Rooke wrote:
The Encyclopedia Beeb-monitor
At 07:02 AM on 20 Dec 2006, Simon Rooke wrote:
The Monitor Review of the Year, now guaranteed free from the deadly LBQ.
At 07:18 AM on 20 Dec 2006, TIM McMahon wrote:

1)UN-STOPPABLE PRINT-INS ?
2)MUST-READS OR MISS-OUT ?
3)SCOOPS FOR THE TROOPS ?
4)ESSENTIAL CONFIDENTIALS ?
At 08:17 AM on 20 Dec 2006, Nigel Macarthur wrote:
Behind You! (2006, that is).
At 08:20 AM on 20 Dec 2006, Nigel Macarthur wrote:
Unchained Memories
At 08:21 AM on 20 Dec 2006, Nigel Macarthur wrote:
The 2006 Slick Sheets Pick
At 08:21 AM on 20 Dec 2006, PiP wrote:
Rock Bottoms
At 08:29 AM on 20 Dec 2006, David Davies wrote:
"Cobblers" The monitors last review of 2006.
At 08:43 AM on 20 Dec 2006, Gareth Jones, Isle of Anglesey wrote:
Blog up your daughters
At 08:43 AM on 20 Dec 2006, Lee Pike wrote:
The Observeder
At 08:51 AM on 20 Dec 2006, Lee Pike wrote:
The Inspection Pit
At 08:56 AM on 20 Dec 2006, Lee Pike wrote:
The Retrospeculative
At 09:01 AM on 20 Dec 2006, Danny Burke wrote:
The punhouse
At 09:02 AM on 20 Dec 2006, Danny Burke wrote:
The Puntheon
At 09:07 AM on 20 Dec 2006, Nigel Macarthur wrote:
The '06 Slick Sheets Pick
At 09:09 AM on 20 Dec 2006, Phil wrote:
Magazing!
At 09:33 AM on 20 Dec 2006, Simon Rooke wrote:
Wrest from the breast
At 09:42 AM on 20 Dec 2006, Graham Parsons wrote:
Surely it has to be the obvious...
The Magazine - Reloaded
At 10:18 AM on 20 Dec 2006, Tall Tone wrote:
Scraps from the Stable: Best of the Magazine Monitor
At 10:19 AM on 20 Dec 2006, Steve wrote:
The Best of MM has to be:

The Definite Articles
At 10:25 AM on 20 Dec 2006, Dave Smith wrote:
"Immaculate collection"....
( the best of "Mags"! )
At 10:25 AM on 20 Dec 2006, Darren wrote:
MM2006 - The Definitive Articles.
At 10:25 AM on 20 Dec 2006, Bob wrote:
Mag cum laude

Magnus opus

Magnifique!
At 10:32 AM on 20 Dec 2006, Stuart wrote:
Span-a-rama
At 10:33 AM on 20 Dec 2006, Stuart wrote:
The Berry Vest of Punorama
At 10:36 AM on 20 Dec 2006, Nigel Macarthur wrote:
The (Non!)-inaccurate Collection
At 10:39 AM on 20 Dec 2006, Nigel Macarthur wrote:
The Yule(tide) Is High
At 10:39 AM on 20 Dec 2006, Darren wrote:
Now That's What I Call Nuws [sic]
At 10:40 AM on 20 Dec 2006, Daniel Hassall wrote:
Monitor Wizard
At 10:44 AM on 20 Dec 2006, Nigel Macarthur wrote:
2006 Notches On My Pun
At 10:47 AM on 20 Dec 2006, Daniel Hassall wrote:
Magazine's Greatest Bits
Always Look on the Light Side of Life
At 10:47 AM on 20 Dec 2006, Nigel Macarthur wrote:
Mag's 2006 Riches
At 10:48 AM on 20 Dec 2006, Bryan wrote:
Monitor goes green: Last year recycled
At 10:48 AM on 20 Dec 2006, Nigel Macarthur wrote:
Now That's What I Call Myooz-hacks 2006
At 10:53 AM on 20 Dec 2006, Nigel Macarthur wrote:
Now That's What I Call News Hacks 2006
At 10:57 AM on 20 Dec 2006, Rob Falconer wrote:
Whirled News
At 11:20 AM on 20 Dec 2006, S Clarke wrote:
the back issues....
At 11:36 AM on 20 Dec 2006, Gearoid O'Muimeachain wrote:
SILVER, GOLD AND POLONIUM
At 11:37 AM on 20 Dec 2006, Richard - Bedford wrote:
Carlsberg don't do magazines but if they did.......
At 11:45 AM on 20 Dec 2006, Alan Gifford wrote:
Start collecting 'One hit Wonders', their Greatest Hit, the Single, its much cheaper that colecting the one hit you know and the other 11 tracks you dont know!
At 12:04 PM on 20 Dec 2006, Stuart wrote:
Re-read 'em and weep
At 12:14 PM on 20 Dec 2006, Gearoid O'Muimeachain wrote:
THE PUNS IN THE WORLD... EVER!!!
At 12:15 PM on 20 Dec 2006, Gearoid O'Muimeachain wrote:
NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL PUNS - 1
At 12:22 PM on 20 Dec 2006, Gearoid O'Muimeachain wrote:
HELLO FROM THE PUNNY FARM
At 12:27 PM on 20 Dec 2006, Gearoid O'Muimeachain wrote:
"ESSENCE"
At 12:30 PM on 20 Dec 2006, Gearoid O'Muimeachain wrote:
Blondes have more Pun
At 12:32 PM on 20 Dec 2006, Gearoid O'Muimeachain wrote:
WELCOME TO THE HOUSE OF PUN
At 01:14 PM on 20 Dec 2006, wrote:
Bytes and Pieces
At 01:38 PM on 20 Dec 2006, Stuart wrote:
Greatest Wits