ALAN COMBS Punster of the Year 2003

Each spring for the past 16 years the ISTPF has recognized one single person (some of whom are
married) for his/her contributions to the encouragement, propagation and fostering of wit and wordplay in our society. Often this annual POTY award winner is throne for a loop, bowled over and eventually flushed with pride to be identified as "number one."

Honored this year for his enormous body of...uh...tremendous volume...er...many feets of prodigious
punditry is Austin's own Alan Combs. Alan is what we like to call a propagator of puns, a gardener of sorts. Like many manure in this business, he's spread himself quite thin but ever so wide. His voracious husbandry of shaggy dogs and groaners alone could easily qualify him as one of the chief
perpetuators of this eclectic art form, but Alan doesn't stop there. As a gift to punsters everywhere, he's built an incredible web presents to share his wealth. Looking for an old groaner you heard years ago? He's got it there. Looking for a place to paper train your fresh new shaggy puppy? Send it to Alan for a new leash on life. Visit his website at http://www.awpi.com/Combs/Shaggy/index.html