Cynthia MacGregor 2005

"Why am I Punster of the Ear?" asked Cynthia MacGregor when told she was being honored. We think she should treat her ears to some furniture polishÂ…the one that promises to take care of waxy buildup. The wages of Cyn may be low, but her enthusiasm runs highÂ…and so does her punnery. Ask her long-suffering friends, who have to listen to her spout a plethora of paranomasia on frequent occasions. (Frequent is what the pregnant mom got when she delivered five babies but was charged for only four of them.) Cyn is a regular attendee at the Pun-Off, flying in from Florida to take part in the fun. She is PUNY's Loopmistress—fittingly enough, since Cyn has often been accused of being loopy—running the weekly Loop wordgames for several years now. And she is the creator of Sockrates, who shared the stage with Cyn her first year at the Pun-Off. ("One good thing about working with a sock puppet," Cyn says: "He'll never step on my lines.") Though she's no dog star, Cyn can occasionally get SiriusÂ…like when she's talking about her 52 published books. (More are forthcoming.) Want to know more? Visit her Website at www.cynthiamacgregor.com.