1 | Mey Kraus | 75 | The legal profession = One gets help of liars. |
2 | mod | 54 | Treadmill = I melt lard. |
3 | Adrian Hickford | 33 | Thai food = A hot Fido. |
4 | Ellie | 31 | The motivational speakers = Means to hear positive talk. (Awardsmaster's Choice Award) |
5 | Tony Crafter | 28 | Fantastic evening! = Fascinating event! |
6 | Deano | 26 | Mouth = To hum. |
7 | Toby Gottfried | 23 | A low-calorie diet = I do allow rice tea. |
8 | Rosie Perera | 19 | Sudden death = Ended as "thud". |
8 | Palusch | 19 | Contemplation = Men plot action. |
10 | Rick | 18 | Melodramatic = Me? A mild actor?!? |
11 | View | 16 | Generalissimo = Legions, armies. |
12 | Horrid Stretchy Pus | 7 | A horde! ~ Oh, dear! |
13 | David Bourke | 5 | House-trained cats = Cute as, dear...no shit! |
Total points: | 354 | from 60 votes (DFE factor: 0.217) |
1 | David A Green | 51 | The terracotta soldiers of Emperor Shi Huang Ti = Here march the rigid statues of Oriental troops. |
2 | Mey Kraus | 45 | Beatles' Yellow Submarine = Album's entirely below sea! |
3 | Larry Brash | 43 | Soccer player Diego Armando Maradona = Sadly, I am on rare Grade-A Moroccan dope. |
4 | Ellie | 31 | The magnificent ceiling of the Sistine Chapel = This IS nice: the Michelangelo painting effect! |
5 | Toby Gottfried | 30 | "The Raven", a poem by Edgar Allan Poe = A death, palpable agony, "Nevermore." |
6 | Scott Gardner | 25 | Sir Lancelot and Guinevere = In a censured love triangle. |
7 | View | 23 | The great singer Bob Marley = Mainly best reggae, brother! |
8 | Rosie Perera | 20 | Follow the yellow brick road = Few will recall Dorothy book. |
9 | Don Rogers | 18 | Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith = Preview of the series: Egoist Ani *IS* Darth! |
10 | Horrid Stretchy Pus | 15 | Morecambe and Wise = We're mad, manic OBE's. |
10 | Paul Pan | 15 | Casper the friendly ghost ‡ Deathly corpse frightens. |
12 | Tony Crafter | 12 | The Cannes Film Festival = Flash event lifts cinema. |
13 | Rick | 11 | Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes = Actors smile, hide 'n' make-out. |
14 | zolrakk | 9 | Desperate Housewives = As we the "pious" deserve!! |
15 | Deano | 5 | The Champions League Final = Uh-oh - LFC in a penalties game. |
16 | David Bourke | 1 | The singer Bob Marley = "Gorblimey! Neat herbs!" |
Total points: | 354 | from 60 votes (DFE factor: 0.267) |
1 | Mey Kraus | 64 | Saddam pictures in 'The Sun' = Captured this man's undies. |
2 | Rick | 50 | One path to unite countries... ~ the European Constitution. |
3 | Horrid Stretchy Pus | 48 | A rhetorical question = Can the Iraqis rule too? |
4 | Palusch | 38 | Nuclear proliferation = Continual peril or fear. |
5 | Toby Gottfried | 32 | Manchester United = Rich nut needs team. |
6 | Rosie Perera | 30 | No rude posts = porn's ousted. |
7 | Tony Crafter | 29 | Scientists clone Britain's first human embryo = Scorners insist minute baby-form isn't ethical. |
7 | David Bourke | 29 | The European Constitution = Thence to Paris: "Et tu...oui?" - "Non!" |
9 | Deano | 16 | Kylie Minogue has got breast cancer = Aye, make bigshot singer cancel tour. |
10 | Ellie | 6 | Saddam Hussein = "Sun" said shamed. |
11 | Don Rogers | 3 | Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes ~ made emotional shrieks. CUT! |
Total points: | 345 | from 60 votes (DFE factor: 0.183) |
1 | Mey Kraus | 66 | The indicted singer Michael Jackson = "Get in, scared child! Join me in the sack!" |
2 | Tony Crafter | 59 | The Russian Empress = She sees Mr Rasputin. |
3 | Toby Gottfried | 53 | Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky's ~ this tickle-ivory-keys chap. |
4 | Ellie | 42 | G. 'Dubya' and Tony Blair = Bad at ruling *anybody*? |
5 | Joe Fathallah | 29 | William Henry Gates ~ with many large lies. |
6 | Larry Brash | 28 | Michelangelo Buonarroti = Imagine color... then labour. |
7 | Rosie Perera | 27 | Thomas Stearns Eliot = Oh, so it's a letters man! |
8 | Deano | 20 | French anatomist Paul Broca = Brain central to famous chap. |
9 | David Bourke | 13 | Kate Silverton = Violent streak. |
Total points: | 337 | from 57 votes (DFE factor: 0.158) |
1 | Mey Kraus | 54 | The Parisian street = A painter sits there. |
2 | Tony Crafter | 49 | Noble King Arthur's famed Camelot = Knights came for Round Table meal! |
3 | Toby Gottfried | 45 | McDonalds Corporation = Add onions, color, crap TM. |
4 | Rick | 41 | The European Constitution = Utopian cure? It's not the one! |
5 | Joe Fathallah | 40 | McDonalds Restaurant = Menu: Rats and cold rats. |
6 | David Bourke | 28 | Proportional Representation = Proletariat per-person notion. |
7 | ofap | 25 | The University of Warwick = Where work activity is fun. |
8 | David A Green | 16 | The English Place Names Society = As in Epsom, Chelsea, Thingley, etc. |
9 | Rosie Perera | 15 | The World Health Organisation = Oh, rather I had got nations well. |
10 | Ellie | 13 | Apple's iPod = Sad pop pile? |
11 | View | 10 | The Costa Brava region of Spain = Anchoring of private sea-boats. |
Total points: | 336 | from 58 votes (DFE factor: 0.190) |
1 | Tony Crafter | 66 | People who take an instant dislike to po... = Please note it, as we also don't like a... |
2 | Ellie | 62 | “The natural superiority of women is a b... = Oh face it, guys! We claim an honor, as... |
3 | Horrid Stretchy Pus | 57 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, di... = film written for children (or debated ... |
4 | Larry Brash | 55 | Neither a borrower nor a lender be; F... = Sorry, don't bother her for a few doll... |
5 | David Bourke | 29 | The hit record 'You'll Never Walk Alone... = "Really a cheer to Steven Gerrard in T... |
Total points: | 269 | from 49 votes (DFE factor: 0.102) |
1 | Mey Kraus | 94 | Little Bo-Peep has lost her sheep, And c... = (Detective Halsted frowns.) Det. Halste... |
2 | Tony Crafter | 82 | One day I was playing - I was about eig... = A man was driving east to Ottawa on a ... |
3 | David Bourke | 36 | George Galloway: "All your lies have ... = Bethnal Green and Bow Muslim Holy War:... |
4 | Horrid Stretchy Pus | 7 | Off to Italy for a week tomorrow. See y... = Yo, To Woo fate. One anagram's comin... |
Total points: | 219 | from 41 votes (DFE factor: 0.098) |
1 | Mike Keith | 90 | Stars of the Seasons Four Anagrams with embedded star charts. |
2 | Mey Kraus | 46 | A Rossetti poem extracting both paraphrase and antigram poems from it. |
3 | David Bourke | 35 | 'Don't Let's Be Beastly To The Germans' - Noel Coward. |
4 | Rosie Perera | 22 | Flintstones... Meet the Flintstones... |
5 | Tony Crafter | 18 | Libster Lobster. |
6 | Dee4j | 11 | Call me Ishmael... |
7 | James H Young | 7 | Top opera. |
Total points: | 229 | from 41 votes (DFE factor: 0.171) |
1 | Mey Kraus | 66 | The nude resorts = There to undress! |
2 | Rick | 46 | The Miss Universe Contest, ~ it's never seen so much tits! |
3 | David Bourke | 45 | The former child actor Macaulay Carson ... = Outcry, alarm, and rancour...Michael f... |
4 | Deano | 33 | Great big arse = Baggiest rear. |
5 | Paul Pan | 26 | Herpes lesion ~ on her lips, see? |
6 | Tony Crafter | 15 | A woman's menstrual cycle = Consummate screw anally? |
7 | Zoran | 13 | The male prostitute = Pet to stimulate her. |
8 | Horrid Stretchy Pus | 8 | Women who say no = No woo saw hymen. |
Total points: | 252 | from 45 votes (DFE factor: 0.178) |
Daniel F. Etter Memorial Award Points*
*Adjusted Points = Sum of (Points * 'DFE factor') |
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