The Anagrammy Leaders' Board - September, 2005

57 votes

GENERAL:

1

  Horrid Stretchy Pus

57  

A nasty derailment ~ meant train delays.

2

  Ellie

45  

Life's too short = Foolish to rest?

3

  Mey Kraus

39  

Signboard = Boring ads.

4

  Rosie Perera

30  

The plastic surgeons ~ cut noses, gather lips.

4

  Toby Gottfried

30  

Elementary school = Hey, come learn lots!

6

  Adrian Hickford

29  

A mind is a terrible thing to waste = I'm letting a brain die - that's worse!

7

  David Bourke

23  

Subliminal media advertising = Ad ritual: Invisible mindgames.

8

  Tony Crafter

20  

Television ads ~ do invite sales.

9

  Larry Brash

19  

Racial stereotyping = In large part... Society.

10

  Jesse Frankovich

14  

The profession of criminal justice = Prisoners I cuff come into the jails.

11

  Matthew O'Dempsey

10  

Clean teeth dream = Dental care theme.

12

  Zoran Radisavlevic

6  

Monkey business = Seems noisy bunk.

13

  Rick

5  

Art & Biology = Obligatory.

14

  aussie battler

4  

Nightmarish = Harm in sight.

15

  View

2  

Carte blanche = Cancel the bar.

15

  Hans-Peter Reich

2  

Eavesdropping = Depraving pose.

 

  Total points:

335 

from 57 votes     (DFE factor: 0.281)

ENTERTAINMENT:

1

  David Bourke

61  

The American singer Sheryl Crow = Why Lance Armstrong is cheerier

2

  Ellie

53  

"Shaken, not stirred" = The star's one drink.

3

  View

39  

'...and they lived happily ever after' = Delivered that very happy finale

4

  Larry Brash

33  

English film director, Alfred Hitchcock = The rich Lord of crime flicks can delight.

5

  Rosie Perera

24  

Megabucks Lottery = Lucky bettors' game.

6

  Adrian Hickford

21  

Renault's World Champion, Fernando Alonso = Spaniard handles control, won Formula One!

7

  Horrid Stretchy Pus

20  

When The Saints Go Marching In = Christ went on high; I sang amen.

8

  Tony Crafter

19  

Lady Chatterley's Lover is a renowned ~ D.H. Lawrence novel. Style is rare today.

9

  Hans-Peter Reich

15  

Bram Stoker's "Dracula" = Bat rules, drama rocks!

10

  Mey Kraus

13  

The Sidney Lumet film 'Twelve Angry Men' = Eleven will deny my argument fits them.

10

  aussie battler

13  

'War and Peace' by Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy ~ is a nice black two-ply novel - heavy to read.

10

  David A Green

13  

'The Adventures of Pinocchio' by Carlo Collodi = Catch nose inch out if poor carved boy lied. LOL!

13

  Toby Gottfried

8  

The Towering Inferno = Won't ignore fire, then ?

 

  Total points:

332 

from 56 votes     (DFE factor: 0.232)

TOPICAL:

1

  Tony Crafter

42  

Britain's 'New Labour' Government = Blair's vow? Reign on at Number Ten!

2

  Jesse Frankovich

37  

The New Orleans disaster = Water rose in these lands.

3

  Rick

35  

New Orleans ‡ No real news.

4

  Mey Kraus

34  

FEMA director Michael D. Brown resigns = Critics from New Orleans badgered him.

5

  Scott Gardner

33  

Undersecretary Michael Dewayne Brown = Watched my career ruined by New Orleans. (Awardsmaster's Choice Award)

6

  David Bourke

29  

Simon Wiesenthal, rest in peace = Help! Anti-Semites now increase!

7

  Patricia Leclerc

24  

President Bush in Louisiana = In ruins. (P.S.: He is unable to aid.)

8

  Toby Gottfried

20  

House Majority Leader Tom Delay was ind... = "Do a crime, do the time" -- duly send...

8

  Horrid Stretchy Pus

20  

Education, Education, Education = A cute idea, idiot - count on a dunce.

10

  Don Rogers

15  

Chief Justice Roberts = Refuse Christ? I object!

11

  Ellie

14  

President Bush in Louisiana = So, his pain, is it unendurable?

12

  Rosie Perera

12  

Afghan election ‡ Not a life-change.

13

  Larry Brash

7  

Bird flu strikes Indonesia = In end, doubts if risk is real.

14

  View

4  

The aftermath of Katrina = Take that hat off, mariner!

 

  Total points:

326 

from 56 votes     (DFE factor: 0.250)

PEOPLES NAMES:

1

  Ellie

73  

His Royal Highness, Charles, Prince of Wales = See which rich English Royal son flaps ears!

2

  Mey Kraus

54  

Mister Hyde = Yes, I'm the Dr.!

3

  View

39  

The Gambino family = Might be Mafia only.

4

  Paul Pan

36  

Szymon Wiesenthal = Who nets sly Nazi? Me!

5

  Larry Brash

19  

Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court, ... = Jesus... the most perfect true choice f...

6

  Dee4j

17  

Don Adams = A man's odd!

7

  aussie battler

16  

Stallone as 'Rocky' ~ can sell a K.O. story.

7

  Toby Gottfried

16  

General Dwight David Eisenhower = In the World War he is egged, "Invade!"

9

  David Bourke

14  

Michael Goodall Watson = A well-mad hooligan Scot.

10

  Don Rogers

13  

The Reverend Louis Farrakhan ~ rehashed virulent Koran fear.

11

  Rosie Perera

12  

The Holocaust survivor Simon Wiesenthal = Semite son: "I vow to hunt cruel Shoah rivals."

12

  Adrian Hickford

10  

Gordon Ramsay = Mad, or so angry!

13

  Horrid Stretchy Pus

5  

Bunnatine Greenhouse = Unsung heroine beaten.

14

  Tony Crafter

3  

Retif de la Bretonne = Feet-biter and loner.

 

  Total points:

327 

from 56 votes     (DFE factor: 0.250)

OTHER NAMES:

1

  Tony Crafter

45  

The Snowdon Mountain Railway Ride = I do mean a windy tour in North Wales.

2

  David Bourke

36  

The Federation of Bakers = I often eat fresh bread, OK!

2

  Toby Gottfried

36  

Charles de Gaulle International Airport = To reach Paris/Rouen/Lille: land, get a train.

4

  Mey Kraus

30  

The City of New Orleans = Fine weather? No, costly.

4

  Rick

30  

The Simon Wiesenthal Center = One theme's "Hitler wasn't nice!"

6

  Adrian Hickford

26  

Anagram Artist (Version Three) by Mike Keith = The aim: verb rearrangement. This kit is okay.

7

  View

20  

The magnificent pyramid of Cheops = Nice empty midget Pharaohs' coffin.

8

  Ellie

19  

America's "The Statue of Liberty" = I see that symbolic art feature.

9

  Larry Brash

14  

The Department of Public Prosecutions = Upon theft, to probe suspected criminal.

10

  Rosie Perera

13  

Snowdonia National Park = I walk on a road past no inn.

10

  aussie battler

13  

The Samurai ‡ Amateurish!

10

  Horrid Stretchy Pus

13  

Melaleuca Alternifolia = I meant a leaf oil cure-all.

 

  Total points:

295 

from 51 votes     (DFE factor: 0.235)

MEDIUM LENGTH:

1

  Adrian Hickford

63  

"Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Toleran... = Bet proven author's style can train us ...

2

  Larry Brash

51  

The difference between literature and j... = It's true! Wilde ended in a terrible, ...

3

  Tony Crafter

47  

Sir Arnold Bax said (sort of!): "One sh... ~ unicycling; any sort of shellfish; Rot...

4

  Horrid Stretchy Pus

41  

'Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend' by M... = I'm randy. I'd marry bin Laden for some...

5

  David Bourke

25  

The hit single "Ebony and Ivory" by Ste... = Yes, that blind coon and very, very ri...

6

  Rick

21  

The indicted Republican House Majority ... = Lie? Then the public-minded Democrats ...

7

  Ellie

15  

"We look forward to hearing your vision,... = Hi! I'm just a cowboy. I love God. But...

8

  Rosie Perera

13  

"Patriotism is the last refuge of a sco... = Jihad (one unpeaceful slog) is the las...

9

  View

11  

The workers have nothing to lose but the... = Labourers, after chains withdrew, they ...

 

  Total points:

287 

from 49 votes     (DFE factor: 0.184)

AWARDSMASTER'S CHALLENGE:

1

  Cory Calhoun

71  

I, George W. Bush, an evil Republican fascist, used God to inflict pain on the world, end life, faci...

2

  Larry Brash

37  

I'll always eat McDonalds, elect Bush, own fifteen guns (in total), join the N.R.A, protect Israel,...

3

  Tony Crafter

33  

I, Tony Blair, pledge allegiance to the President, Bush, and attest that, if directed, I will: act ...

4

  Mey Kraus

29  

Idiot George A jab of a nice, valiant student Baffled all with a tone so imprudent: "I can safely r...

5

  Rosie Perera

22  

I help other countries solve their own problems; I detain drug addicts in jail, indulge the affluen...

6

  Horrid Stretchy Pus

20  

Though I'm not sure I believe all that. It's not as if we enjoy protection (see disgrace left at Ne...

6

  Toby Gottfried

20  

Friends, I daily fail to believe how a once-great nation did fall from grace, and half-elect as Pre...

8

  Richard Brodie

10  

Of liberties once in "Tea? Cast it!" Spring We free of courted leagues in hope could sing; That b...

8

  Adrian Hickford

10  

"I do hereby state that I will often initiate sale of arms; both support and defend all conflict; an...

8

  View

10  

Hi. I'm a bigot. I can't stand all the different races in the land -- Negros, Jews, Yellows, Latinos...

11

  David Bourke

8  

I'd prefer allegiance, though, to bin Laden, terrorists left in Guantanamo Bay, violence, world co...

12

  Ellie

7  

I, George Bush, confirmed patriot, gotta hold on to big oil fields. In defence, I can use force. I...

13

  Krudmonger

5  

Hi. Can't Democrats and Republicans get along fine? If I doubt it, why fib? Please treat ideological...

14

  Dee4j

4  

We promise to fight Talibanic judges who see "under God" unconstitutional : their effort to denigra...

14

  Paul Pan

4  

G. W. Bush: I taunt the state, and fail to blush; Condi Rice: Hottest neocon bigot, I entice; Ric...

16

  Don Rogers

1  

I'll be faithful to death, write to the Tribune editor, cheer each sporting deed while succeeding, ...

17

  Hans-Peter Reich

0  

"No. I salute financial wealth (but not if it gains for the negroid people), fat clinics, this bat...

 

  Total points:

291 

from 49 votes     (DFE factor: 0.347)

LONG:

1

  Tony Crafter

64  

A man in a supermarket line sees that a ... = It was a bleak Monday morning and the ...

2

  Mey Kraus

55  

House of the Rising Sun (traditional ve... = New Orleans: A reply By God Let me...

3

  Larry Brash

44  

An elderly woman has been admitted to a... = A lady of mature years consults her f...

4

  Ellie

25  

MORNING POEM I woke early one mornin... = MORE IMAGERY Once, a very poor woman...

5

  Horrid Stretchy Pus

16  

"When the Tories tell you the next elect... = When I say renew, Tony must expect to ...

6

  Rosie Perera

15  

WHAT DO YOU WANT? Well, I was told o... = Whose castle is this? ... I don't ...

7

  David Bourke

9  

WHAT DO YOU WANT? Well, I was told o... = What do you want, mate? - Well, I w...

 

  Total points:

228 

from 40 votes     (DFE factor: 0.175)

SPECIAL:

1

  Mey Kraus

65  

Two anagrams of a sonnet by Wilde

2

  Horrid Stretchy Pus

59  

Blowin' in the wind by Bob Dylan

3

  Ellie

37  

The Children's Bill of Rights

4

  Tony Crafter

18  

Old Friends (Simon and Garfunkel)

5

  David Bourke

15  

There is a house in New Orleans

5

  Richard Brodie

15  

Yes! No!

7

  Rosie Perera

14  

The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy) by Simon & Garfunkel

 

  Total points:

223 

from 38 votes     (DFE factor: 0.184)

RUDE:

1

  Mey Kraus

48  

The act of masturbation = Ain't that a burst of come?

2

  Adrian Hickford

39  

See 'Hymen Reconstruction' = Thus, restore my innocence.

3

  View

35  

With no panties ~ I want hot penis.

4

  David Bourke

31  

An enormous tadger = A tremendous organ!

5

  Rick

27  

Precoital Stimulation= I put oscillator in mate.

6

  Tony Crafter

26  

Spilt semen = Spent slime.

7

  Zoran Radisavlevic

13  

Latex fetish = That sex life.

7

  Horrid Stretchy Pus

13  

Ms Katie Price = I'm prick tease.

9

  Paul Pan

11  

Vaginally rid ~ virginal lady.

10

  Rik

8  

Bulging penis ~ begins plug-in.

11

  aussie battler

7  

Fabrication = A bionic fart.

 

  Total points:

258 

from 45 votes     (DFE factor: 0.244)


Daniel F. Etter Memorial Award Points*

Name

Points

 

Name

Points

Mey Kraus

86.42

 

Paul Pan

13.08

Tony Crafter

72.82

 

aussie battler

12.91

Ellie

67.53

 

Scott Gardner

8.25

Horrid Stretchy Pus

61.27

 

Don Rogers

7.35

David Bourke

59.12

 

Richard Brodie

6.23

Larry Brash

52.69

 

Patricia Leclerc

6.00

Adrian Hickford

46.21

 

Dee4j

5.64

View

39.12

 

Zoran Radisavlevic

4.86

Rosie Perera

38.28

 

Hans-Peter Reich

4.04

Toby Gottfried

34.69

 

David A Green

3.02

Rick

27.67

 

Matthew O'Dempsey

2.81

Cory Calhoun

24.63

 

Rik

1.96

Jesse Frankovich

13.18

 

Krudmonger

1.73

*Adjusted Points = Sum of (Points * 'DFE factor')
DFE factor is (No of Noms) / (No of votes) for category

 

High Standings

Name

1st

2nd

3rd

Tony Crafter

3

0

2

Mey Kraus

2

2

1

Ellie

1

2

1

Adrian Hickford

1

1

0

David Bourke

1

1

0

Horrid Stretchy Pus

1

1

0

Cory Calhoun

1

0

0

Larry Brash

0

2

1

Jesse Frankovich

0

1

0

Toby Gottfried

0

1

0

View

0

0

3

Rick

0

0

1


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