Anagrammy Leaders' Board - February, 2007 - 37 votes cast

37 votes

GENERAL ENTERTAINMENT TOPICAL PEOPLES NAMES OTHER NAMES
MEDIUM LENGTH ANAGRAMMY CHALLENGE LONG SPECIAL RUDE

GENERAL:

1

  Andrew

29  

Three Pyramids of the Giza Necropolis = Head for Egypt's prime historical zone.

2

  Adrian Hickford

27  

Home brewery = Why? More beer!

3

  Mey Kraus

22  

The defibrillator = For ill heart, I'd bet!

4

  Rick

17  

Shoulder pads ~ hold up a dress.

5

  Neil Ramsay

16  

Real ale pubs = Pleasurable.

6

  Tony Crafter

15  

A London commuter ~ couldn't moan more!

7

  David Bourke

13  

Lousy father = Feral youths.

8

  Hans-Peter Reich

12  

A retirement plan = Enter parliament.

8

  Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

12  

Self-incriminations ~ confess in trial I'm in.

10

  Mike Torr

10  

Pregnancy and childbirth = Children and crap by night.

10

  Rosie Perera

10  

The love triangles ~ tangle other lives.

10

  Dee4j

10  

Some regular letters are sorted, and ~ so rearranged to let me read results.

13

  Adie Pena

8  

Muse's fat body ~ busted my sofa!

14

  Paul Pan

6  

Pasta al pesto ~ tops as a plate.

15

  Ellie Dent

5  

Fast food outlet = Ate old stuff, too.

15

  Sir T Aucscua

5  

A mobile telephone = (Beep tone) "Hello, I am..."

17

  View

2  

Members of Parliament = Amoral men, fibs, temper.

 

  Total points:

219 

from 37 votes     (DFE factor: 0.459)

ENTERTAINMENT:

1

  Adie Pena

41  

Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth" documentary = Oscar-nominated tale unnerving the country.

2

  Mey Kraus

30  

Oscar Wilde's novel 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' = He conceals a now overly disfigured portrait.

3

  Andrew

24  

The Academy Award for Best Motion Picture = "My Oscar win, it came about for 'The Departed'."

4

  Scott Gardner

22  

Best motion picture of the year ~ is the top tribute of a ceremony.

4

  Rick

22  

The director Martin Scorsese = Torrid scenes merit the Oscar.

6

  Neil Ramsay

20  

The Waltons ‡ Talent Show.

7

  Tony Crafter

15  

Boston Gay Men's Chorus = "YMCA's our best song, hon!"

7

  Rosie Perera

15  

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows = That hero's end tale worthy? Hardly, pal.

9

  View

7  

Madonna Louise Ciccone = Nice music and a cool one!

9

  Mike Torr

7  

Bride of Frankenstein = One bra, different skin.

11

  David Bourke

5  

The television historian Professor Simon Schama = So, hasn't he a firm aversion to helicopter missions?

12

  Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

4  

Daniel Deronda by George Eliot = "A bleeding good literary one!" (Ed.)

13

  Sir T Aucscua

2  

A Nightmare On Elm Street = Men seeing mortal threat.

 

  Total points:

214 

from 37 votes     (DFE factor: 0.351)

TOPICAL:

1

  View

45  

Bush still ~ bullshits!

2

  Tony Crafter

40  

Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, to have a hysterectomy = Charles? He formally cancels vasectomy without ado!

3

  David Bourke

26  

Tony Blair: "A new stadium? ~ Rome wasn't built in a day!"

4

  Mey Kraus

22  

A bald Britney Spears = A barber's sadly inept!

5

  Rick

18  

The former Playboy centrefold Anna Nicole Smith = A normally hefty (once hot, firm) blond... Rest In Peace.

6

  Andrew

11  

Playboy Centrefold Anna Nicole Smith is dead. = I can stop by Daniel, one of my sad late children.

6

  Neil Ramsay

11  

Bush's oil war = Labour's wish.

6

  Dee4j

11  

Mardi Gras in Louisiana = I am sad: original's a ruin.

9

  Adie Pena

10  

Al Gore was nominated for a Nobel for his campaign ~ on global warming as nationhoods reaffirm peace.

10

  Rosie Perera

9  

Prince Harry -- the "bullet magnet" -- goes to Iraq = Royal Briton gets there, can't help quagmire.

11

  Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

7  

Senator Joseph Biden ‡ Has one President job.

12

  Mike Torr

3  

Harvard chooses first woman president = Dressier option - how fresh! Damn cravats...

 

  Total points:

213 

from 37 votes     (DFE factor: 0.324)

PEOPLES NAMES:

1

  David Bourke

44  

William Henry Gates and Melinda French = Really damn rich gentleman and his wife.

2

  Rick

37  

The Maiden of Orleans = Honored female saint.

3

  Mike Torr

17  

Doctor Sigmund Freud = Our minds got fed crud.

4

  Mey Kraus

16  

Germany's National Socialist Fuhrer, Adolf Hitler = I really do rot in hellfire for acts against humans.

5

  Tony Crafter

15  

The dictator Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini = Best orator. Italians' reaction? Named him 'Il Duce'.

6

  Dee4j

14  

Scooter Libby = I cobble story.

7

  Andrew

13  

NASA Navy Commander William Oefelein = Lisa, a lone rival, menaced my fine woman.

7

  Ellie Dent

13  

Blair, the Prime Minister = British Premier...I lament.

9

  Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

12  

Sisyphus = Pussyish.

10

  Paul Pan

10  

Astronaut Lisa Nowak ‡ NASA work salutation.

11

  Adie Pena

7  

Imelda M. = Dilemma.

12

  Neil Ramsay

6  

Nancy Pelosi = in 'cosy' plane.

13

  View

5  

Mary Wollstonecraft = Normally, wrote facts.

14

  Rosie Perera

4  

William Wilberforce and the Clapham Sect = Cleric camp: what if we'll abolish men trade?

 

  Total points:

213 

from 36 votes     (DFE factor: 0.389)

OTHER NAMES:

1

  Mey Kraus

28  

Plains of the Serengeti = Spot giant felines here.

2

  Neil Ramsay

24  

Nessie ~ is seen?

2

  Rick

24  

The British Parliament: ~ "That Mr. Blair, he is inept!"

4

  Larry Brash

23  

Royal Australian College of General Practitioners = It's not a really great place for one in a surgical role.

5

  Andrew

20  

Tehran: in ~ Iran then.

6

  View

19  

Rome was not built in a day = Town made by our Italians!

7

  Paul Pan

17  

Hague, Netherlands = Huge neanderthals.

8

  Rosie Perera

13  

National Weather Service = Rain, snow, ice threat. Leave!

9

  Dee4j

10  

Continental Airlines = Insane little iron can.

9

  Tony Crafter

10  

The Neapolitan Riviera = "Italian heaven!" I report.

11

  Sir T Aucscua

9  

a Barbie doll = I'll be a broad.

12

  Adie Pena

8  

PricewaterhouseCoopers = Whoopee! Oscar trip secure.

13

  Mike Torr

5  

Campaign For Real Ale = Alliance For Rampage.

14

  David Bourke

4  

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals = No appetite for no-tact female Heather Mills.

15

  Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

1  

The Blues and Royals regiment = Men in Harry's battle-ego duels.

 

  Total points:

215 

from 37 votes     (DFE factor: 0.405)

MEDIUM LENGTH:

1

  Tony Crafter

36  

There is no great genius without some touch of madness = In neurosis, admit we see much greatness of thought too.

2

  Mey Kraus

29  

Stanley Kubrick's film "Dr. Strangelove, Or: How... = Bloody funny romp, involving a stark cold-war-g...

3

  David Bourke

27  

The former Baywatch actress Pamela Denise Ander... = Oh, we men admire her ace breasts (and a perfe...

4

  Neil Ramsay

19  

Greenpeace sending a Valentines Day card to wha... = Well, only a large kiss can avert death in end...

5

  View

16  

The Hunchback Of Notre Dame', written by Victor Hugo = Great French book. Vetoed mutant boy within church.

6

  Rosie Perera

15  

Prince Harry to deploy to Iraq with his regimen... = Charles' inheritor, that edgy brother, quipped...

7

  Andrew

14  

Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe is posing in the nude. = Child petrified of a non-Slitheryn graduate's risen part.

7

  Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

14  

If you can keep your head when all about you ... = Inaugural lines of duty release by Kipling on ...

9

  Mike Torr

10  

I must go down to the sea again, to the lonely ... ~ The hesitant hags and sweaty men look good, to...

10

  Adie Pena

6  

Sylvester 'Rocky Balboa' Stallone's scheduled t... ~ in Sydney airport because telltale steroids, ...

 

  Total points:

186 

from 32 votes     (DFE factor: 0.312)

ANAGRAMMY CHALLENGE:

1

  Tony Crafter

28  

Dear Miss Capulet Brave damsel I shall leave thee ne'er, And will speed to thy shy balcony tonight, When my love I s...

2

  Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

23  

Let every dropped aitch or swallowed vowel be a Cupid's dart That falls on and lashes Higgins's tame male heart So hap...

3

  Neil Ramsay

21  

Love's Simple Deed Rivals plans seem to end it all, A gun, a pop, a deadly call. With Chino's bullet in thy chest, ...

4

  Mey Kraus

19  

The Valentine by England's Prince Edward to the divorcee Wallis Simpson How lame, all dull, the Royals seem, As I h...

4

  Adie Pena

19  

We love a ...

6

  Andrew

14  

Dear cuddly Bill, How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. One: I herald savvy Hamlet's plan Two: I love ill Le...

7

  Adrian Hickford

13  

All Powerful God I love and live in Thy love, Helplessly, wholeheartedly. Hosanna! My dream was bliss. Happine...

8

  Larry Brash

11  

My dear pal, Bosie, I loved the new sonnet. Your daddy's a vulgar bastard; He called me a "somdomite" poser. The ...

9

  Paul Pan

9  

Oh, my darling Empress, Hell, how I, a pallid war-torn leader, Covet thy lightheaded smellable essence Ah, a vivid wi...

10

  HSP

8  

A great ham plan Eyes met across a crowded hall And smartly, Cupid's missile flew. Lad planned to have her in his b...

11

  View

7  

Hail to splendid, clever, thrilling, seraphic, wild, high - sensual, nimble , 'love- whore' sweetheart, my ...

12

  Rosie Perera

6  

Dearest creature in creation, I love verbal pronunciation. Lovely English ells and vowels, Phyllopod, shellfish, hyd...

13

  David Bourke

3  

Who wants to be a divorcee? Complete hell, lust moving me. I have wept, shall all the day, Hell, that's deserved, I ...

13

  Dee4j

3  

To my Beloved Anagrammy Awards: This heavenly Challenge I've spilled wide out- my love child lass. Ah, I've left no...

15

  Mike Torr

2  

Enhance A Map! (From Beeching, to the Railways) Lord! I love thy little-travelled ways: So much, I'd snap them all,...

 

  Total points:

186 

from 32 votes     (DFE factor: 0.469)

LONG:

1

  Tony Crafter

53  

An elderly Welshman is lying on his deathbed. E... = Following fertility treatment, an eighty-odd-...

2

  Rosie Perera

47  

... = ...(Awardsmaster's Choice Award)

3

  David Bourke

27  

Heather Mills-McCartney has been dropped by the ... = The mega-filthy-rich former Beatle Paul happy ...

4

  Andrew

21  

Listed below are the movies related to those mo... = The notable, on set legends that, for months,...

5

  Neil Ramsay

11  

"Any American who is prepared to run for presid... = A good, safe paradigm vividly outlined by 'oi...

6

  Mike Torr

3  

Anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd may shortly dis... = Capsize the hateful, odious Japs? That presu...

 

  Total points:

162 

from 28 votes     (DFE factor: 0.214)

SPECIAL:

1

  Tony Crafter

33  

OH, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MORNING Words and Music by Rodgers and Hammerstein

2

  Andrew

32  

'My Country' by Dorothea Mackellar

3

  Tony Crafter

20  

MULL OF KINTYRE ( Paul McCartney)

4

  Neil Ramsay

17  

Rentons Soliloquy

4

  Neil Ramsay

17  

The Ballad of John and Yoko

6

  David Bourke

16  

Eagles 'used to beat hunting ban'

7

  View

14  

French Dictionary: A

8

  Mike Torr

6  

Lullaby (The Cure)

 

  Total points:

155 

from 27 votes     (DFE factor: 0.296)

RUDE:

1

  Rick

48  

Incest is wrong, ~ screwing is not!

2

  Tony Crafter

26  

Has homosexual tendencies = He does men's anal exits? Ouch!

3

  Adie Pena

20  

Boys + Girls = Orgy + Bliss.

4

  David Bourke

16  

Pictures of naked women = Desperation...fuck me now!

5

  Andrew

15  

Some cum stains on the sheets ~ match semen on those tissues.

6

  Mey Kraus

14  

A 'happy ending' masseuse = "Pay me and a penis gushes!"

7

  Neil Ramsay

13  

She goes all the way = He always gets hole.

8

  Paul Pan

11  

Use the prick ~ up shit creek.

9

  View

6  

The Asian pussy-eater = See his 'sea-tuna party'.

10

  Mike Torr

4  

Troops To Leave Basra = Arab Arse-Love To Stop.

11

  Sir T Aucscua

2  

Frodo Baggins of the Shire = Oh shit, foe forges bad Ring!

 

  Total points:

175 

from 31 votes     (DFE factor: 0.355)


Daniel F. Etter Memorial Award Points*

Name

Points

 

Name

Points

Tony Crafter

95.68

 

Mike Torr

24.57

Andrew

68.73

 

Paul Pan

21.66

Mey Kraus

68.29

 

Dee4j

19.07

Neil Ramsay

62.83

 

Adrian Hickford

18.50

Rick

62.53

 

Larry Brash

14.48

David Bourke

60.94

 

Scott Gardner

7.73

Adie Pena

45.17

 

Sir T Aucscua

7.36

View

42.18

 

Ellie Dent

7.35

Rosie Perera

37.18

 

Hans-Peter Reich

5.51

Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

29.42

 

HSP

3.75

*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

4

2

1

Mey Kraus

1

2

1

Rick

1

2

0

Andrew

1

1

1

David Bourke

1

0

3

Adie Pena

1

0

1

View

1

0

0

Neil Ramsay

0

1

1

Adrian Hickford

0

1

0

Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

0

1

0

Rosie Perera

0

1

0

Mike Torr

0

0

1


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