Anagrammy Leaders' Board - October, 2007 - 43 votes cast

43 votes

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

GENERAL:

1

  Tony Crafter

39  

A life support machine = Can pump if I lose heart.

2

  Jesse Frankovich

26  

Nuclear testing facility = Flattening a city is cruel.

3

  Rosie Perera

24  

Volunteer firefighters ~ ever forfeit their lungs.

4

  Larry Brash

23  

The Fast Food Restaurant = Fat... horrendous taste... fat... (Awardsmaster's Choice Award)

5

  Horrid Stretchy Pus

22  

If both your parents are dead... ~ it's bad after you're orphaned.

6

  LucasJV

19  

Industrial = I turn dials.

7

  David Bourke

17  

The definition of the word 'anagram' = I rotate a new form of a hidden thing.

8

  Rick Rothstein

16  

Transcendental Meditation techniques = It can test, then clear and quiet one's mind.

9

  Meyran Kraus

14  

An Olympic marathon = My champion ran a lot!

10

  Neil Ramsay

13  

The Astrologist = Star Theologist.

11

  Hans-Peter Reich

12  

A non-disclosure agreement = Dealing an enormous secret?

12

  View

8  

Beautiful woman = But I am awful one!

13

  Adie Pena

6  

The shawarma rotisserie = I eat warmish roasts here.

14

  Paul Pan

5  

A nostalgic mood = I act on sad gloom.

15

  Andrew

4  

Importers = More trips.

15

  Ellie Dent

4  

The rainy Paris streets ~ inspire hasty retreats?

 

  Total points:

252 

from 43 votes     (DFE factor: 0.372)

ENTERTAINMENT:

1

  Ellie Dent

41  

Pavarotti the Legend = That gent lived opera.

2

  Jesse Frankovich

36  

Harry Potter, Ronald Weasley, and Hermione Granger = Her grand story earned Rowling real monetary heap.

3

  View

31  

'Treasure Island' by Robert Louis Stevenson = Unrest, troubles, banditry on overseas isle.

4

  Andrew

27  

The singer and actress Olivia Newton John = Seen with adoring John Travolta in scenes.

5

  Meyran Kraus

24  

The classic 'Around the World in Eighty Days' = "Oh, I would circle Earth", says this dandy gent.

6

  Larry Brash

21  

The Three Stooges: Curly, Moe and Larry = Comedy or laughter, aren't they losers?

6

  Horrid Stretchy Pus

21  

Stephen Fry's autobiography - Moab is my Washpot = Has sharp wit's memories of gay (but not happy) boy.

8

  Adie Pena

15  

"The name is Bond. James Bond." = He-man does best in damn job!

9

  David Bourke

13  

The American vocalist Britney Spears = An active trailer-trash specimen, boys!

10

  sundogg99

10  

The prostitute with a heart of gold = A fatigued plot; the worst hitherto.

11

  Neil Ramsay

7  

The "Brat-Pack" actors = Crackpots at the bar.

12

  Tony Crafter

6  

A nightmare with no end in sight = Madonna whining her hits - get it?

13

  Rosie Perera

3  

The elusive Entertainment category = Theater, Lee acting on TV, minuets, Eyre, ...

 

  Total points:

255 

from 43 votes     (DFE factor: 0.302)

TOPICAL:

1

  Ellie Dent

43  

October the thirty-first: Halloween Night = Horrible witches threaten to fly tonight!

2

  Tony Crafter

37  

Doris Lessing has won the Nobel Prize for Literature = Top writer of best-sellers realized a shining honour.

3

  Meyran Kraus

36  

George W. Bush Administration = Tedious war-mongering habits.

4

  Neil Ramsay

30  

Southern California = Location has fire... Run!

5

  Rick Rothstein

23  

A fast fire. The location? ~ The State of California.

6

  Paul Pan

22  

Democratic socialism = Idealistic macrocosm.

7

  David Bourke

21  

Burmese military dictatorship = Atrocities? Murder? Simply habit.

8

  Andrew

19  

Israelis' military strikes = Its artilleries skim Syria.

9

  Adie Pena

9  

Alone... then howling ~ on Halloween night.

10

  View

8  

Roadside bombing in Baghdad = Odd Arabs did 'big bang' in home.

11

  Horrid Stretchy Pus

3  

Britney Spears' children to move in with their father ~ while shitty mother parent recovers - find it in rehab!

11

  Rosie Perera

3  

San Diego = Said "gone."

 

  Total points:

254 

from 43 votes     (DFE factor: 0.279)

PEOPLES NAMES:

1

  Tony Crafter

51  

The late Diana, Princess of Wales and Dodi Al-Fayed = Lady and a fellow's end; fated to die in a Paris chase.

2

  Meyran Kraus

42  

American General Dwight D. Eisenhower = One leader charged the Germans in WWII.

3

  Rosie Perera

25  

The Italian physicist Galileo Galilei = His telescope agility -- I'll hail it again!

4

  View

22  

Noriega = I, an ogre.

5

  Neil Ramsay

20  

American President, George W Bush = Hope warnings deter Cuba's Regime.

6

  Rick Rothstein

16  

French President Nicolas Sarkozy = Spark 'n' zest for horny Cecilia ends.

7

  Andrew

13  

The Leaders Roh Moo-hyun and Kim Jong Il = They should join grim Korean homeland.

8

  Adie Pena

11  

Starlets Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie = Oh, stoic rich parents are still in denial.

9

  Ellie Dent

10  

The artist Amedeo Modigliani = It is me, a 'doodler' ... imagine that!

10

  David Bourke

9  

Sir Paul and Heather Mills-McCartney = Asymmetrical handicap? She'll return!

11

  Mark Tracy

6  

Walt Disney = We tiny lads.

 

  Total points:

225 

from 39 votes     (DFE factor: 0.282)

OTHER NAMES:

1

  Neil Ramsay

56  

Great Britain's House of Lords ~ has inert, bourgeois old farts.

2

  Larry Brash

31  

The Congressional Medal of Honor = And something for one's local hero.

3

  Meyran Kraus

30  

The NASA shuttle "Discovery" = Study the stars on a vehicle.

4

  Scott Gardner

20  

The Bellagio Casino = Also a nice big hotel.

5

  Andrew

19  

The Renault Grand Scenic Expression = Exporters' cute car shines in England.

5

  Tony Crafter

19  

Manchester United F.C = Descent after Munich.

7

  Rosie Perera

16  

Sistine Chapel = It's nice, eh, pals?

8

  Adie Pena

14  

Hula? Hula! I woo in ~ Honolulu, Hawaii.

9

  Paul Pan

13  

Real Britain = Libertarian?

10

  Rick Rothstein

9  

The Taco Bell chain of fast food restaurants = O! Fans can't call it a "south-of-the-border" feast.

11

  David Bourke

8  

The Lisbon Treaty ‡ To hasten liberty.

12

  Zoran Radisavlevic

5  

Shiptar in ~ Prishtina.

13

  View

3  

Maccabi 'Elite' Tel Aviv = Civil, active, able team.

 

  Total points:

243 

from 42 votes     (DFE factor: 0.310)

MEDIUM LENGTH:

1

  Rosie Perera

42  

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom = I see one God in one soul. No matter if Christian or Muslim.

2

  Adie Pena

38  

Tim, a precocious child, once asked, "Hi there,... ~ His daddy was the great wisecracker, replied, ...

2

  Tony Crafter

38  

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty... = A totally free charity - they monitor violence...

4

  Neil Ramsay

33  

Notice. More misuse of these company photocopi... = Ie. I must stop taking insane, obscene picture...

5

  Meyran Kraus

21  

Pamela Anderson weds Rick Salomon, the infamous... = Fans reckon a hot, profane home-made film will...

6

  Dan Fortier

19  

Former prime minister Bhutto's motorcade has be... = Chief tried return to Pakistan: met some car bo...

7

  Ellie Dent

9  

"Happiness is an angel with a serious face." (... = I can see he is a painter who must specialise ...

8

  Andrew

8  

Lord, give me patience and give it to me right ... = My God! Don't gripe. We don't have time to be ...

9

  View

6  

Forty two thousand and one hundred ninety five ... = Defines marathon run . Not thy event, dud - i...

10

  David Bourke

4  

David Albert Charles Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linley = A charmless royal adult involved in secret snorting / B-J?

 

  Total points:

218 

from 37 votes     (DFE factor: 0.270)

ANAGRAMMY CHALLENGE:

1

  Meyran Kraus

53  

Mere Pi Entry It's A Poem I elect Emulating Pi... Duplex bliss for pithy scholars! [A double constraint: The poem's bo...

2

  Tony Crafter

26  

PROSE: Pen This Purest Example Of arithmetic Yielding multi-syllabic prose

3

  Horrid Stretchy Pus

24  

Set thus: My Plain Paper, I fill it. Behold my picture's Geometrical Expression ...

4

  Andrew

16  

I One The pair A triple Clip one from my six. Eight syllables used up? Script met!

5

  Neil Ramsay

15  

A Sin... Bush is inept. Yet he's still my prime example of corrupt political greed.

6

  Rosie Perera

14  

Pi-etism "All is number." Explicit. I, Pythagoras, proposed entire cult myself, eh?

7

  Adie Pena

11  

GRIM? ...

8

  Ellie Dent

10  

Go, Lord saith, Multiply! (except, suppose, priests) Embrace their line in family.

9

  Adrian Hickford

6  

My Report. A Stern, Puerile Example: This silly poem Plus the Fibonacci digits.

10

  Paul Pan

5  

Her Lumps Dry-slap Great Britain It is hot, come I Exotic nipples, feel my pulse!

11

  Dan Fortier

3  

Dull Peer's Cheesy "Anagram Site Spirit" exploit Implicitly, before month's up.

12

  View

2  

Let him... ------------- Sex Is Perfect, Paradise, Truly happiness, Complete unity, girl. I bloom!

 

  Total points:

185 

from 33 votes     (DFE factor: 0.364)

LONG:

1

  Tony Crafter

54  

Council tax evaluators want to charge us more i... = One hot August day, Prince Charles visited Ca...

2

  Neil Ramsay

48  

"In nineteen seventy two, a crack commando unit... = Seven years ago, a redneck republican movemen...

3

  Andrew

37  

Osama's Inter-Cave Memo From: Bin Laden, Osama... = I'm trying to scare the most powerful, mean a...

4

  Adie Pena

13  

THE CATHOLIC SUN by Hilaire Belloc Wherever ... = Encouraged since childhood, I've always thoug...

5

  Rosie Perera

10  

Breaking News: The leaders of North and South K... = No debate. No protracted heckling. Alienated ...

6

  David Bourke

4  

James Gordon Brown, the Prime Minister of the U... = Determined, pension-robbing, thrifty old jock...

7

  View

3  

James Gordon Brown, the Prime Minister of the Un... = Our mentioned front chief,(replacing Tony Blai...

 

  Total points:

169 

from 29 votes     (DFE factor: 0.241)

SPECIAL:

1

  Meyran Kraus

54  

Shakespeare's 12th sonnet is anagrammed into 4 poems depicting the 4 times of day.

2

  Neil Ramsay

37  

SITTIN' AT THE DOCK OF THE BAY By Otis Redding

3

  Tony Crafter

20  

A man joins a very exclusive nudist colony...

4

  Rosie Perera

16  

THE RED WHEELBARROW by William Carlos Williams

5

  Adie Pena

15  

A DRINK WITH SOMETHING IN IT by Ogden Nash

6

  View

3  

Once, when I was young and true...

7

  Briana

2  

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7

  David Bourke

2  

There was an old bishop from Birmingham...

 

  Total points:

149 

from 26 votes     (DFE factor: 0.308)

RUDE:

1

  Andrew

48  

A silent fart = An art itself!

2

  Meyran Kraus

22  

Her young, nude tits = The guy is turned on!

3

  Tony Crafter

19  

Lace knickers = Sleek in crack.

4

  Jesse Frankovich

18  

Condom advertisement = Demands men to cover it.

5

  Adie Pena

16  

Naughtily warmed ~ my daughter-in-law.

5

  Paul Pan

16  

Manipulative = I'm an evil *puta*.

7

  Richard Grantham

15  

Practical jokes = Lice + a jockstrap.

8

  Rick Rothstein

9  

A modern romance = Men... rear... a condom.

9

  David Bourke

7  

Stephen Fry's autobiography - Moab is my Washpot = Gay whimsy, brash poofery, up the bottom, ass pain.

9

  Mark Tracy

7  

Anagram solver. = Rev. Anal Orgasm.

11

  View

4  

The foreplay ~ of lay : Pet her!

 

  Total points:

181 

from 32 votes     (DFE factor: 0.344)


Daniel F. Etter Memorial Award Points*

Name

Points

 

Name

Points

Meyran Kraus

92.77

 

Rick Rothstein

22.76

Tony Crafter

92.36

 

Paul Pan

19.34

Neil Ramsay

75.64

 

LucasJV

7.07

Andrew

57.91

 

Dan Fortier

6.23

Rosie Perera

46.46

 

Scott Gardner

6.19

Adie Pena

44.24

 

Richard Grantham

5.16

Ellie Dent

34.77

 

Hans-Peter Reich

4.47

View

27.09

 

Mark Tracy

4.10

Jesse Frankovich

26.75

 

sundogg99

3.02

David Bourke

26.20

 

Adrian Hickford

2.18

Larry Brash

24.50

 

Zoran Radisavlevic

1.55

Horrid Stretchy Pus

24.10

 

Briana

0.62

*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

3

2

Meyran Kraus

2

2

2

Ellie Dent

2

0

0

Neil Ramsay

1

2

0

Rosie Perera

1

0

2

Andrew

1

0

1

Jesse Frankovich

0

2

0

Adie Pena

0

1

0

Larry Brash

0

1

0

Horrid Stretchy Pus

0

0

1

View

0

0

1


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