Anagrammy Leaders' Board - March, 2008 - 48 votes cast

48 votes

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

GENERAL:

1

  Rosie Perera

46  

Theological discussions = God, soul, sin, social ethics.

2

  Vetstadium

43  

Board room meeting = Groan... boredom time.

3

  Neil Ramsay

31  

Sad report = Teardrops.

4

  Horrid Stretchy Pus

29  

Past/present/future = Spent/fret at/pursue.

5

  Rick Rothstein

20  

Romance is dead = Dream ends. Ciao!

6

  Adrian Hickford

19  

Heathrow Airport's new Terminal Five = A prime travel shrine! Now for the wait...

7

  Don Fortier

18  

A roll of Life Savers = Foil reseals flavor.

8

  Zoran

11  

The railway stations = Trains; they also wait!

9

  John Fidler

10  

Absent Without Leave = Abuse! I went to the lav!

9

  Dee4j

10  

Pro basketball players = Probably tall; ask peers.

11

  Ellie

7  

The foundation garments = Underthings mean TOO FAT!

12

  Apsinthion

6  

This Too Shall Pass = Alas, Sophist Sloth.

12

  Adie Pena

6  

A heterosexual partner = Another extra pleasure!

12

  Tony Crafter

6  

Footballers' wives and girlfriends = Self-advertising blondes of Wirral!

15

  Scott Gardner

5  

Prostitution service = Pervert is into coitus.

15

  Paul Pan

5  

Daring ~ in drag.

17

  Andrew Brehaut

4  

The long road to China = Gondola then chariot?

18

  View

2  

Sacerdotal = A lot sacred.

 

  Total points:

278 

from 48 votes     (DFE factor: 0.375)

ENTERTAINMENT:

1

  Scott Gardner

49  

The Bourne Supremacy = Our spy became hunter.

2

  Tony Crafter

42  

'Jonathan Livingston Seagull: A Story' by Richard Bach = Banal novel. (Just a stray bird chancing to soar highly).

3

  Adie Pena

35  

Antonio Vivaldi's The Four Seasons = A violinist's reasons to do have fun!

4

  Vetstadium

33  

(The Game) Dungeons & Dragons = Staged among enough nerds.

5

  Ellie

25  

Charlotte Bronte's classic, 'Jane Eyre' = To see central character enjoy bliss?

6

  Dee4j

23  

The Spiderwick Chronicles = Their child pic scenes work.

7

  Paul Pan

19  

Danny Michael DeVito = Tiny old man achieved!

8

  Horrid Stretchy Pus

16  

The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins = Why, I debunk odd religions' hard acts.

9

  David Bourke

14  

Tangerine Dream = I need German art?

10

  Rosie Perera

11  

The Barenaked Ladies = These are a liked band.

11

  David A Green

5  

'La Plančte des Singes' by Pierre Boulle = Betelgeuse's plainly borderline apes.

 

  Total points:

272 

from 46 votes     (DFE factor: 0.239)

TOPICAL:

1

  Rick Rothstein

46  

Nailed to the Cross = Leads one to Christ.

2

  David Bourke

38  

Baroness Margaret Hilda Thatcher leaves hospital = Heartless old hag has a heart implant, recovers a bit.

3

  Scott Gardner

31  

The celebration of Easter = One elaborate Christ fete.

4

  Ellie

27  

HE's not here?? = HE rose, then!

5

  Adie Pena

24  

Somali famine = Families moan.

6

  Paul Pan

17  

U.S. recession ~ is one's curse!

7

  Neil Ramsay

16  

Resurrection = No rest, I recur.

7

  Andrew Brehaut

16  

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned = Why? Look 'round Heather Ann Mills' face!

9

  Tony Crafter

15  

Harry and girlfriend Chelsy go to Botswana on safari = Goodbye Afghan warriors. Hello randy African stints!

10

  View

14  

Rice renews focus on Mideast peace = America: 'Issue deep concern of West'.

10

  Horrid Stretchy Pus

14  

The Heather Mills / Paul McCartney divorce = "I stitch up my old man" - A rather clever leech.

12

  Dharam

11  

Intruder triggers Heathrow security alert = Runway terror: It creates huge red light stir.

13

  Rosie Perera

4  

Presidential candidates' tax returns ~ can't explain dratted IRS audits [Sneer!]

 

  Total points:

273 

from 47 votes     (DFE factor: 0.277)

PEOPLES NAMES:

1

  Tony Crafter

48  

The former Ugandan President Idi Amin Dada = Murder and death personified in a mad giant.

2

  View

47  

Governor Eliot Laurence Spitzer = Top-level intercourse organizer. (Awardsmaster's Choice Award)

3

  David Bourke

39  

Queen's guitarist Brian May = I'm a brainy quartet's genius!

4

  Adie Pena

27  

Christina M. Aguilera = American girl; a U.S. hit.

5

  Rick Rothstein

25  

New York State Governor Eliot Laurence Spitzer = Wrong, even sleazy, prostitution racketeer role.

6

  Larry Brash

22  

Heather Ann Mills and Sir Paul McCartney = Married... merely launch instant cash plan.

7

  Horrid Stretchy Pus

20  

Cristiano Ronaldo = Idol, star or an icon.

8

  Scott Gardner

14  

Massachusetts Governor Willard Mitt Romney = Legislator thus named was very strict Mormon.

9

  Ellie

11  

Leslie Townes (known as Bob) Hope = Who blew on a bent, ski-slope nose!

10

  Paul Pan

10  

USA Army Reservist Lynndie England ~ snarled a very sly grin: "Inmate's nude"!

11

  Vetstadium

4  

Curtis Granderson = Runs on Tigers' card.

 

  Total points:

267 

from 46 votes     (DFE factor: 0.239)

OTHER NAMES:

1

  Dharam

63  

eBay auction = I can beat you.

2

  Neil Ramsay

40  

Number Ten Downing Street, Westminster, London = It's Gordon Brown's new tenement until term ends.

3

  Scott Gardner

35  

Chateau de Versailles = A valued castle is here.

4

  Ellie

21  

Doctor Martens = Corns DO matter!

5

  Briana

18  

Society for Creative Anachronism = Re-creator is many's chief vocation.

6

  Rick Rothstein

15  

Antonio Vivaldi's The Four Seasons = Violin's notes has a favorite sound.

6

  Tony Crafter

15  

The Royal Opera House Covent Garden Limited = Hi! I come to England to hear overtures played!

8

  Larry Brash

9  

The Seahorse Society of New South Wales = Yes, he has to wear one's wife's clothes out.

9

  David Bourke

8  

The Houses of Parliament, Westminster = The new PM? Shameless traitor, no fit use.

9

  Rosie Perera

8  

Toastmasters International ~ entails orators' attainments.

9

  Enoch

8  

The Houses of Parliament, Westminster = Impotent amateurishness flows there.

9

  Horrid Stretchy Pus

8  

AVG Free Edition = Defeat or give in.

9

  Adie Pena

8  

'La Fheile Padraig' (or Saint Patrick's Day) = Go drink safely at Irish capital parade!

14

  Andrew Brehaut

4  

Silverstone Raceway = Cars went over easily.

14

  John Fidler

4  

Hello Magazine = All gaze in home.

 

  Total points:

264 

from 46 votes     (DFE factor: 0.326)

MEDIUM LENGTH:

1

  Andrew Brehaut

51  

The fiction novel writer Arthur C Clarke passed... = A Space Odyssey inventor left within a racing ...

2

  David Bourke

37  

General, Entertainment, Topical, Peoples Names, ... = Sheer Nonsense, Name-Calling, Generated-on-Comp...

3

  Neil Ramsay

29  

The Environmental Policy of George Bush's Administration = A dominant Governor protecting the family oil business, eh?

4

  Tony Crafter

26  

"We need a President who is fluent in at least ... = We are generally safe then! Bush is now talkin...

5

  Larry Brash

24  

General, Entertainment, Topical, Peoples Names,... = Men implement scheduled plan here. Ran an end...

6

  Adie Pena

16  

You can call the man with his finger inside the mare's ass ~ the Amish mechanic who uses single anal-entry first aid.

6

  Rosie Perera

16  

The Queen of England becomes the third longest ... = Her quite chronic nightly senior moments frigh...

8

  Scott Gardner

15  

The governor of New York State, Eliot Laurence Spitzer = I'll repent over a craze for the sweet, too-young "Kristen".

9

  Horrid Stretchy Pus

11  

Home Office memo: "Data Protection Act isn't st... ~ as it completely contradicts the Freedom of In...

10

  View

9  

A gunman kills eight at the crowded Jerusalem seminary = That damn slaughterer nicked many male religious Jews.

11

  Ellie

8  

"Childrens do learn" a quote from President Ge... = Bet youngsters consider quip here... from a gl...

 

  Total points:

242 

from 41 votes     (DFE factor: 0.268)

ANAGRAMMY CHALLENGE:

1

  Horrid Stretchy Pus

54  

Easter's lunar, not fixed. I very often fall in quarters of the fourth month.

2

  Don Fortier

28  

Turn of event oft equals "Easter" : Exult, sinner! Affirm faith! Honor thy Lord!

3

  Andrew Brehaut

23  

Fervent annual rerun of thorny lord's hit quest to affix himself to a tree!

4

  Paul Pan

20  

INRI's FAQ text: Oh, thy Saviour rose from death! Unroll fun 'n' fete after Lent!

5

  Adrian Hickford

17  

An off-the-shelf lunar/astral quote from the Internet (Oxford University)

6

  Dharam

13  

Alto quartet, nine violins and three flutes offer forth four extra hymns.

7

  Dee4j

12  

To invent, then furnish or hand off, sixty-letter formula equal for Easter.

7

  Adie Pena

12  

Faithful quarrel to fix Easter day then? Or torn sinners huff to move Lent?

9

  Rosie Perera

11  

Ran further analysis: Faithful Orthodox men felt it's never too frequent.

9

  Tony Crafter

11  

Easter? A frequent turnoff. So let it fall on third hour of every ninth Xmas!

11

  Ellie

10  

Eastertime: frequently find lot on fresh hunt for an extra frivolous hat!

12

  Larry Brash

7  

Easter: a quaint solemn fixture for the Lord's not-horny fervent faithful.

13

  Neil Ramsay

6  

~ means: until faithful, fervent, orthodox serfs quit Lent for another year.

14

  David Bourke

5  

Manila events: No fluff...thorns! Quite extraordinary torture of the flesh!

15

  witch wyzwurd

4  

Firstly, quell messiah. Unfix death. After: one trant to hunt on for forever.

 

  Total points:

233 

from 41 votes     (DFE factor: 0.366)

LONG:

1

  Tony Crafter

71  

Three Texan surgeons were arguing about who had... = An 80-year-old Texan rancher gashed his hand ...

2

  Adie Pena

55  

Some writing advice by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. on the... = How to win at the monthly Anagrammy Forum com...

3

  Larry Brash

41  

She said..."What do you mean by coming home hal... = He said... "Why don't you tell me if you reac...

4

  Rosie Perera

24  

Ten unusual careers from Nancy Rica Schiff's "O... = Skills needed to apply for these jobs: 1. Sh...

5

  Horrid Stretchy Pus

20  

Jennifer Aniston (Rachel Green) Courteney Cox ... = Call me miserable, but six unbearable rich wa...

 

  Total points:

211 

from 37 votes     (DFE factor: 0.135)

SPECIAL:

1

  Tony Crafter

62  

AMERICA by Simon and Garfunkel

2

  Horrid Stretchy Pus

41  

Sonnets are full of love

3

  Tony Crafter

39  

MAXWELL'S SILVER HAMMER by The Beatles

4

  Neil Ramsay

34  

Yesterday - The Beatles

5

  Adie Pena

9  

AIR [from "HAIR"] by Galt MacDermot, Gerome Ragni and James Rado

6

  Adie Pena

3  

GOOD-BYE AND HELLO by Barbara Anthony

 

  Total points:

188 

from 33 votes     (DFE factor: 0.182)

RUDE:

1

  Adie Pena

46  

Hairy testicles = Real itchy sites.

2

  Larry Brash

31  

Golden showers = Lewd, eh? No, gross!

3

  Rick Rothstein

28  

Cheating on your wife = A nice, young, fit whore.

3

  Tony Crafter

28  

Adult-movie actress = A cum-video's starlet!

5

  Horrid Stretchy Pus

26  

A proctologist = I go to "crap slot".

6

  Paul Pan

8  

Amelie Simone Mauresmo = Am a Romeo-immune lessie!

7

  Andrew Brehaut

7  

"Afternoon Delights" = Song entailed froth.

8

  David Bourke

6  

Martina Subertova = Naive masturbator.

 

  Total points:

180 

from 32 votes     (DFE factor: 0.250)


Daniel F. Etter Memorial Award Points*

Name

Points

 

Name

Points

Tony Crafter

78.77

 

Paul Pan

22.83

Horrid Stretchy Pus

65.33

 

View

18.28

Adie Pena

56.12

 

Don Fortier

16.99

Neil Ramsay

45.25

 

Dee4j

13.64

Scott Gardner

40.95

 

Adrian Hickford

13.34

David Bourke

39.05

 

Briana

5.87

Rick Rothstein

38.09

 

John Fidler

5.05

Rosie Perera

35.16

 

Zoran

4.12

Ellie

31.35

 

Enoch

2.61

Andrew Brehaut

31.08

 

Apsinthion

2.25

Larry Brash

30.49

 

witch wyzwurd

1.46

Dharam

28.34

 

David A Green

1.20

Vetstadium

24.97

 

*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

1

2

Adie Pena

1

1

1

Horrid Stretchy Pus

1

1

0

Scott Gardner

1

0

2

Andrew Brehaut

1

0

1

Rick Rothstein

1

0

1

Dharam

1

0

0

Rosie Perera

1

0

0

David Bourke

0

2

1

Neil Ramsay

0

1

2

Larry Brash

0

1

1

Don Fortier

0

1

0

Vetstadium

0

1

0

View

0

1

0


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