Anagrammy Leaders' Board - August, 2018 - 26 votes cast

26 votes

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

GENERAL:

1

  Meyran Kraus

39  

I say Trump indicates ~ Americans' stupidity.

2

  Christopher Sturdy

33  

The schoolmaster's summer vacation = Remains at home - travel costs so much!

3

  Ellie Dent

12  

Extreme heat warning = A nightmare: we're next!

3

  Tony Crafter

12  

Unisex lavatories = Anxious relatives!

5

  Rick Rothstein

11  

Help, I've fallen and I can't get up = Huge ill-fated event. Plan? Panic!

5

  David Bourke

11  

My flesh and blood relatives = Let's share loved family bond!

7

  Rik Sengupta

10  

The erstwhile British Empire = We help embitter the Irish, sir!

8

  John Ramos

9  

Get an ~ agent.

9

  Dr Charles G Waugh

7  

Strong perfume = Grump softener.

10

  View

5  

Unconditional love = Call union - devotion

11

  Dharam Khalsa

4  

"Every cloud has a silver lining" = God clearly revives sun in hail.

12

  Rosie Perera

0  

Laser ablation surgeries = Or let us ease a girl's brain.

 

  Total points:

153 

from 26 votes     (DFE factor: 0.462)

ENTERTAINMENT:

1

  Tony Crafter

36  

'The Scream': an iconic painting by artist Edvard Munch = Vibrant picture catches an agonised, thin man mid-cry.

2

  David Bourke

29  

The Beatles recording of 'Yellow Submarine' = Tune from below the clear sea is led by Ringo.

3

  Ellie Dent

28  

The television game show Countdown = Oh, needing to use vowels to win match.

4

  Meyran Kraus

16  

The Beatles single 'Eleanor Rigby' = Gee, this gal's been terribly alone!

5

  Adie Pena

14  

"Mission: Impossible – Fallout" = Is Tom plausible in film? So-so.

6

  Rik Sengupta

11  

Apocalypse Now = Weapon cosplay.

7

  Dharam Khalsa

6  

The new romantic comedy 'Crazy Rich Asians' = Ritzy Chinese yacht crowd as a cinema norm?

8

  Christopher Sturdy

3  

‘The Sun Does Shine’ by Anthony Ray Hinton = Any sin? None. Yet the youth in harsh bonds.

 

  Total points:

143 

from 24 votes     (DFE factor: 0.333)

TOPICAL:

1

  Ellie Dent

40  

Aretha's died? = I'd shed a tear... :(.

2

  David Bourke

17  

The singer Madonna reaches sixty years old = Taxidermy necessary on her, she's again told!

3

  Christopher Sturdy

16  

Today is the centenary of The Battle of Amiens = They often celebrate that as end of animosity.

4

  Meyran Kraus

14  

Mueller vs. the President = Let's end Trump's evil HERE!

5

  Adie Pena

12  

And hate idly spilled out from ~ the daily lies of Donald Trump.

5

  Rik Sengupta

12  

Trump's attorney Rudy Giuliani = "Sir, you're guilty, and I'm part nut."

7

  Tony Crafter

9  

Ex-Playmate Karen McDougal/Porn star Stormy Daniels = Can key ladies' exposés mortally damn arrogant Trump?

8

  Dharam Khalsa

8  

President Trump’s campaign chair Paul Manafort = Fraud trial ramps up a strong impeachment panic!

9

  Rosie Perera

5  

Trump says Google search is rigged, ~ suggests he's gray/old or a crime pig.

9

  Rick Rothstein

5  

The United States midterm elections are near = Rats! I detected a rote Russian element in them.

11

  Julian Lofts

4  

The veteran Senator McCain has died prematurely = Ever nasty Trump hated acclaimed hero in earnest.

11

  Brian Taylor

4  

The new Maxime Bernier Party = Experiment may birth new era.

11

  View

4  

Anti-Semitism on the rise in Germany = Imagine men hate minority in stress.

14

  FatPhil

0  

"Pilot" Richard Russell = ride, rolls, crash... lit up

 

  Total points:

150 

from 25 votes     (DFE factor: 0.560)

PEOPLES NAMES:

1

  Meyran Kraus

33  

The American playwright Neil Simon = I still hear him typing a new romance!

1

  Ellie Dent

33  

The infamous Donald = Foolish and untamed.

3

  Tony Crafter

27  

Miss Mary Isobel O'Brien (The late Dusty Springfield) = Torn genius, best of her day by a mile. Still missed. RIP

4

  Adie Pena

16  

Édith (Giovanna Gassion) Piaf ~ said: "If I have a poignant song..."

5

  Rik Sengupta

15  

Mister Cary Grant = Merry acting star.

6

  David Bourke

12  

Don T = DON'T!

7

  Dharam Khalsa

6  

Former Trump aide Omarosa Manigault Newman = Rumour: A "dog" aware of man's mental impairment.

8

  Christopher Sturdy

5  

Dina Asher-Smith = This maid, she ran.

9

  View

4  

Andres Iniesta ‡ Inane disaster

 

  Total points:

151 

from 26 votes     (DFE factor: 0.346)

OTHER NAMES:

1

  Meyran Kraus

29  

Tesla, Inc. = It's clean.

2

  Dharam Khalsa

28  

Standard American Diet = "Red meat and antacid, sir?"

3

  Tony Crafter

26  

UNESCO World Heritage Site, The Galapagos Islands = Ooh, epic! I saw loadsa large turtles' eggs in the sand!

4

  Rik Sengupta

16  

The Anagrammy Awards Forum ~ was great for my human drama.

5

  Adie Pena

11  

See many men ask for that oily ~ Kraft Homestyle Mayonnaise.

5

  Julian Lofts

11  

The Hospital of Saint Francis = It has a necrophilist on staff.

7

  Ellie Dent

8  

National Disaster Response Force = Represents a reaction, as in floods.

7

  Christopher Sturdy

8  

The Reuters International News Agency = One's area: get any intel when it's current.

9

  David Bourke

7  

The Standard American Diet (S.A.D.) = The smart Canadians dreaded it!

 

  Total points:

144 

from 25 votes     (DFE factor: 0.360)

MEDIUM LENGTH:

1

  Meyran Kraus

32  

... = 1. Ringo getting a few of them to aid him; 2....

2

  Christopher Davis

21  

This news might bother a dishonest idiot "presi... ~ Trump has two sides on his brain: "left" and "...

3

  Tony Crafter

19  

The original lineup of The Supremes 1. Diana ... = 1. Glamorous, if bitchy, chief warbler 2. All...

4

  Adie Pena

17  

In Thailand, medics and divers came from all ov... = While in the U.S., a cold, cruel man with his ...

5

  Christopher Sturdy

11  

The seven fundamental principles for trial and ... = ...

6

  Rick Rothstein

10  

Former Republican aide Omarosa Manigault- Newman ~ warns about an unreformed imperial megalomaniac.

7

  Rik Sengupta

9  

Man's life is smooth, sad, harsh, grim, or mono... = It is either on a damn roll or taking shit fro...

8

  Dharam Khalsa

8  

"The Whole World is a Series of Miracles, bu... = Atoms, stars, weather, hills, geode, trees, ...

8

  Ellie Dent

8  

Did you know that there exists one particular s... ~ a house? I noticed powerful back legs. This mi...

10

  David Bourke

2  

The late singer Aretha Louise Franklin (The Que... = Real skills...there sho' nuff ain't no-one at ...

 

  Total points:

137 

from 23 votes     (DFE factor: 0.435)

ANAGRAMMY CHALLENGE:

1

  Meyran Kraus

25  

...

1

  Dharam Khalsa

25  

In a village, in hot August weather, Children laugh and play together, Doing handstands with no fear; Lost in happin...

3

  Adie Pena

15  

...

4

  Tony Crafter

14  

...

5

  David Bourke

11  

"Hello. Unhappily, with regret, I shan't enter this challenge, as I guess it is perhaps too long and hard for me, as an ...

6

  Ellie Dent

9  

In Flanders hush, red poppies grow The dead lie: neighbours, allies now Languishing in death. That plant Grave test...

7

  Rik Sengupta

5  

...

8

  Christopher Sturdy

1  

'Noble and imposing' Definitively august. Harped how he helps The States, Hereon great at last. Cherishing a dollar...

 

  Total points:

105 

from 18 votes     (DFE factor: 0.444)

LONG:

1

  Tony Crafter

33  

A teenager, who'd just passed his driving test,... = Everybody complains about the police, but you ...

2

  Dharam Khalsa

20  

Twelve Pixar Animated Films That Have a Deep Ps... = 12. Honor diversity 11. Friendship power 10...

3

  Rik Sengupta

16  

... = ...

3

  Adie Pena

16  

The Ten Highest-Grossing Disney Movies of All T... = 1. General Organa v. Ren 2. Contain warmonger...

5

  Christopher Sturdy

8  

I wanted no other job than to work in newspaper... = I am a bad person, do what I want and offend w...

6

  Ellie Dent

6  

A boy is selling fish on a street corner. To ge... ~ His wife: "Oh goodness, I'm staggered! It's mi...

 

  Total points:

99 

from 17 votes     (DFE factor: 0.353)

SPECIAL:

1

  David Bourke

27  

37 things

2

  Christopher Sturdy

20  

August Challenge

3

  Rik Sengupta

19  

Strawberries

4

  Tony Crafter

13  

MAMMA MIA

5

  Meyran Kraus

7  

Confounds the Science

6

  Adie Pena

5  

AUGUST

7

  Christopher Sturdy

4  

The common cormorant...

 

  Total points:

95 

from 16 votes     (DFE factor: 0.438)

RUDE:

1

  Tony Crafter

28  

... ~ prick; tool; winky; dick; male-bone; dong; pis...

2

  Adie Pena

27  

As he farted silently in an elevator... ~ a lot leave, instantly need fresh air! (Awardsmaster's Choice Award)

3

  Rick Rothstein

16  

It is rude to stare = I do treasure tits.

4

  Meyran Kraus

15  

When it's a guy sitting in cold water ~ it's certain his wang would get tiny!

4

  David Bourke

15  

The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel = Filth! Eighteen Catholic penises!

4

  Christopher Sturdy

15  

Sure signs a person is getting old and past it = A senile git grunts and penis droops / tits sag.

7

  Rik Sengupta

8  

Harvey Weinstein = Sweaty vein in her.

8

  Brian Taylor

6  

Not of this earth = Hot Fortean shit!

9

  View

1  

Hyperspermia = Prime spray, eh?

 

  Total points:

131 

from 22 votes     (DFE factor: 0.409)


Daniel F. Etter Memorial Award Points*

Name

Points

 

Name

Points

Meyran Kraus

87.26

 

Rick Rothstein

18.77

Tony Crafter

84.56

 

Christopher Davis

9.13

Ellie Dent

61.17

 

View

6.34

David Bourke

54.64

 

Julian Lofts

6.20

Christopher Sturdy

54.49

 

Brian Taylor

4.69

Adie Pena

53.82

 

John Ramos

4.15

Rik Sengupta

49.32

 

Dr Charles G Waugh

3.23

Dharam Khalsa

42.13

 

Rosie Perera

2.80

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

 

High Standings

Name

1st

2nd

3rd

Meyran Kraus

5

0

0

Tony Crafter

3

0

4

Ellie Dent

2

0

2

David Bourke

1

2

0

Dharam Khalsa

1

2

0

Christopher Sturdy

0

2

1

Adie Pena

0

1

2

Christopher Davis

0

1

0

Rik Sengupta

0

0

2

Rick Rothstein

0

0

1


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