| GENERAL | ENTERTAINMENT | TOPICAL | PEOPLES NAMES | OTHER NAMES |
| MEDIUM LENGTH | ANAGRAMMY CHALLENGE | LONG | SPECIAL | RUDE |
1 | Tony Crafter | 29 | Some of the many perils of approaching old age = Peeing a lot; memory of a goldfish; on scrapheap. |
2 | John Murray | 18 | Racism in football = Manic tribal fools. |
3 | Adrian Hickford | 16 | As the educator ~ teach us to read. |
4 | Mey K | 11 | Lady of a certain age = Art, yoga, a lined face. |
5 | Christopher Sturdy | 10 | Adult-onset allergies = Tearless until old age. |
5 | Ellie Dent | 10 | Love is the answer = Never was hostile. |
5 | Adie Pena | 10 | Are people overspending again this Christmas? ~ America's girls are spotted in shopping heaven! |
8 | Mike Mesterton-Gibbons | 9 | To err is human, to forgive divine = If I'm near to God I revive no hurts. |
9 | Brian Taylor | 8 | USA soldiers = serious lads. |
9 | George Missailidis | 8 | Military weapons ~ imply a war on site. |
11 | Valery Silivanov | 7 | I do swear to everyone ~ we are to die very soon. |
12 | Tom Myers | 6 | Questionable activity = Quite inevitably a cost. |
13 | View | 4 | A school dinner = Noon; clear dish. |
13 | Dharam Khalsa | 4 | Cybersafety = Yes, be crafty! |
15 | Rosie Perera | 2 | Opioid use disorder = Dire doper is odious. |
Total points: | 152 | from 26 votes (DFE factor: 0.577) |
1 | David Bourke | 30 | The singer/actress Dame Olivia Newton-John AC DBE = See combined dances with John Travolta in Grease. |
2 | Ellie Dent | 25 | 'The Nativity' by the painter Piero della Francesca = I venerate tiny child in that stable, pray for peace. |
3 | Rosie Perera | 16 | The Christmas carol "We Three Kings of Orient Are" = Rich, wise foreigners seek a tot to charm, enthral. |
4 | Adie Pena | 15 | The First Noel, the traditional English carol = Listen to a song for a little child in her heart. |
5 | View | 13 | “The lion sleeps tonight" = Help, I listen to the song! |
5 | Mey K | 13 | Dr. Seuss's Mean Mister Grinch = Ensures Christmas's grim end. |
7 | Mike Mesterton-Gibbons | 12 | A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens = Children's classic by a hack ... or master? |
8 | Dharam Khalsa | 10 | 1. 'The Lighthouse' 2. 'Marriage Story' 3. 'T... = 1. Nightmarish 2. Heart tearing 3. Oh, the t... |
8 | Tony Crafter | 10 | 'Sympathy For The Devil', a hit by The Rolling Stones = The boys rapidly sing flat rhythms to the Evil One. |
Total points: | 144 | from 25 votes (DFE factor: 0.360) |
1 | Mey K | 28 | Earth's climate crisis = It's critical mass here! |
2 | Ellie Dent | 26 | Christmastime celebrations = Bah! It's commercial interests. |
3 | Adie Pena | 25 | Boris and the Tories win = O, shit! Britain worsened. |
4 | Brian Taylor | 13 | Boris is the big winner = British ire begins now. |
4 | John Murray | 13 | White Island = Wilted in ash :( |
6 | George Missailidis | 10 | The end is: Trump ~ in the dumpster! |
6 | Dharam Khalsa | 10 | Sydney's New Year's Eve fireworks display to go ahead = Eyes savor sky show, despite fire danger. Delay? No way! |
8 | Mike Mesterton-Gibbons | 7 | Time Person of the Year Greta Thunberg = I beget a green hope, or Earth mustn't fry! |
8 | Rosie Perera | 7 | Christianity Today's anti-Trump editorial ~ said the criminal idiot tyrant's out. Pray it! |
10 | Tony Crafter | 6 | "She is happy but I do worry," admits Greta Thu... = Pa: "My bright, witty daughter had depression.... |
11 | David Bourke | 5 | Caroline Flack and Lewis Burton = Known trouble, and farcical lies. |
12 | Tom Myers | 1 | Donald Trump to be impeached = Complaint heard -- to be dumped! |
Total points: | 151 | from 26 votes (DFE factor: 0.462) |
1 | Mike Mesterton-Gibbons | 41 | Labour's leader Jeremy Corbyn = BoJo's really burned my career! |
2 | Adie Pena | 34 | Time Person of the Year Greta Thunberg = My urgent part before the earth is gone. |
3 | Valery Silivanov | 16 | Vladimir Lenin, a communist = In sum, mad violent criminal. |
4 | Ellie Dent | 14 | Messieurs Monet and Manet = Art united some men's names. |
4 | Dharam Khalsa | 14 | Top Dems: Joe Biden Bernie Sanders Elizabeth Warren = Pardonable? Jewish, brazen one Be determined, sister! |
6 | David Bourke | 12 | Dianne Claire Buswell ~ is a well-nubile dancer! |
7 | View | 9 | Rajmund Roman Thierry Polanski = Horny jerk, un-moral mind, a rapist. |
8 | Tony Crafter | 4 | Swedish schoolgirl Greta Tintin Eleonora Thunberg = Into regular relocating, got behind with her lessons. |
Total points: | 144 | from 25 votes (DFE factor: 0.320) |
1 | Brian Taylor | 33 | The Anglo-Irish Agreement = Remaining together heals. |
2 | Tony Crafter | 25 | Chanel Eau de Toilette Spray for Women = The scent one lady wore to fire up a male! |
3 | Ellie Dent | 22 | Windsor Castle, in the County of Berkshire = The British folks own a country residence. |
4 | Dharam Khalsa | 17 | Merriam-Webster Dictionary's Word of the Year = Or, dramatic win for term "they" raised eyebrows. |
5 | David Bourke | 13 | Women Against State Pension Inequality = Awaiting essential payment, no question. |
6 | Rosie Perera | 10 | Society for the Prevention of Useless Giving = No gifts, toys; love is enough - finest price ever! |
7 | Mike Mesterton-Gibbons | 9 | The New Year's Honours List ~ tunes who they enrol as "Sir". |
8 | Adie Pena | 8 | And crowds in decline still occupy ~ Piccadilly Circus, West End, London. |
8 | Valery Silivanov | 8 | Social Darwinism ~ is radicalism now. |
10 | View | 1 | Russian Red Army ~ ran murders, I say. |
11 | George Missailidis | 0 | The Windsor Castle in Berkshire, London = An old residence birth's known to relish. |
Total points: | 146 | from 25 votes (DFE factor: 0.440) |
1 | David Bourke | 34 | Donald Trump, the worst-ever president of the U... = He spluttered out a damned massive torrent of ... |
2 | Tony Crafter | 30 | The happiness I felt when I got out the Xmas de... = The fond delight on those darling, innocent fa... |
2 | Dharam Khalsa | 30 | Four of the most famous or cited people called ... = 1. Fiendish actor roles 2. Suffered market co... |
4 | Adie Pena | 18 | All-too-common modern postulations had damaged ... ~ - An Apple got Adam and Eve into trouble - Sodo... |
5 | Ellie Dent | 16 | Charles Dickens: A Christmas Carol. In Prose. B... = A classic at schools: Greying, rich boss - the... |
6 | Mike Mesterton-Gibbons | 12 | The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Norther... = Tender land, dark bitter, rain often, no high ... |
7 | Rosie Perera | 3 | "This is the lightest impeachment in the histor... = The hefty con Trump, he is not easily forthrig... |
Total points: | 143 | from 24 votes (DFE factor: 0.292) |
1 | Mey K | 28 | I wish that my new year is: 2 Highs, 0 Ennui, 2 Roomfuls of gold, 0 Debt! |
2 | Adrian Hickford | 20 | New Year's Resolutions 2020 Finish with 'dumb' half. Go to gym. Hide. |
3 | Mike Mesterton-Gibbons | 15 | 2020's when I may fight with EU for the old England you miss! (Boris) |
4 | Tom Myers | 12 | My thought? How fission abuses might end world life in year 2020 |
5 | Rosie Perera | 11 | I'd wish/insist: May the New Year 2020 be full of good things, humor! |
5 | Dharam Khalsa | 11 | Wisdom, insight, a thought beforehand, so we nullify 2020 misery. |
7 | Adie Pena | 9 | It's high time in 2020 for armed U.S. to howl why guns end a boy's life. |
7 | Tony Crafter | 9 | "I? Mild, show-offish me; stay silent in 2020? How dare you!" - G. Thunberg |
7 | Christopher Sturdy | 9 | "If my whimsy should fail... No shit, we die soon (2020)" -- Greta Thunberg |
10 | Jesse Frankovich | 4 | I dunno, my fellow... this might be us foreshadowing 2020 this year! |
10 | Ellie Dent | 4 | Oh, enough of dither and misery - how satisfying 2020 will, *must* be! |
12 | View | 3 | Ugh, somehow, 2020 will be year of more fights 'n' hits...and disunity! |
13 | Brian Taylor | 2 | 2020: “see the flood-mythology brainwashing minds?” Future: “I wish!” |
Total points: | 137 | from 23 votes (DFE factor: 0.565) |
1 | Tony Crafter | 32 | Three men, Walt, Colin and Ben, died on Christm... = Sara, a pretty girl in her late teens, was doi... |
2 | Dharam Khalsa | 24 | Amazing Futuristic Predictions about this comin... = 1. Royal College of Surgeons of England - One ... |
3 | Ellie Dent | 21 | To All Employees From the Management Subject:... ~ Work requests are NOT to be filed under "humbu... |
4 | Adie Pena | 12 | Bill Gates: "Tell me about heaven up there, Ste... ~ Bill Gates: "I'm fine Steve, but I did hear a ... |
5 | Mike Mesterton-Gibbons | 9 | "The path, of course, is not always smooth, and... = "Does a top speech reflect the awfully vain ma... |
Total points: | 98 | from 17 votes (DFE factor: 0.294) |
1 | Tony Crafter | 23 | An elderly man |
1 | Ellie Dent | 23 | THE THINGS THEY SAY AT CHRISTMAS... |
3 | Adie Pena | 22 | CIRCLE OF LIFE |
4 | Dharam Khalsa | 17 | 'Twas the Night Before Christmas (Facebook) |
5 | Ellie Dent | 5 | TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS (Cats) |
Total points: | 90 | from 15 votes (DFE factor: 0.333) |
1 | David Bourke | 34 | Boris landslide = Brainless dildo. |
2 | Christopher Sturdy | 21 | Blokes chatting. (OK, really ~ they are talking bollocks!) |
3 | Mey K | 19 | (Sips many pints...) = "Piss in my pants!" |
4 | Tony Crafter | 16 | That grotty penis = Not a pretty sight... |
5 | John Murray | 12 | Sir George Iain Duncan Smith = NHS going, I'm a dire cunt. Arise! |
6 | View | 10 | A small erection = "Male" is not clear. |
6 | Adie Pena | 10 | A small erection = Article's a lemon. |
Total points: | 122 | from 21 votes (DFE factor: 0.333) |
Daniel F. Etter Memorial Award Points*
*Adjusted Points = Sum of (Points * 'DFE factor') |
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