The Anagrammy Leaders' Board - July, 2005

56 votes

GENERAL:

1

  Toby Gottfried

45  

Spaghetti & meatballs = Best light pasta meal.

2

  Ellie

38  

The newly divorcing = End love with crying.

3

  rainwalker

32  

Charity event = Very nice, that.

4

  Rosie Perera

26  

The archaeological survey = They go shovel crucial area. (Awardsmaster's Choice Award)

5

  Horrid Stretchy Pus

22  

Bilateral talks = Risk all at table.

6

  Mey Kraus

21  

The pseudo-intellectual = He tells platitude on cue.

7

  Rick

19  

A Presidential Election = In point, I select a leader.

8

  Deano

17  

First across the line = Finish race - rest lost.

9

  Larry Brash

15  

Drug and alcohol rehabilitation = Addiction: Long health or a burial?

10

  Adrian Hickford

14  

Industrial espionage = Purloin (as in 'get') ideas.

11

  Rik

13  

An expert in problem solving = Most perplexing, novel brain.

12

  Dee4j

10  

Hear cancer's getting bad? = Change cigarette brands!

12

  David Bourke

10  

Caller display = ID-spy: All-clear!

14

  Tony Crafter

9  

Kleptomania = I'm on take, pal!

14

  Richard Brodie

9  

"Winston tastes good like a cigarette should" = We'll suggest aid to nicotine soaked throats.

14

  nature girl

9  

"Winston tastes good like a cigarette should" = Twig at skeleton's throat aids soul-genocide.

17

  Foxboy

6  

A Silver medalist ‡ Lad seems trivial.

17

  View

6  

Smooth-talking swine = One's milking that sow.

 

  Total points:

321 

from 55 votes     (DFE factor: 0.327)

ENTERTAINMENT:

1

  Toby Gottfried

73  

A Steven Spielberg film: "War of the Worlds" = H.G. Wells: Beware of visits from Red Planet.

2

  Rick

54  

My name is Bond... James Bond. = Enjoys madmen... and bimbos.

3

  Scott Gardner

31  

Claude Oscar Monet, "Tulip Fields in Holland" = Laud oil painter's scene of an old Dutch mill.

4

  Ellie

24  

Venus de Milo (Aphrodite of Melos) = Nude: hope I’m loved if armless, too.

5

  Rosie Perera

23  

Theatres = Sat there.

5

  Mey Kraus

23  

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince = For the child or, pardonably, the parent.

7

  Deano

21  

"We Shall Not Be Moved" ‡ Mob leaves when told.

8

  Adrian Hickford

20  

The private detective Sherlock Holmes = Thieves plot racket... He solved the crime!

9

  Don Rogers

17  

Stanley Kowalski = "Okay," winks Stella.

10

  Rik

13  

Beware of Count Dracula in Transylvania = In a way, nocturnal bat can desire flavour.

11

  View

12  

Great Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" ~ or versed Italian man's "La Gioconda".

12

  Tony Crafter

11  

Actress Jane Fonda's autobiography: 'My... = Enjoys baring a famous (if a foolhardy...

13

  David A Green

7  

'Little Lord Fauntleroy' by Frances Hod... = Tell story of ennobled young runt left...

 

  Total points:

329 

from 56 votes     (DFE factor: 0.232)

TOPICAL:

1

  David Bourke

51  

Iraq oil + arms trade = Al Qaida terrorism.

2

  Mike Keith

46  

Fourth of July weekends in America = Joyful anthem, audience, fireworks.

3

  Rick

44  

The National Sex Offender Public Registry = Benefit? Alert young children of ex-rapists.

4

  Rosie Perera

39  

Armstrong wins seventh Tour de France. = Streams forth, now ends racing venture.

5

  Mey Kraus

31  

The London Subway = Blown shut one day.

6

  Horrid Stretchy Pus

27  

Britain's first suicide bombers hit London = idiots' mission: butcher Brits for Bin Laden.

6

  Tony Crafter

27  

The London suicide-bomb outrages = Discontinue gruesome blood-bath!

8

  Joe Fathallah

24  

Globalisation = To gas a billion.

9

  View

18  

The London suicide - bomb outrages = Boom!...bodies...slaughter continued.

10

  Toby Gottfried

14  

Bastille Day, the Fourteenth of July = Date they fully fete, honor jail-bust.

11

  rainwalker

0  

Globalisation = Anglos bait oil.

 

  Total points:

321 

from 55 votes     (DFE factor: 0.200)

PEOPLES NAMES:

1

  Tony Crafter

76  

Britain's Labour Party Leader = Tony Blair (rated a superb liar).

2

  Mey Kraus

58  

The private detective Sherlock Holmes = I hope the clever dick solves the matter!

3

  Dee4j

38  

A thespian named Booth ~ shot top man Abe in head!

4

  Rick

35  

Queen Elizabeth the Second = A zest behind the eloquence.

5

  Ellie

32  

Charles, the Prince of Wales = HRH: We flap one's Celtic ears.

6

  Don Rogers

26  

Marcello Mastroianni = Actor in Rome is all Man.

7

  Rosie Perera

15  

Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Conn... = Cursed Neo-Cons cram, try to press inj...

8

  Toby Gottfried

14  

President William Howard Taft = With lard diet, I'm fat law person.

9

  View

12  

William Westmoreland = Well, solid wartime man.

10

  Rik

10  

Zinedine Zidane, the footballer = Definition: The one able dazzler.

11

  Turb

5  

Emma Watson = Steam woman.

 

  Total points:

321 

from 56 votes     (DFE factor: 0.196)

OTHER NAMES:

1

  palusch

66  

The United States Postal Service = That site directs envelopes at us.

2

  Mey Kraus

40  

President's Bathrooms at the White House = So Bush has the time to read his new Potter.

2

  Richard Grantham

40  

"Winston tastes good, like a cigarette should" = Addict rots a lung, so now he seeks to litigate.

4

  Tony Crafter

39  

The Everglades in Florida = Hide! Alligators never fed!

5

  Rick

29  

"Winston tastes good like a cigarette should" = Oncologist, "Total shit! Users get weak and die!"

6

  Scott Gardner

28  

"Monty Python's Spamalot," by Eric Idle = My all-British pop comedy nets a Tony!

7

  Rosie Perera

21  

The Traveling Salesman Problem ~ serves an optimal-length ambler.

8

  Ellie

19  

The National Center for Education Stati... = It's a fact, is it not, no teacher or ...

9

  Toby Gottfried

11  

"Winston tastes good, like a cigarette should" = Take loot, creating diseased lungs with soot.

10

  Mike Keith

10  

Codex Alimentarius = Unclear diet axioms.

11

  View

3  

Hebrew University of Jerusalem = Sure, our very able, Jewish men fit.

 

  Total points:

306 

from 53 votes     (DFE factor: 0.208)

MEDIUM LENGTH:

1

  Horrid Stretchy Pus

57  

pan·gram (n): A sentence that uses all ... = chal·lenge (n): An attempt at utter he...

2

  Mey Kraus

51  

The Three Stages of Truth: First, it ... = Five Hints Devised by Liars: 1. Rela...

3

  Rosie Perera

41  

"He is a person that will make all Ameri... = True, it seems our nice ape-fellow Bush...

4

  Toby Gottfried

31  

Much hard travel to Hawaii ? No credit t... ~ "The American Express Card - Don't leav...

5

  Larry Brash

23  

"To lose one parent, Mr Worthing, may b... ~ (The Importance of Being Earnest) Wi...

6

  Fleer

20  

Why Egyptians cannot believe water they... = Aw, gnatty, silty people vow thus beca...

7

  Tony Crafter

19  

O hell! Oaf David Blunkett, given a che... ~ "Arrgh! That must definitely be the mo...

8

  Ellie

18  

"Fear is the path to the dark side. Fea... = A plea: for the sake of this generatio...

9

  Rick

11  

John Roberts is the presidential nomina... = Front-line rumor has it his honor appo...

9

  David Bourke

11  

Roger Federer beats Andy Roddick at The ... = In London: Swiss backhand...terrible fi...

 

  Total points:

282 

from 48 votes     (DFE factor: 0.208)

AWARDSMASTER'S CHALLENGE: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

1

  Richard Grantham

47  

A quiz by RJG: Os + V + Xe + Cl + Fm + ? = K + Pd + W + Th + N + ? ...

2

  Mey Kraus

45  

My kind zap Fox TV, squelch GWB Jr.!

3

  Scott Gardner

40  

Fix TV show, NBC! Dump lazy GQ jerk!

4

  Larry Brash

32  

P.D.Q. Bach's funky jig vext Mr. Wolz.

5

  Toby Gottfried

22  

Lust pink Ford? Chevy? BMW? Jag? Z? QX?

6

  Horrid Stretchy Pus

14  

GB, who junk crazy TV sex film PDQ.

7

  Rick

12  

JFK Blvd 'acts' grow; quiz ex-nymph.

8

  Tony Crafter

11  

Crazy wimp fled junk-box TV's GHQ.

9

  Paul Pan

10  

WD helps fix quartz JVC gym knob.

10

  David Bourke

9  

GCHQ down! Fix jam, klutz! Bye! (R.S.V.P.).

10

  Rosie Perera

9  

V KCBX FM DJs play the wrong quiz.

12

  Rik

6  

G. Bush Jr on TV/CD: "Wax my IQ, PK Fel'z".

 

  Total points:

257 

from 45 votes     (DFE factor: 0.267)

LONG:

1

  Larry Brash

72  

THE TWELVE STEPS OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS... = THE TWELVE ANAGRAMMY FORUM STEPS 1. W...

2

  Tony Crafter

60  

Roberta Prince, the lady of the house, ... = Fay Wate, the lady of the manor, was ...

3

  Ellie

27  

French Snail Selected French snail wit... = Bastille Day Alors, we can relax! Cel...

3

  Foxboy

27  

Mr. Praline: "VOOM"?!? Mate, this bird ... = 'E's suffering disembodiment, poppies...

5

  Rosie Perera

14  

The ancient Zodiac symbols: Aquarius, Pi... = A bizarre topic: Various opaque signs ...

6

  Rik

12  

Rik Sengupta presents this window ahead ... = Eulogy: Time stands still in front o...

 

  Total points:

212 

from 36 votes     (DFE factor: 0.167)

SPECIAL:

1

  Richard Brodie

59  

Psalm #46 contains some amazing coincidences

2

  David Bourke

49  

'Don't Let's Be Beastly To The Germans' - Noel Coward

3

  Mike Keith

31  

ACT V. Scene I. Elsinore. A churchyard.

4

  Rosie Perera

26  

Shark-Infested Waters

5

  Mike Keith

25  

November Graveyard

6

  Tony Crafter

18  

First morning of Spring

 

  Total points:

208 

from 36 votes     (DFE factor: 0.167)

RUDE:

1

  Tony Crafter

49  

A small dick = Dismal lack.

2

  Horrid Stretchy Pus

44  

A french tickler = Felt in her crack.

2

  Richard Grantham

44  

Answering the call of nature = I ran a race to Gents when full.

4

  Mey Kraus

33  

It happens to loads of men... = (So, he's impotent and a flop!)

5

  Joe Fathallah

28  

You romp real nice, ~ your place or mine?

6

  Paul Pan

21  

Foot fetishist = Toes? Hits it off!

7

  David Bourke

14  

Sir Paul McCartney's wife Heather Mills = Wealthier miser calls "I fancy her stump!"

8

  View

8  

Smooth talking swine = Soon... he's milking twat.

9

  Rick

7  

Hemorrhoidal creams = Medical horror has me.

 

  Total points:

248 

from 44 votes     (DFE factor: 0.205)


Daniel F. Etter Memorial Award Points*

Name

Points

 

Name

Points

Mey Kraus

67.48

 

Rik

12.84

Tony Crafter

63.84

 

Richard Brodie

12.78

Toby Gottfried

51.83

 

Dee4j

10.74

Rick

47.37

 

Joe Fathallah

10.53

Rosie Perera

46.56

 

rainwalker

10.47

Horrid Stretchy Pus

37.21

 

Deano

10.44

Ellie

36.49

 

Adrian Hickford

9.22

Larry Brash

30.23

 

Don Rogers

9.05

Richard Grantham

29.84

 

Paul Pan

6.96

David Bourke

29.19

 

Foxboy

6.46

Scott Gardner

23.67

 

Fleer

4.17

Mike Keith

20.61

 

nature girl

2.95

palusch

13.70

 

David A Green

1.62

View

12.97

 

Turb

0.98

*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

2

1

0

Toby Gottfried

2

0

0

Richard Grantham

1

2

0

David Bourke

1

1

0

Horrid Stretchy Pus

1

1

0

Larry Brash

1

0

0

Richard Brodie

1

0

0

palusch

1

0

0

Mey Kraus

0

4

0

Ellie

0

1

1

Mike Keith

0

1

1

Rick

0

1

1

Scott Gardner

0

0

2

Dee4j

0

0

1

Foxboy

0

0

1

Rosie Perera

0

0

1

rainwalker

0

0

1


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